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Timothy Kaine (D-VA)

Safe Schools Improvement Act

S. 986 · Senate bill Education

A Democratic bill with 41 Democratic cosponsors · See all 42 cosponsors

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

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Safe Schools Improvement Act and it focuses on addressing and preventing student bullying and harassment in public schools. It requires states that receive certain grants to make local educational agencies set up specific anti-bullying policies. These policies must explicitly prohibit conduct that creates a hostile educational environment or limits a student's ability to participate in school programs. The bill mandates that schools collect and publicly report annual data on the incidence and frequency of these prohibited behaviors. Additionally, states must submit biennial reports to the Secretary of Education detailing this data and their support plans. Finally, the Secretary of Education must conduct independent evaluations and report findings biennially to the President and Congress.

Yes· 3 of 20

  • Scored +10

    Would students be better off under this?

    Creates a safer school environment by prohibiting bullying and harassment.

  • Scored +9

    Would children be better off under this?

    Directly protects elementary and secondary students from bullying and harassment.

  • Scored +9

    Would LGBTQ people be better off under this?

    Explicitly prohibits harassment based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.