US Congress Senate Bill 555 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-2)
Status: Introduced on March 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1558-1559)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates. Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination. Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct they reasonably believe to be unlawful under this Act. Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting off the educational assistance of recipients found to be violating them. Allows an aggrieved individual to assert a violation of this Act in a judicial proceeding and recover reasonable attorney's fees should they prevail. Deems a state's receipt of federal educational assistance for a program to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for conduct prohibited under this Act regarding such program.

Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011

Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	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. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	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. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Herb Kohl [D-WI]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]	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. Jack Reed [D-RI]
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
2011-03-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1558-1559)
2011-03-10	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1557-1558)

HB998 (Related) 2011-03-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/555/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s555/BILLS-112s555is.pdf