H.R. 10421
Transforming Education for the Future Act
Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici
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Text of the bill
The purposes of this Act are to:
(1) Fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).
(2) Support States in providing all students with a well-rounded education, including instruction in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
(3) Reduce State and Federal reliance on standardized test scores as an indicator of student ability and school quality.
(4) Promote innovative, holistic, and high-quality assessment models that more fully capture student knowledge, skills, and competencies.
(5) Prevent discrimination and bias in K–12 schools and uphold the civil rights of students, staff, and educators.
(6) Rebuild, repair, and restore K–12 public school infrastructure.
(7) Strengthen the educator pipeline and provide educators and staff with the resources they need to succeed in and out of the classroom.
(8) Promote high-quality education research and development and uplift evidence-based practices for student success and wellbeing.
(9) Provide K–12 public schools with the amount of funding necessary to equip all students with the opportunity to achieve challenging academic standards and succeed in college and career.
(10) Provide all young children with access to a free, high-quality preschool education.
(11) Provide all students with free and healthy school meals.
(12) Strengthen and protect public education as a vital community-based institution.
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
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