H.R. 1199: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2013

Introduced:
Mar 14, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Linda Sánchez [D-CA38]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on March 14, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Mar 14, 2013
Referred to Committee Mar 14, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

2% chance of getting past committee.
0% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
126 cosponsors (120D, 6R) (show)
Committees

House Education and the Workforce

↪ Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education

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Full Title

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.

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Last updated Mar 14, 2013.
10 pages

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3/14/2013--Introduced.
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to:
(1) limit students' ability to participate in, or benefit from school programs; or
(2) create a hostile or abusive educational environment that adversely affects their education.
Requires LEAs to also provide:
(1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their discipline policies;
(2) students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct;
(3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level; and
(4) discipline policies that minimize the removal of students from instruction and prevent disproportionate punishment.
Requires:
(1) the Secretary of Education to conduct, and report on, an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools; and
(2) the Commissioner for Education Statistics to collect state data, that are subject to independent review, to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA discipline policies.

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