Sec. 54005. Joint task force to end school pushout of girls of color
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The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish and operate a joint task force to end school pushout (in this section referred to as the Joint Task Force ). The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall chair the Joint Task Force. The Joint Task Force shall be composed of— Native American girls; students, including Black and brown girls; teachers; parents with children in school; school officials; representatives from civil rights and disability organizations; psychologists, social workers, trauma-informed personnel, and other mental health professionals; and researchers with experience in behavioral intervention.
In addition to the members under paragraph (2), the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and the Director of the Bureau of Indian Education shall be advisory members of the Joint Task Force. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall appoint the members of the Joint Task Force— in accordance with paragraph (2); using a competitive application process; and with consideration to the racial, ethnic, gender, and geographic diversity of the Joint Task Force.
The Joint Task Force shall— conduct a study to— identify best practices for reducing the overuse and discriminatory use of exclusionary discipline practices; and determine to what extent exclusionary discipline practices contribute to the criminalization of— girls of color; English learners; Native American girls; students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning; and students with disabilities; and develop recommendations based on the study conducted under paragraph (1).
Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the recommendations under subsection (c)(2).