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4	4	STSESSION S. 1338
5	5	To reduce exclusionary discipline practices in schools, and for other purposes.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	APRIL8, 2025
8	8	Mr. B
9	9	OOKERintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
10	10	to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
11	11	A BILL
12	12	To reduce exclusionary discipline practices in schools, and
13	13	for other purposes.
14	14	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
15	15	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
16	16	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
17	17	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Punitive, Un-4
18	18	fair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive 5
19	19	to Trauma Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘Ending PUSHOUT Act 6
20	20	of 2025’’. 7
21	21	SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 8
22	22	It is the purpose of this Act to— 9
23	23	(1) strengthen data collection related to exclu-10
24	24	sionary discipline practices in schools and the dis-11
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28	28	criminatory application of such practices, which dis-1
29	29	proportionately pushes students of color, particularly 2
30	30	girls of color, out of school; 3
31	31	(2) eliminate the discriminatory use and over-4
32	32	use of exclusionary discipline practices based on ac-5
33	33	tual or perceived race, ethnicity, color, national ori-6
34	34	gin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender iden-7
35	35	tity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition re-8
36	36	lated to pregnancy or childbirth, parenting status, or 9
37	37	other stereotype related to sex), or disability; 10
38	38	(3) eliminate all unnecessary loss of instruc-11
39	39	tional time due to unsound or excessive use of for-12
40	40	mal and informal disciplinary removal from instruc-13
41	41	tional settings; and 14
42	42	(4) prevent the criminalization and pushout of 15
43	43	students from school, especially Black and Brown 16
44	44	girls, as a result of educational barriers that include 17
45	45	discrimination, adultification, punitive discipline poli-18
46	46	cies and practices, and a failure to recognize and 19
47	47	support students with mental health needs or experi-20
48	48	encing trauma. 21
49	49	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 22
50	50	In this Act: 23
51	51	(1) A
52	52	CT OF INSUBORDINATION .—The term ‘‘act 24
53	53	of insubordination’’ means an act that disrupts a 25
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57	57	school activity or instance when a student willfully 1
58	58	defies the valid authority of a school official. 2
59	59	(2) A
60	60	PPEARANCE OR GROOMING POLICY .—The 3
61	61	term ‘‘appearance or grooming policy’’ means any 4
62	62	practice, policy, or portion of a student conduct code 5
63	63	that governs or restricts the appearance of students, 6
64	64	including policies that— 7
65	65	(A) restrict or prescribe clothing that a 8
66	66	student may wear (including hijabs, headwraps, 9
67	67	or bandanas); 10
68	68	(B) restrict specific hair styles (such as 11
69	69	braids, locs, twists, Bantu knots, cornrows, ex-12
70	70	tensions, or afros); or 13
71	71	(C) restrict whether or how a student may 14
72	72	apply make-up, nail polish, or other cosmetics. 15
73	73	(3) C
74	74	HEMICAL RESTRAINT .—The term ‘‘chem-16
75	75	ical restraint’’ means a drug or medication used on 17
76	76	a student to control behavior or restrict freedom of 18
77	77	movement that is not— 19
78	78	(A) prescribed by a licensed physician, or 20
79	79	other qualified health professional acting under 21
80	80	the scope of the professional’s authority under 22
81	81	State law, for the standard treatment of a stu-23
82	82	dent’s medical or psychiatric condition; and 24
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86	86	(B) administered as prescribed by a li-1
87	87	censed physician or other qualified health pro-2
88	88	fessional acting under the scope of the author-3
89	89	ity of a health professional under State law. 4
90	90	(4) C
91	91	ORPORAL PUNISHMENT .—The term ‘‘cor-5
92	92	poral punishment’’ means, with respect to a student, 6
93	93	a deliberate act which causes the student to feel 7
94	94	physical pain for the purpose of discipline, including 8
95	95	an act of physical force, such as striking, spanking, 9
96	96	or paddling, inflicted on a student’s body, requiring 10
97	97	a student to assume a painful physical position, or 11
98	98	the use of chemical sprays, electroshock weapons, or 12
99	99	stun guns on a student’s body. 13
100	100	(5) C
101	101	ULTURALLY SUSTAINING .—The term ‘‘cul-14
102	102	turally sustaining’’ describes educational practices 15
103	103	that encourage students to bring their cultural and 16
104	104	linguistic assets and life experiences to a school com-17
105	105	munity. Culturally sustaining practices incorporate 18
106	106	those assets and experiences into coursework and the 19
107	107	social fabric of a school. 20
108	108	(6) D
109	109	IRECT SUPERVISION.—The term ‘‘direct 21
110	110	supervision’’ means a student is physically in the 22
111	111	same location as a school official and such student 23
112	112	is under the care of the school official or school. 24
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116	116	(7) DISABILITY.—The term ‘‘disability’’ means 1
117	117	a mental or physical disability that meets the condi-2
118	118	tions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 3
119	119	602(3)(A) of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-4
