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
(a) Establishment. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a task force, to be known as the Interagency Task Force on Preventing Opioid Misuse and Overdose Among Youth (in this section referred to as the Task Force) to identify, evaluate, and make recommendations to coordinate and improve Federal responses to synthetic opioid overdose and misuse in youth.
(b) Membership. The membership of the Task Force shall include—
(1) the officials serving under paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (c); and
(2) the members serving under paragraphs (10), (11), and (12) of subsection (c), to be appointed by the Secretary.
(c) Composition. The Task Force shall be composed of at least 12, but not more than 17, members as follows:
(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, who shall serve as Chair of the Task Force.
(2) The Secretary of Education.
(3) The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use.
(4) The Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.
(5) The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(6) The Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
(7) The Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
(8) The Surgeon General of the United States.
(9) The Director of the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health.
(10) At least two, and not more than three, non-Federal representatives who are parents of youth who died from an overdose of fentanyl or another synthetic opioid.
(11) At least one, and not more than two, non-Federal representatives of one or more nationally recognized nonprofit organizations working to raise awareness about and prevent misuse of synthetic opioids by youth.
(12) Such other Federal or non-Federal representatives as determined by the Secretary.
(d) Duties. The Task Force shall—
(1) develop and regularly update a report that identifies, analyzes, and evaluates the state of Federal, State, and local programs to address synthetic opioid misuse and overdose in youth, and identifies best practices, including—
(A) a set of evidence-based, evidence-informed, and promising practices with respect to—
(i) prevention strategies for youth at risk of fentanyl and synthetic opioids misuse and overdose;
(ii) the identification, screening, diagnosis, intervention, and treatment of youth affected by synthetic opioid misuse;
(iii) the expeditious referral to, and implementation of, practices and supports that prevent and mitigate the effects of synthetic opioid misuse and overdose in youth; and
(iv) community-based or multigenerational practices that support youth and families affected by synthetic opioid misuse and overdose; and
(B) Federal and State programs and activities to prevent, screen, diagnose, intervene, and treat synthetic opioid misuse and overdose in youth; and
(2) develop and regularly update a national strategy for—
(A) youth synthetic opioid misuse and overdose prevention, taking into consideration the findings of the reports under paragraph (1); and
(B) how the Task Force and Federal departments and agencies represented on the Task Force will prioritize options for, and implement a coordinated approach to, addressing synthetic opioid misuse and overdose.
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