H.R. 10421
Transforming Education for the Future Act
Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici
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I Support for All Schools to Provide a Well-Rounded Education
A Innovative Teaching and Learning
1 Project-Based Learning Grants
2 Arts Education for All
3 Black History is American History
4 Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History
5 Teaching Hispanic and Latino and American Indian History
6 Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons
7 Full-Service Community Schools Expansion
8 Reading Excellence and Achievement for Development
B High-Quality Assessments and Accountability
1 Promoting Innovative and Holistic Assessment Models
2 State Accountability System Reform
II Support for School Climate and Safety
A Civil Rights
B Educator and Staff Support
1 Professional Development
2 American Teachers
3 Preparing and Retaining All Paraeducators
4 Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff
C School Climate and Safety
1 Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens in Schools
A Definitions
B Partnership Grants for Local and State Educational Agencies
C Establishment of Interagency Task Force
D Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
E Amendments to Department of Education Data Collection
F School-Based Health Centers and Reporting
2 Protecting Our Students in Schools
A Purposes; Definitions
B Prohibition of Corporal Punishment
C State Activities and Grant Program
D Additional Provisions
3 Keeping All Students Safe
A Prohibition on Restraint and Seclusion; Additional Requirements
B State Plan; Reporting Requirements; Grants for State Educational Agencies
C General Provisions
4 Safe Schools Improvement
5 School Violence Prevention
6 Expanding Access to Mental Health Services in Schools
7 Right to Read
Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
8549D. Protecting constitutional rights in school libraries. The Secretary shall require an assurance from each State educational agency and local educational agency receiving funds under this Act that such agency—
(1) will protect the First Amendment rights of students in school libraries and will affirmatively further the right to receive information by—
(A) providing access to a variety of reading materials;
(B) recognizing that public schools prepare individuals for participation as citizens;
(C) recognizing that school boards have important and discretionary functions;
(D) acknowledging that among a school board’s functions is a role to play in determining the holdings of a school library;
(E) understanding the importance of First Amendment protections in school libraries as centers for voluntary inquiry and the dissemination of information and ideas;
(F) understanding that school boards must exercise their discretionary authority in a manner that comports with First Amendment protections and imperatives; and
(G) understanding that the exercise of a school board’s role in determining the holdings of a school library may not be done in a manner that is partisan, political, or otherwise aimed at prescribing particular schools of thought or opinion; and
(2) will provide equal protection in the conduct of school libraries in compliance with the requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment and nondiscrimination laws.
D Education Research and Development
1 New Essential Education Discoveries
2 National Education Technology Clearinghouse
III Support for Addressing Socioeconomic Barriers to Learning
1 Protecting Public Education
A Protecting Public Schools
B Championing Honest and Responsible Transparency in Education Reform
2 Preschool for All
3 School Meals for All
A Universal School Meals Program
B Mitigating Electronic Access Losses for Students