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Safe Schools Improvement Act

S. 986 Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-VA) In committee
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  1. Introduced Mar 12
  2. Committee Mar 12
  3. Passed Senate Next
  4. Passed House Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
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In committee, Mar 12, 2025Next: Senate vote
594d ago Mar 12, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Summary

Safe Schools Improvement Act

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This bill requires states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit bullying and harassment of elementary and secondary school students. In particular, these policies must prohibit bullying and harassment based on race, color, national origin, disability, religion, or sex. Sex includes sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics (including intersex traits).

Further, LEAs must provide (1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their disciplinary policies; (2) students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct; and (3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level.

The Department of Education must conduct and report on an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools. The National Center for Education Statistics must collect state data to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA disciplinary policies.

Library of Congress summary, Mar 12, 2025

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  • Introduced in SenateMar 12, 2025

Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.