S 555 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 10, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Al Franken D-MN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 10, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1558-1559)

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 10, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates.

Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination.

Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct they reasonably believe to be unlawful under this Act.

Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting off the educational assistance of recipients found to be violating them.

Allows an aggrieved individual to assert a violation of this Act in a judicial proceeding and recover reasonable attorney's fees should they prevail.

Deems a state's receipt of federal educational assistance for a program to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for conduct prohibited under this Act regarding such program.

Cosponsors 39

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2011 to Jun 21, 2012, with 29 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalMar 10, 2011
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalMar 10, 2011
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalMar 10, 2011
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 10, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 10, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1558-1559)
  3. Mar 10, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1557-1558)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 998Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011Related billMar 21, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 10, 2011Introduced in Senate

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