120	120	cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(3)(A)(i) and (ii)) or in 5
121	121	section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 6
122	122	794). 7
123	123	(8) D
124	124	ISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL .—The 8
125	125	term ‘‘disciplinary alternative school’’ means a short- 9
126	126	or long-term educational setting to which a student 10
127	127	is sent for disciplinary or behavioral reasons for a 11
128	128	specified amount of time before being allowed to re-12
129	129	turn to their regular school setting. 13
130	130	(9) E
131	131	LEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 14
132	132	ACT TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’, 15
133	133	‘‘English learner’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘sec-16
134	134	ondary school’’, and ‘‘State educational agency’’ has 17
135	135	the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of 18
136	136	the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 19
137	137	1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 20
138	138	(10) E
139	139	XCLUSIONARY DISCIPLINE .—The term 21
140	140	‘‘exclusionary discipline’’ describes school policies 22
141	141	and practices, whether formal or informal action of 23
142	142	school officials or by law enforcement, used to dis-24
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146	146	cipline students by removing them from their regular 1
147	147	learning environment. 2
148	148	(11) G
149	149	ENDER IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 3
150	150	identity’’ means the gender-related identity, appear-4
151	151	ance, mannerisms, or other gender-related character-5
152	152	istics of an individual regardless of the designated 6
153	153	sex at birth of the individual. 7
154	154	(12) I
155	155	NFORMAL REMOVAL .—The term ‘‘infor-8
156	156	mal removal’’ means an administrative removal of a 9
157	157	student from the learning environment for part or 10
158	158	all of the school day, or an indefinite period of time, 11
159	159	without documenting the removal as a suspension or 12
160	160	expulsion or engaging in formalized disciplinary 13
161	161	processes. 14
162	162	(13) I
163	163	NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 15
164	164	has the meaning given the term in section 4(e) of 16
165	165	the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-17
166	166	ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)). 18
167	167	(14) I
168	168	N-SCHOOL SUSPENSION .—The term ‘‘in- 19
169	169	school suspension’’ means an instance in which a 20
170	170	student is temporarily removed from a regular class-21
171	171	room for at least half a day but remains under the 22
172	172	direct supervision of a school official. 23
173	173	(15) M
174	174	ECHANICAL RESTRAINT .—The term 24
175	175	‘‘mechanical restraint’’ has the meaning given the 25
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179	179	term in section 595(d)(1) of the Public Health Serv-1
180	180	ice Act (42 U.S.C. 290jj(d)(1)), except that the 2
181	181	meaning shall be applied by substituting ‘‘student’’ 3
182	182	for ‘‘resident’’. 4
183	183	(16) M
184	184	ULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS .— 5
185	185	The term ‘‘multi-tiered system of supports’’ means 6
186	186	a comprehensive continuum of evidence-based, sys-7
187	187	temic practices to support a rapid response to the 8
188	188	needs of students, with regular observation to facili-9
189	189	tate data-based instructional decision making. 10
190	190	(17) O
191	191	UT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION .—The term 11
192	192	‘‘out-of-school suspension’’ means an instance in 12
193	193	which a student is excluded from their school for 13
194	194	disciplinary reasons by temporarily being removed 14
195	195	from regular classes to another setting, including a 15
196	196	home, virtual school placement, alternative school 16
197	197	placement, disciplinary alternative school, or behav-17
198	198	ior center, regardless of whether such disciplinary 18
199	199	removal is deemed as a suspension by school offi-19
200	200	cials. 20
201	201	(18) P
202	202	HYSICAL ESCORT.—The term ‘‘physical 21
203	203	escort’’ has the meaning given the term in section 22
204	204	595(d)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 23
205	205	U.S.C. 290jj(d)(2)), except that the meaning shall 24
206	206	be applied by substituting ‘‘student’’ for ‘‘resident’’. 25
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210	210	(19) PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.—The term ‘‘phys-1
211	211	ical restraint’’ means a personal restriction that im-2
212	212	mobilizes or reduces the ability of an individual to 3
213	213	move the individual’s arms, legs, torso, or head free-4
214	214	ly, except that such term does not include a physical 5
215	215	escort, mechanical restraint, or chemical restraint. 6
216	216	(20) P
217	217	OSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS 7
218	218	AND SUPPORTS.—The term ‘‘positive behavioral 8
219	219	interventions and supports’’ means a schoolwide, 9
220	220	systematic approach that embeds evidence-based 10
221	221	practices and data-driven decision-making to im-11
222	222	prove school climate and culture in order to achieve 12
223	223	improved academic and social outcomes and increase 13
224	224	learning for all students (including students with the 14
225	225	most complex and intensive behavioral needs) and 15
226	226	encompasses a range of systemic and individualized 16
227	227	positive strategies to teach and reinforce school-ex-17
228	228	pected behaviors, while discouraging and diminishing 18
