H.R. 10421

Transforming Education for the Future Act

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici

16 cosponsors
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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

Sec. 10141. Black History is American History

(a) Program authorized. Section 2231(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6661(a)) is amended—

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American history; and

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by inserting which shall include Black history, after American history,; and

(B) by inserting , which shall include Black history after traditional American history.

(b) Presidential and Congressional academies for American History and Civics. Section 2232 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6662) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American History; and

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American History;

(2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American history;

(3) in subsection (e)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American history;

(ii) in subparagraph (A)—

(I) by inserting , which shall include Black history, after teachers of American history; and

(II) by inserting , which shall include Black history, after subjects of American history; and

(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American history;

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American history; and

(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting , and with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture providing programs and resources for educators and students after National Parks; and

(4) in subsection (f)—

(A) by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American history;

(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American history; and

(C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting , which shall include Black history, after American history.

(c) National activities. Section 2233 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6663) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by inserting which shall include Black history, after American history,; and

(2) in subsection (b), by inserting which shall include Black history, after American history, each place it appears.

(d) National assessment of educational progress. Section 303(b)(2)(D) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)(2)(D)) is amended by inserting (which shall include Black history) after 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