Keeping All Students Safe Act
Latest action · Nov 30, 2020 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.
- IntroducedNov 30, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keeping All Students Safe Act
This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding. It also establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint, and creates a grant program for state educational agencies to implement the procedures required by the bill.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 30, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Nov 30, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Nov 30, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8782 | Keeping All Students Safe Act | Identical bill | Nov 19, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of the Interior
- Disability and paralysis
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment and training programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Law enforcement officers
- Mental health
- Military personnel and dependents
- Minority education
- Performance measurement
- Preschool education
- Prescription drugs
- School administration
- Special education
- State and local government operations
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2020Introduced in Senate
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