229	229	undesirable behaviors. 19
230	230	(21) P
231	231	USHOUT.—The term ‘‘pushout’’ means 20
232	232	an instance when a student leaves elementary, mid-21
233	233	dle or secondary school, including a forced transfer 22
234	234	to another school, prior to graduating secondary 23
235	235	school due to overuse of exclusionary discipline prac-24
236	236	tices, failure to address trauma or other mental 25
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240	240	health needs, discrimination, or other educational 1
241	241	barriers that do not support or promote the success 2
242	242	of a student. 3
243	243	(22) S
244	244	CHOOL-BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI -4
245	245	CER.—The term ‘‘school-based law enforcement offi-5
246	246	cer’’ means an individual who— 6
247	247	(A) is— 7
248	248	(i) assigned by a law enforcement 8
249	249	agency to a secondary or elementary school 9
250	250	or local educational agency; 10
251	251	(ii) contracting with a secondary or el-11
252	252	ementary school or local educational agen-12
253	253	cy; or 13
254	254	(iii) employed by a secondary or ele-14
255	255	mentary school or local educational agency; 15
256	256	(B) has the legal power to detain, arrest, 16
257	257	issue a citation, perform a custodial investiga-17
258	258	tion, or refer a person to a criminal or juvenile 18
259	259	court; 19
260	260	(C) meets the definition of a law enforce-20
261	261	ment personnel under State law; or 21
262	262	(D) may be referred to as a ‘‘school re-22
263	263	source officer’’, a ‘‘sworn law enforcement offi-23
264	264	cer’’, or a ‘‘school police officer’’. 24
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268	268	(23) SCHOOL OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘school of-1
269	269	ficial’’ means an educator, school principal, adminis-2
270	270	trator, or other personnel, not considered school- 3
271	271	based law enforcement, engaged in the performance 4
272	272	of duties with respect to a school. 5
273	273	(24) S
274	274	ECLUSION.—The term ‘‘seclusion’’ means 6
275	275	the involuntary confinement of a student alone in a 7
276	276	room or area where the student is physically pre-8
277	277	vented from leaving, and does not include a time 9
278	278	out. 10
279	279	(25) S
280	280	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 11
281	281	means the Secretary of Education. 12
282	282	(26) S
283	283	ERIOUS BODILY INJURY.—The term ‘‘se-13
284	284	rious bodily injury’’ has the meaning given that term 14
285	285	in section 1365(h)(3) of title 18, United States 15
286	286	Code. 16
287	287	(27) S
288	288	EXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘‘sexual 17
289	289	orientation’’ means how a person identifies in terms 18
290	290	of their emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction, 19
291	291	and includes identification as straight, heterosexual, 20
292	292	gay, lesbian, or bisexual, among other terms. 21
293	293	(28) S
294	294	PECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOL .—The term 22
295	295	‘‘special education school’’ means a school that fo-23
296	296	cuses primarily on serving the needs of students who 24
297	297	qualify as ‘‘a child with a disability’’ as that term 25
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301	301	is defined under section 602(3)(A)(i) of the Individ-1
302	302	uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2
303	303	1401(3)(A)(i)) or are subject to section 504 of the 3
304	304	Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794). 4
305	305	(29) T
306	306	HREAT ASSESSMENT .—The term ‘‘threat 5
307	307	assessment’’ means actions consisting of referrals or 6
308	308	meetings initiated by a member of school staff, ad-7
309	309	ministrator, school counselor, or educator that in-8
310	310	clude law enforcement officers to assess whether a 9
311	311	student constitutes a threat or risk to self or others. 10
312	312	(30) T
313	313	IME OUT.—The term ‘‘time out’’ has the 11
314	314	meaning given the term in section 595(d)(5) of the 12
315	315	Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290jj(d)(5)), 13
316	316	except that the meaning shall be applied by sub-14
317	317	stituting ‘‘student’’ for ‘‘resident’’. 15
318	318	(31) T
319	319	RAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES.—The term 16
320	320	‘‘trauma-informed services’’ means a service delivery 17
321	321	approach that— 18
322	322	(A) recognizes and responds to the impacts 19
323	323	of trauma with evidence-based supports and 20
324	324	intervention; 21
325	325	(B) emphasizes physical, psychological, and 22
326	326	emotional safety for both providers of services 23
327	327	and survivors of trauma; and 24
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331	331	(C) creates opportunities for survivors of 1
332	332	trauma to rebuild a sense of healing and em-2
333	333	powerment. 3
334	334	(32) Z
335	335	ERO-TOLERANCE POLICY .—The term 4
336	336	‘‘zero-tolerance policy’’ is a school discipline policy 5
337	337	that results in an automatic disciplinary con-6
338	338	sequence, including out-of-school suspension, expul-7
339	339	sion, and involuntary school transfer. 8
340	340	SEC. 4. STRENGTHENING CIVIL RIGHTS DATA COLLECTION 9
341	341	WITH RESPECT TO EXCLUSIONARY DIS-10
342	342	CIPLINE IN SCHOOLS. 11
343	343	(a) I
344	344	NGENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary for Civil 12
345	345	Rights shall annually carry out data collection, while 13
346	346	maintaining appropriate safety and privacy standards, au-14
347	347	thorized under section 203(c)(1) of the Department of 15
348	348	Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413(c)(1)), 16
