US HCR92 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-1)
Status: Introduced on April 1 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-05-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Supports the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Encourages each state, city, and local education authority to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity or gender expression.

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Title

Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-05-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2009-04-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2009-04-01 Referred to House Judiciary
2009-04-01 Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-04-01 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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