Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011
Latest action · Mar 8, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states, on an ongoing basis, to: (1) collect and report certain information on bullying and harassment by youth in their elementary and secondary schools and communities; (2) conduct, and report the results of, a needs assessment for bullying and harassment prevention programs; and (3) provide technical assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in their efforts to thwart bullying and harassment.
Requires LEAs to: (1) include clear prohibitions against bullying and harassment within their discipline policies; (2) establish and monitor performance indicators for incidents of bullying and harassment; and (3) establish grievance procedures students, parents, and educators can use to redress such conduct.
Directs LEAs to notify parents, students, and educators annually on: (1) the bullying and harassment prohibited by their discipline policies, (2) the numbers and nature of bullying and harassment incidents for each of their schools, and (3) grievance procedures for redressing such conduct.
Requires: (1) the Secretary of Education to conduct, and report on, an independent biennial evaluation of programs to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools; and (2) the Commissioner for Education Statistics to collect data, that are subject to independent review, to determine the incidence and prevalence of bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools in this country.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2011 to May 10, 2012; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Mar 8, 2011 |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Mar 10, 2011 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Mar 10, 2011 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | May 2, 2011 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | May 9, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | May 23, 2011 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 16, 2011 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Jun 20, 2011 | |
| D-NC | Kay R. Hagan | Jun 22, 2011 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jun 28, 2011 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jun 29, 2011 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jul 12, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Sep 15, 2011 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Oct 18, 2011 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Nov 14, 2011 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Dec 1, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Dec 5, 2011 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | May 10, 2012 | |
| D-ND | Kent Conrad | May 10, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2011 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Mar 8, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1928 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Mar 21, 2012 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 112-916 | FORTY YEARS AND COUNTING: THE TRIUMPHS OF TITLE IX62 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jun 19, 2012 |
| S. Hrg. 112-913 | BULLYING-FREE SCHOOLS: HOW LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL EFFORTS CAN HELP87 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jun 8, 2012 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1648 | Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011 | Identical bill | May 20, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Administrative remedies
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Crime prevention
- Crimes against children
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Government information and archives
- Performance measurement
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- School administration
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2011Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