349	349	which shall include data with respect to students enrolled 17
350	350	in a public preschool, elementary, or secondary school (in-18
351	351	cluding traditional public, charter, virtual, special edu-19
352	352	cation school, and alternative schools or placements) who 20
353	353	received the following disciplinary actions during the pre-21
354	354	ceding school year: 22
355	355	(1) Suspension (including the classification of 23
356	356	the suspension as in-school suspension or out-of- 24
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360	360	school suspension), which shall include data with re-1
361	361	spect to— 2
362	362	(A) the number of students who were sus-3
363	363	pended, disaggregated and cross-tabulated by 4
364	364	type of suspension and by— 5
365	365	(i) enrollment in a preschool or in an 6
366	366	elementary school and secondary school by 7
367	367	grade level; 8
368	368	(ii) race; 9
369	369	(iii) ethnicity; 10
370	370	(iv) sex (including, to the extent pos-11
371	371	sible, sexual orientation and gender iden-12
372	372	tity); 13
373	373	(v) low-income status; 14
374	374	(vi) disability status (including stu-15
375	375	dents eligible for disability under the Indi-16
376	376	viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 17
377	377	U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) or section 504 of the 18
378	378	Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 10 19
379	379	794)); 20
380	380	(vii) English learner status; 21
381	381	(viii) foster care status; 22
382	382	(ix) housing status, to the extent pos-23
383	383	sible; 24
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387	387	(x) Tribal citizenship or descent, in 1
388	388	the first or second degree, of an Indian 2
389	389	Tribe, to the extent possible; and 3
390	390	(xi) pregnant and parenting student 4
391	391	status, to the extent possible; 5
392	392	(B) the number and length of suspensions; 6
393	393	(C) the reason for each such suspension, 7
394	394	including— 8
395	395	(i) a violation of a zero-tolerance pol-9
396	396	icy and whether such violation was due to 10
397	397	a violent or nonviolent offense; 11
398	398	(ii) a violation of an appearance pol-12
399	399	icy, dress code, or grooming policy; 13
400	400	(iii) an act of insubordination; 14
401	401	(iv) willful defiance; and 15
402	402	(v) a violation of a school code of con-16
403	403	duct; and 17
404	404	(D) the number of days of lost instruction 18
405	405	due to each out-of-school and in-school suspen-19
406	406	sion. 20
407	407	(2) Expulsion, including agreements to with-21
408	408	draw a child from school in lieu of an expulsion 22
409	409	process, which shall include data with respect to— 23
410	410	(A) the number of students who were ex-24
411	411	pelled, disaggregated and cross-tabulated as 25
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415	415	outlined under clauses (i) through (xi) of sub-1
416	416	section (a)(1)(A); and 2
417	417	(B) the reason for each such expulsion, in-3
418	418	cluding— 4
419	419	(i) a violation of a zero-tolerance pol-5
420	420	icy and whether such violation was due to 6
421	421	a violent or nonviolent offense; 7
422	422	(ii) a violation of an appearance pol-8
423	423	icy, dress code, or grooming policy; 9
424	424	(iii) an act of insubordination, willful 10
425	425	defiance, or violation of a school code of 11
426	426	conduct; 12
427	427	(iv) the use of profane or vulgar lan-13
428	428	guage; 14
429	429	(v) an act of insubordination; and 15
430	430	(vi) a violation of a school code of 16
431	431	conduct. 17
432	432	(3) The number of students subject to an out- 18
433	433	of-school transfer to a different school, including al-19
434	434	ternative education placements or a virtual school, 20
435	435	disaggregated and cross-tabulated as outlined under 21
436	436	clauses (i) through (xi) of subsection (a)(1)(A), and 22
437	437	the primary reason for each such transfer. 23
438	438	(4) The number of students subject to a refer-24
439	439	ral to law enforcement or threat assessment process, 25
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443	443	disaggregated and cross-tabulated as outlined under 1
444	444	clauses (i) through (xi) of subsection (a)(1)(A), in-2
445	445	cluding the primary reason for each such referral, 3
446	446	and whether such referral resulted in an arrest. 4
447	447	(5) The number of students arrested at school, 5
448	448	including at school-sponsored activities, 6
449	449	disaggregated and cross-tabulated as outlined under 7
450	450	clauses (i) through (xi) of subsection (a)(1)(A), and 8
451	451	the primary reason for such arrest. 9
452	452	(6) The number of students subject to a refer-10
453	453	ral to or placement in a residential facility, including 11
454	454	for temporary or short-term holds (such as 48-hour 12
455	455	or 72-hour holds) disaggregated and cross-tabulated 13
456	456	as outlined under clauses (i) through (xi) of sub-14
457	457	section (a)(1)(A). 15
458	458	(7) The number of students subject to place-16
459	459	ment in juvenile or criminal legal confinement or 17
460	460	other institutionalized settings, including diversion 18
461	461	to arrest programs and mental and psychiatric pro-19
462	462	grams, disaggregated and cross-tabulated as outlined 20
463	463	under clauses (i) through (xi) of subsection 21
464	464	(a)(1)(A). 22
465	465	(b) R
466	466	EPORT.— 23
467	467	(1) I
468	468	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 24
469	469	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-25
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472	472	•S 1338 IS
