US Congress Senate Bill 403 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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; and (3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level. 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.

Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2013

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. William Cowan [D-MA]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. John Walsh [D-MT]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1199 (Related) 2013-04-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/403/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s403/BILLS-113s403is.pdf