Safe Schools Improvement Act
Safe Schools Improvement Act Would Tie Federal K–12 Grants to Anti-Bullying Policies, Under Senate Review
A bill to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
↔Companion bill: Congress Proposes National Anti-Bullying Standards to Protect Students in Public SchoolsLegislative Progress
Key Points
- States taking certain federal K–12 education grant money would have to require every school district to adopt anti-bullying and anti-harassment policies.
- Those local policies would have to cover bullying based on race, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, religion, and other traits set by states or districts.
- School districts would have to send yearly notices to families and staff about what behavior is banned and how to file a complaint, including who to contact and expected timelines.
- Districts would have to collect and publicly report yearly school-by-school bullying incident data, while keeping students’ identities private.
- States would report results to the Education Department every two years, and the federal government would run an independent evaluation and report findings to Trump and Congress on a regular schedule.
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Milestones
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
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A bill to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
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