Overview
- Science Minister Markus Blume announced a plan to insert a sanctions catalogue into the Hochschulinnovationsgesetz that makes exmatriculation or a re-enrolment ban the ultimate penalty.
- Blume said the Bavarian cabinet is expected to consider and approve the amendment within about four weeks.
- The reform would replace uneven university rules with a standardized, school-style system of graduated measures and add enforceable penalties tied to the state's gender-writing ban.
- Blume framed the move as a response to a harsher campus climate for Jewish students and to reported incidents of antisemitism.
- Universities would retain discretion over what constitutes a permanent disruption of campus life, while the GEW union warns the approach could exclude critical students.