473	473	nually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary for Civil 1
474	474	Rights shall submit to Congress a report on the data 2
475	475	collected under subsection (a). 3
476	476	(2) R
477	477	EQUIREMENTS.—The report required 4
478	478	under paragraph (1) shall— 5
479	479	(A) identify, with respect to the data col-6
480	480	lected under subsection (a), schools, local edu-7
481	481	cational agencies, and States that demonstrate 8
482	482	a pattern of the overuse and discriminatory use 9
483	483	of exclusionary disciplinary practices; 10
484	484	(B) be disaggregated and cross tabulated, 11
485	485	except that such disaggregation shall not be re-12
486	486	quired in the case of a State, local educational 13
487	487	agency, or a school in which the number of stu-14
488	488	dents in a subgroup is insufficient to yield sta-15
489	489	tistically reliable information or the results 16
490	490	would reveal personally identifiable information 17
491	491	about an individual student, by— 18
492	492	(i) enrollment in a preschool or in an 19
493	493	elementary school and secondary school by 20
494	494	grade level; 21
495	495	(ii) race; 22
496	496	(iii) ethnicity; 23
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500	500	(iv) sex (including, to the extent pos-1
501	501	sible, sexual orientation and gender iden-2
502	502	tity); 3
503	503	(v) low-income status; 4
504	504	(vi) disability status (including stu-5
505	505	dents eligible for disability under the Indi-6
506	506	viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 7
507	507	U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) or section 504 of the 8
508	508	Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 9
509	509	794)); 10
510	510	(vii) English learner status; 11
511	511	(viii) foster care status; 12
512	512	(ix) housing status, to the extent pos-13
513	513	sible; 14
514	514	(x) Tribal citizenship or descent, in 15
515	515	the first or second degree, of an Indian 16
516	516	Tribe; and 17
517	517	(xi) pregnant and parenting student 18
518	518	status, to the extent possible; 19
519	519	(C) be publicly accessible in multiple lan-20
520	520	guages, accessibility formats, and provided in a 21
521	521	language that parents, families, and community 22
522	522	members can understand; and 23
523	523	(D) be presented in a manner that protects 24
524	524	the privacy of individuals consistent with the re-25
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527	527	•S 1338 IS
528	528	quirements of section 444 of the General Edu-1
529	529	cation Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g), com-2
530	530	monly known as the ‘‘Family Educational 3
531	531	Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’’. 4
532	532	SEC. 5. GRANTS TO REDUCE EXCLUSIONARY SCHOOL DIS-5
533	533	CIPLINE PRACTICES. 6
534	534	(a) I
535	535	NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants 7
536	536	(which shall be known as the ‘‘Healing School Climate 8
537	537	Grants’’), on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for 9
538	538	the purpose of reducing the overuse and discriminatory 10
539	539	use of exclusionary discipline practices and policies in 11
540	540	schools. 12
541	541	(b) E
542	542	LIGIBLEENTITIES.—In this section, the term 13
543	543	‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 14
544	544	(1) one or more local educational agencies (who 15
545	545	may be partnered with a State educational agency), 16
546	546	including a public charter school that is a local edu-17
547	547	cational agency under State law or local educational 18
548	548	agency operated by the Bureau of Indian Education; 19
549	549	or 20
550	550	(2) a nonprofit organization (defined as an or-21
551	551	ganization described in section 501(c)(3) of the In-22
552	552	ternal Revenue Code, which is exempt from taxation 23
553	553	under section 501(a) of such Code) with a track 24
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556	556	•S 1338 IS
557	557	record of success in improving school climates and 1
558	558	supporting students. 2
559	559	(c) A
560	560	PPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking a grant 3
561	561	under this section shall submit an application to the Sec-4
562	562	retary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 5
563	563	information as the Secretary may require, including an as-6
564	564	surance that the eligible entity shall prioritize schools with 7
565	565	high rates of disparities in exclusionary discipline, such 8
566	566	as suspensions, expulsions, law enforcement referrals, and 9
567	567	school-based arrests, for students of color, students with 10
568	568	disabilities, LGBTQI+ students, English language learn-11
569	569	ers, students experiencing homelessness, students involved 12
570	570	in the foster care system, and students living at the inter-13
571	571	sections of these identities, and historical patterns of dis-14
572	572	parities in exclusionary school discipline. The Secretary 15
573	573	shall make applications publicly accessible in an appro-16
574	574	priate digital format. 17
575	575	(d) P
576	576	ROGRAMREQUIREMENT.—An eligible entity 18
577	577	that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall prohibit 19
578	578	the use of— 20
579	579	(1) out-of-school suspension or expulsion for 21
580	580	any student in preschool through grade 5 for inci-22
581	581	dents that do not involve serious physical injury; 23
582	582	(2) out-of-school suspension or expulsion for 24
583	583	any student in preschool through grade 12 for insub-25
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586	586	•S 1338 IS
587	587	ordination, willful defiance, vulgarity, truancy, tardi-1
