US Congress Senate Bill 506 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-08 - 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 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states, on an ongoing basis, to: (1) collect and report certain information on bullying and harassment by youth in their elementary and secondary schools and communities; (2) conduct, and report the results of, a needs assessment for bullying and harassment prevention programs; and (3) provide technical assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in their efforts to thwart bullying and harassment. Requires LEAs to: (1) include clear prohibitions against bullying and harassment within their discipline policies; (2) establish and monitor performance indicators for incidents of bullying and harassment; and (3) establish grievance procedures students, parents, and educators can use to redress such conduct. Directs LEAs to notify parents, students, and educators annually on: (1) the bullying and harassment prohibited by their discipline policies, (2) the numbers and nature of bullying and harassment incidents for each of their schools, and (3) grievance procedures for redressing such conduct. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Education to conduct, and report on, an independent biennial evaluation of programs to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools; and (2) the Commissioner for Education Statistics to collect data, that are subject to independent review, to determine the incidence and prevalence of bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools in this country.

Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
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. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Herb Kohl [D-WI]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	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. 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. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1648 (Same As) 2011-05-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/506/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s506/BILLS-112s506is.pdf