Bill > HR2248

This bill, the Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma Act of 2021 (also known as the Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2021), aims to reduce the overuse and discriminatory application of exclusionary discipline practices in schools, which disproportionately impact students of color, particularly girls of color. Key provisions include strengthening data collection on exclusionary discipline, providing grants to schools to implement evidence-based alternatives to suspension and expulsion, and establishing a joint task force to study and provide recommendations on ending the criminalization and "pushout" of girls of color from schools. The bill also prohibits certain disciplinary practices like out-of-school suspension for young students and the use of corporal punishment, seclusion, and certain types of physical restraint.

Education

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2248/all-info