588	588	ness, chronic absenteeism, or as a result of a viola-2
589	589	tion of a grooming or appearance policy; 3
590	590	(3) corporal punishment; 4
591	591	(4) seclusion; 5
592	592	(5) a mechanical or chemical restraint on a stu-6
593	593	dent; or 7
594	594	(6) a physical restraint or physical escort that 8
595	595	is life threatening, that restricts breathing, or that 9
596	596	restricts blood flow to the brain, including prone and 10
597	597	supine restraint, on a student, except when each of 11
598	598	the following requirements are met: 12
599	599	(A) The student’s behavior poses an immi-13
600	600	nent danger of serious physical injury to the 14
601	601	student, program personnel, or another indi-15
602	602	vidual. 16
603	603	(B) Before using physical restraint, less 17
604	604	restrictive interventions would be ineffective in 18
605	605	stopping such imminent danger of serious phys-19
606	606	ical injury. 20
607	607	(C) Such physical restraint is imposed 21
608	608	by— 22
609	609	(i) program personnel trained and cer-23
610	610	tified by a State-approved crisis interven-24
611	611	tion training program; or 25
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614	614	•S 1338 IS
615	615	(ii) program personnel not trained 1
616	616	and certified as described in clause (i), in 2
617	617	the case of a rare and clearly unavoidable 3
618	618	emergency circumstance when program 4
619	619	personnel certified as described in clause 5
620	620	(i) is not immediately available due to the 6
621	621	unforeseeable nature of the emergency cir-7
622	622	cumstance. 8
623	623	(D) Such physical restraint ends imme-9
624	624	diately upon the cessation of the imminent dan-10
625	625	ger of serious physical injury to the student, 11
626	626	any program personnel, or another individual. 12
627	627	(E) The physical restraint does not inter-13
628	628	fere with the student’s ability to communicate 14
629	629	in the student’s primary language or primary 15
630	630	mode of communication. 16
631	631	(F) During the physical restraint, the least 17
632	632	amount of force necessary is used to protect the 18
633	633	student or others from the threatened injury. 19
634	634	(G) The physical restraint does not affect 20
635	635	or interfere with, with respect to a student, a 21
636	636	disability, health care needs, or a medical or 22
637	637	psychiatric condition documented in a— 23
638	638	(i) health care directive or medical 24
639	639	management plan; 25
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642	642	•S 1338 IS
643	643	(ii) a behavior intervention plan; 1
644	644	(iii) an individualized education pro-2
645	645	gram or an individualized family service 3
646	646	plan (as defined in section 602 of the Indi-4
647	647	viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 5
648	648	U.S.C. 1401)); or 6
649	649	(iv) another relevant record made 7
650	650	available to the State or eligible entity in-8
651	651	volved. 9
652	652	(e) U
653	653	SE OFFUNDS.— 10
654	654	(1) R
655	655	EQUIRED USES.—An eligible entity that 11
656	656	receives a grant under this section shall use funds 12
657	657	to— 13
658	658	(A) evaluate the current discipline policies 14
659	659	of schools under the eligible entity and, in part-15
660	660	nership with students (including girls of color), 16
661	661	the family members of students, and the local 17
662	662	community of such school, develop discipline 18
663	663	policies for such schools to ensure that such 19
664	664	policies are not exclusionary or discriminately 20
665	665	applied toward students; 21
666	666	(B) provide training and professional de-22
667	667	velopment for school officials to avoid or ad-23
668	668	dress the overuse and discriminatory dispropor-24
669	669	tionate use of exclusionary discipline practices 25
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672	672	•S 1338 IS
673	673	in schools and to create awareness of implicit 1
674	674	and explicit bias and use culturally sustaining 2
675	675	practices, including training in— 3
676	676	(i) identifying and providing support 4
677	677	to students who may have experienced or 5
678	678	are at risk of experiencing trauma or have 6
679	679	other mental health needs; 7
680	680	(ii) administering and responding to 8
681	681	assessments on adverse childhood experi-9
682	682	ences; 10
683	683	(iii) providing student-centered, trau-11
684	684	ma-informed services and positive behavior 12
685	685	management interventions that create safe 13
686	686	and supportive school climates; 14
687	687	(iv) using restorative practices; 15
688	688	(v) using culturally and linguistically 16
689	689	responsive intervention strategies; 17
690	690	(vi) developing social and emotional 18
691	691	learning competencies; and 19
692	692	(vii) increasing student engagement 20
693	693	and improving dialogue between students 21
694	694	and educators; 22
695	695	(C) implement and evaluate evidence-based 23
696	696	alternatives to suspension or expulsion, includ-24
697	697	ing— 25
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700	700	•S 1338 IS
701	701	(i) multi-tier systems of support, such 1
702	702	as positive behavioral interventions and 2
703	703	supports; 3
704	704	(ii) social, emotional, and academic 4
705	705	learning strategies designed to engage stu-5
706	706	dents and avoid escalating conflicts; and 6
707	707	(iii) other data-driven approaches to 7
708	708	improving school environments; 8
709	709	(D) improve behavioral and academic out-9
710	710	comes for students by creating a safe and sup-10
711	711	portive learning environment and school cli-11
712	712	mate, which may include— 12
