S. 5470

Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 2026

4 cosponsors

Where it stands

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sep 23)

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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2. Purposes

Sec. 3. Definitions

I Prohibition of Corporal Punishment

Sec. 101. Prohibition of corporal punishment

Sec. 102. Civil actions by the Attorney General

Sec. 103. Enforcement by the Office for Civil Rights

Sec. 104. Parent notification and protection and advocacy systems

II State Activities and Grant Program

Sec. 201. State plan and enforcement

Sec. 202. Grant authority

III Additional Provisions

Sec. 301. Federal regulations

Sec. 302. Other schools

Sec. 303. Limitation of authority

Sec. 304. Applicability to private schools and home schools

Sec. 305. Severability

Sec. 306. Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.