At the Feb. 12th systemwide Assembly of the UC Academic Senate, the following resolution is up for consideration after discussion at a prior meeting ended discussion when attendance fell below a quorum:
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ACTION REQUESTED: The Assembly is asked to vote on the amended resolution.
Whereas on December 18, 2024, the University of California offered to enter in an agreement with the Department of Education to provide the Office of Civil Rights with “an electronic sortable spreadsheet or other file of the responses by the University or the individual campus to all complaints and reports alleging discrimination, including harassment and disparate treatment, on the basis of actual or perceived national origin, including shared Jewish, Palestinian, Muslim, and/or Arab ancestry, or association with these national origins/ancestries, during the preceding academic year at UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCD, and UCSC.”
Whereas the University agreed to share with the Office of Civil Rights the names of faculty members, students, staff, and others who reported (‘the reporter’), the individual allegedly subjected to discrimination or harassment (“the complainant”), the individuals who (have been allegedly) engaged in discrimination/harassment (“the respondent(s)”), and any witnesses to the alleged incidents, regardless of the outcome of the cases.
Whereas on November 19, 2025, Deputy General Counsel Allison Woodall from UC Legal clarified that “UC complied with its reporting obligation under the agreement on September 30, 2025, by providing EDOCR with a spreadsheet of relevant civil rights complaints that redacted all personally identifiable information from the spreadsheet. Therefore, no names or other personally identifiable information were released.”
Whereas there have been credible allegations that the current U.S. Presidential Administration has attempted to deport noncitizens, including scholars and students, who have been lawfully admitted to the United States, based on First Amendment-protected speech and advocacy with which the Administration disagrees.
Whereas on October 27, 2025, the Academic Council of the Academic Senate issued a statement expressing strong concern over the University’s disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII) to federal authorities during an investigation of UC Berkeley by the Office of Civil Rights, warning of harm to academic freedom and trust, and urging the UC administration to strengthen privacy safeguards, ensure timely notifications, and consult faculty experts on future disclosure decisions.
Be it therefore resolved that the Assembly of the Academic Senate of the University of California endorses, affirms, and adopts the Statement issued by the Academic Senate Council.
Be it further resolved that the Assembly of the Academic Senate of the University of California urges the UC Office of the President and the UC Board of Regents to inform individuals in advance of the disclosure of their personally identifiable information upon the request for such information.
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