713	713	(i) restorative practices with respect 13
714	714	to improving relationships among students, 14
715	715	school officials, and members of the local 15
716	716	community, which may include partnering 16
717	717	with local mental health agencies or non-17
718	718	profit organizations; 18
719	719	(ii) access to mentors and peer-based 19
720	720	support programs; 20
721	721	(iii) extracurricular programs, includ-21
722	722	ing sports and art programs; 22
723	723	(iv) social and emotional learning 23
724	724	strategies designed to engage students and 24
725	725	avoid escalating conflicts; 25
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728	728	•S 1338 IS
729	729	(v) access to counseling, mental health 1
730	730	programs, and trauma-informed services, 2
731	731	including suicide prevention programs; and 3
732	732	(vi) access to culturally responsive 4
733	733	curricula that affirms the history and con-5
734	734	tributions of traditionally marginalized 6
735	735	people and communities; 7
736	736	(E) hire social workers, school counselors, 8
737	737	trauma-informed care personnel, and other 9
738	738	mental health personnel who shall not serve as 10
739	739	proxies for school-based law enforcement offi-11
740	740	cers; and 12
741	741	(F) support the development, delivery, and 13
742	742	analysis of school climate surveys. 14
743	743	(2) P
744	744	ROHIBITED USES.—An eligible entity that 15
745	745	receives a grant under this section may not use 16
746	746	funds to— 17
747	747	(A) hire or retain school-based law enforce-18
748	748	ment personnel, including school resource offi-19
749	749	cers; 20
750	750	(B) purchase, maintain, or install surveil-21
751	751	lance equipment, including metal detectors or 22
752	752	software programs that monitor or mine the so-23
753	753	cial media use or technology use of students; 24
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756	756	•S 1338 IS
757	757	(C) arm educators, principals, school lead-1
758	758	ers, or other school personnel; and 2
759	759	(D) enter into formal or informal partner-3
760	760	ships or data and information sharing agree-4
761	761	ments with— 5
762	762	(i) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-6
763	763	rity, including agreements with U.S. Immi-7
764	764	gration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. 8
765	765	Customs and Border Protection; or 9
766	766	(ii) State, local, or other law enforce-10
767	767	ment agencies, including partnerships that 11
768	768	allow for hiring of school-based law en-12
769	769	forcement. 13
770	770	(f) T
771	771	ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, in car-14
772	772	rying out subsection (a), may reserve not more than 2 per-15
773	773	cent of funds to provide technical assistance to eligible en-16
774	774	tities, which may include— 17
775	775	(1) support for data collection, compliance, and 18
776	776	analysis of the activities of the program authorized 19
777	777	under subsection (a); and 20
778	778	(2) informational meetings and seminars with 21
779	779	respect to the application process under subsection 22
780	780	(c). 23
781	781	(g) R
782	782	EPORT BYGRANTEES.—Not later than one year 24
783	783	after the date of enactment of this section, an eligible enti-25
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786	786	•S 1338 IS
787	787	ty receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the 1
788	788	Secretary, and to the public, a report on the activities 2
789	789	funded through the grant. The Secretary shall make each 3
790	790	such report publicly accessible in an appropriate digital 4
791	791	format. Such report shall include, at a minimum, a de-5
792	792	scription of— 6
793	793	(1) the evaluation methods of disciplinary prac-7
794	794	tices prior to the grant; 8
795	795	(2) training and professional development serv-9
796	796	ices provided for school officials, including school- 10
797	797	based law enforcement officers, to address discrimi-11
798	798	natory discipline practices, implicit and explicit bias, 12
799	799	and other uses described in subsection (e)(1); 13
800	800	(3) aggregated and de-identified behavioral, so-14
801	801	cial emotional, and academic outcomes experience by 15
802	802	students; 16
803	803	(4) any instance of physical restraint used on a 17
804	804	student with an explanation of a circumstance de-18
805	805	scribed in subsection (d)(6); 19
806	806	(5) the number of students who were referred 20
807	807	to some form of alternative practice described in 21
808	808	subsection (e)(1)(C); 22
809	809	(6) disaggregated data on students suspended, 23
810	810	expelled, arrested at school, and referred to the juve-24
811	811	nile or criminal legal system, except that such 25
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814	814	•S 1338 IS
815	815	disaggregation shall not be required in the case of 1
816	816	a State, local educational agency, or a school in 2
817	817	which the number of students in a subgroup is in-3
818	818	sufficient to yield statistically reliable information or 4
819	819	the results would reveal personally identifiable infor-5
820	820	mation about an individual student, cross tabulated 6
821	821	by— 7
822	822	(A) reason for disciplinary action; 8
823	823	(B) type and length of disciplinary action; 9
824	824	(C) grade level; 10
825	825	(D) race; 11
826	826	(E) ethnicity; 12
827	827	(F) sex (including to the extent possible, 13
828	828	sexual orientation and gender identity); 14
829	829	(G) low-income status; 15
830	830	(H) disability status; 16
831	831	(I) English learner status; 17
832	832	(J) foster care status; 18
833	833	(K) housing status, to the extent possible; 19
