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H.R. 1810119th CongressEducation
Safe Schools Improvement Act
Sponsored by Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) · 214 active : 2 Republicans, 212 Democrats
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Where it standsBefore the House25 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSafe Schools Improvement Act
This bill requires states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit bullying and harassment of elementary and secondary school students. In particular, these policies must prohibit bullying and harassment based on race, color, national origin, disability, religion, or sex.
Sex
includes sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics (including intersex traits).
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Further, LEAs must provide (1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their disciplinary 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.
The Department of Education must conduct and report on an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools. The National Center for Education Statistics must collect state data to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA disciplinary policies.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Census and government statistics
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Disability and paralysis
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
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- School administration
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
214 activeShow all 214 cosponsors
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13)
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25)
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3)
- Diana DeGette (D-CO-1)
- Dina Titus (D-NV-1)
- Donald S. Beyer (D-VA-8)
- Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-AL)
- Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14)
- Frank J. Mrvan
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
