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Requires federal collection and public reporting of detailed, disaggregated data on exclusionary school discipline (suspensions, expulsions, transfers, law‑enforcement referrals, arrests, and similar actions) and creates a competitive Healing School Climate grant program to reduce reliance on exclusionary and discriminatory disciplinary practices. Establishes a Joint Task Force to end the pushout of girls of color and directs public reporting, technical assistance, and limits on certain punitive practices in grant-funded schools.
Authorizes federal funding to implement these provisions — including $500 million each fiscal year to carry out the task force and related activities and an additional $500 million each fiscal year for the Office for Civil Rights to implement the data collection and grant activities — and requires public, ADA‑accessible reports and multilingual materials.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced April 8, 2025 by Cory Anthony Booker · Last progress April 8, 2025