834	834	(L) Tribal citizenship or descent, in the 20
835	835	first or second degree, of an Indian Tribe; and 21
836	836	(M) pregnant and parenting student sta-22
837	837	tus, to the extent possible; and 23
838	838	(7) any other information required by the Sec-24
839	839	retary. 25
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842	842	•S 1338 IS
843	843	SEC. 6. JOINT TASK FORCE TO END SCHOOL PUSHOUT OF 1
844	844	GIRLS OF COLOR. 2
845	845	(a) E
846	846	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary and the Sec-3
847	847	retary of Health and Human Services shall establish and 4
848	848	operate a joint task force to end school pushout (in this 5
849	849	section referred to as the ‘‘Joint Task Force’’). 6
850	850	(b) C
851	851	OMPOSITION.— 7
852	852	(1) C
853	853	HAIRS.—The Secretary and the Secretary 8
854	854	of Health and Human Services shall chair the Joint 9
855	855	Task Force. 10
856	856	(2) M
857	857	EMBERS.— 11
858	858	(A) I
859	859	N GENERAL.—The Joint Task Force 12
860	860	shall include 21 total members and be com-13
861	861	posed of— 14
862	862	(i) 6 students, including 2 Black, 15
863	863	Brown, and Indigenous girls; 16
864	864	(ii) 2 educators; 17
865	865	(iii) 3 parents, including foster par-18
866	866	ents, legal guardians, and caregivers with 19
867	867	children enrolled in public school; 20
868	868	(iv) 3 public school officials; 21
869	869	(v) 3 representatives from the civil 22
870	870	rights community, including civil rights 23
871	871	and disability organizations; 24
872	872	(vi) 2 psychologists, social workers, 25
873	873	trauma-informed personnel, and other 26
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876	876	•S 1338 IS
877	877	mental health professionals with expertise 1
878	878	in child and adolescent development; and 2
879	879	(vii) 2 researchers with experience in 3
880	880	behavioral intervention with children and 4
881	881	youth. 5
882	882	(B) L
883	883	AW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS .—The 6
884	884	Joint Task Force shall not include law enforce-7
885	885	ment officers. 8
886	886	(3) A
887	887	DVISORY MEMBERS .—In addition to the 9
888	888	members under paragraph (2), the Assistant Attor-10
889	889	ney General of the Civil Rights Division of the De-11
890	890	partment of Justice and the Director of the Bureau 12
891	891	of Indian Education shall be advisory members of 13
892	892	the Joint Task Force. 14
893	893	(4) M
894	894	EMBER APPOINTMENT .—Not later than 15
895	895	60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 16
896	896	the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and 17
897	897	Human Services shall appoint the members of the 18
898	898	Joint Task Force— 19
899	899	(A) in accordance with paragraph (2); 20
900	900	(B) using a competitive application proc-21
901	901	ess; and 22
902	902	(C) with consideration to the racial, ethnic, 23
903	903	gender, disability, and geographic diversity of 24
904	904	the Joint Task Force. 25
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907	907	•S 1338 IS
908	908	(c) STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS .—The Joint 1
909	909	Task Force shall— 2
910	910	(1) conduct a study to— 3
911	911	(A) identify causes for disparities in school 4
912	912	discipline administration that push girls of color 5
913	913	out of schools; 6
914	914	(B) identify best practices for reducing the 7
915	915	overuse and discriminatory use of exclusionary 8
916	916	discipline practices; 9
917	917	(C) identify interventions and account-10
918	918	ability for local and State educational agencies 11
919	919	when disparities in school discipline are found; 12
920	920	and 13
921	921	(D) determine to what extent exclusionary 14
922	922	discipline practices contribute to the criminal-15
923	923	ization of— 16
924	924	(i) girls of color; 17
925	925	(ii) English learners; 18
926	926	(iii) Indigenous girls; 19
927	927	(iv) LGBTQI+ students; 20
928	928	(v) students experiencing homeless-21
929	929	ness; 22
930	930	(vi) students involved in the foster 23
931	931	care system; and 24
932	932	(vii) students with disabilities; and 25
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935	935	•S 1338 IS
936	936	(2) develop recommendations based on the 1
937	937	study conducted under paragraph (1). 2
938	938	(d) R
939	939	EPORT.—Not later than 360 days after the date 3
940	940	of the enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, 4
941	941	the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human 5
942	942	Services shall submit to Congress a report on the rec-6
943	943	ommendations under subsection (c)(2). The report shall 7
944	944	be— 8
945	945	(1) available to the public through the public 9
946	946	website of the Department of Health and Human 10
947	947	Services and by request; 11
948	948	(2) accessible in accordance with the require-12
949	949	ments of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 13
950	950	(42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and 14
951	951	(3) available in multiple languages. 15
952	952	SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION. 16
953	953	(a) I
954	954	NGENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-17
955	955	priated $500,000,000 for each fiscal year after the date 18
956	956	of enactment of this Act to carry out sections 5 and 6. 19
957	957	(b) A
958	958	DDITIONALFUNDING TO THE OFFICE FOR 20
959	959	C
960	960	IVILRIGHTS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 21
961	961	$500,000,000 for each fiscal year after the date of enact-22
962	962	ment of this Act to carry out section 4. 23
963	963	Æ
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