S986Referred to Committee

Safe Schools Improvement Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-12
Introduced
38
Cosponsors
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Sponsor

Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
Democrat · VA · Senator
Votes with party: 53.3% (323 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (38)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2025-03-12

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Plain-English Summary

Safe Schools Improvement Act This bill requires states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit bullying and harassment of elementary and secondary school students. In particular, these policies must prohibit bullying and harassment based on race, color, national origin, disability, religion, or sex. Sex includes sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics (including intersex traits). Further, LEAs must provide (1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their disciplinary policies; (2) students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct; and (3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level. The Department of Education must conduct and report on an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools. The National Center for Education Statistics must collect state data to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA disciplinary policies.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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