Sec. 3. Safe Schools improvement
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Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The purpose of this part is to address the problem of bullying and harassment conduct of students in public elementary schools and secondary schools. In this part, the term bullying includes cyber-bullying through electronic communications. A State that receives a grant under this title shall require all local educational agencies in the State to carry out the following:
Establish policies that prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive— to limit a student’s ability to participate in, or benefit from, a program or activity of a public school or local educational agency; or to create a hostile or abusive educational environment, adversely affecting a student's education, at a program or activity of a public school or local educational agency, including acts of verbal, nonverbal, or physical aggression or intimidation.
The policies required under paragraph
(1)shall include a prohibition of bullying or harassment conduct based on— a student’s actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion; the actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion of a person with whom a student associates or has associated; or any other distinguishing characteristics that may be defined by the State or local educational agency, including being homeless or the child or ward of a member of the Armed Forces. Provide— annual notice to students, parents, and educational professionals describing the full range of prohibited conduct contained in such local educational agency's discipline policies; and grievance procedures for students or parents to register complaints regarding the prohibited conduct contained in such local educational agency's discipline policies, including— the name of the local educational agency officials who are designated as responsible for receiving such complaints; and timelines that the local educational agency will establish in the resolution of such complaints. Collect annual incidence and frequency of incidents data about the conduct prohibited by the policies described in paragraph
(1)at the school building level that are accurate and complete and publicly report such data at the school level and local educational agency level. The local educational agency shall ensure that victims or persons responsible for such conduct are not identifiable. Encourage positive and preventative approaches to school discipline that minimize students’ removal from instruction and ensure that students, including students described in paragraph (2), are not subject to disproportionate punishment. The chief executive officer of a State that receives a grant under this title, in cooperation with the State educational agency, shall submit a biennial report to the Secretary— on the information reported by local educational agencies in the State pursuant to section 4402(b)(5); and describing the State's plans for supporting local educational agency efforts to address the conduct prohibited by the policies described in section 4402(b)(1). The Secretary shall conduct an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary schools and secondary schools, including implementation of the requirements described in section 4402, including whether such requirements have appreciably reduced the level of the prohibited conduct and have conducted effective parent involvement and training programs. The Commissioner for Education Statistics shall collect data from States, that are subject to independent review, to determine the incidence and frequency of conduct prohibited by the policies described in section 4402. Not later than January 1, 2015, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress a report on the findings of the evaluation conducted under subsection
(a)together with the data collected under subsection
(b)and data submitted by the States under section 4403. Nothing in this part shall be construed to invalidate or limit rights, remedies, procedures, or legal standards available to victims of discrimination under any other Federal law or law of a State or political subdivision of a State, including title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. ), title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. ), section 504 or 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794 , 794a), or the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq. ). The obligations imposed by this part are in addition to those imposed by title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. ), title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. ), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). Nothing in this part shall be construed to alter legal standards regarding, or affect the rights (including remedies and procedures) available to individuals under, other Federal laws that establish protections for freedom of speech or expression. Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit a State or local entity from enacting any law with respect to the prevention of bullying or harassment of students that is not inconsistent with this part. . The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4304 the following: Part D—Safe Schools improvement Sec. 4401. Purpose. Sec. 4402. Anti-bullying policies. Sec. 4403. State reports. Sec. 4404. Evaluation. Sec. 4405. Effect on other laws. Sec. 4406. Rule of construction. .
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