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H.R. 6765 115th Congress House

Combating Implicit Bias in Education Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a competitive grant program to award grants to local educational agencies to address implicit bias in element… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a competitive grant program to award grants to local educational agencies to address implicit bias in elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 10, 2018 Introduced by: Eleanor Holmes Norton Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsDisability and health-based discriminationEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary education
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Performance measurementRacial and ethnic relationsSchool administrationSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 10, 2018
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1228)
Sep 10, 2018
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Combating Implicit Bias in Education Act

This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies to provide training to staff of elementary and secondary schools on implicit bias for purposes of ending discrimination based on such bias, improving the school climate and student-staff relationships, and improving student academic achievement.

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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Sep 25, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6765: Combating Implicit Bias in Education Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6765/
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"H.R. 6765: Combating Implicit Bias in Education Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6765/.
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H.R. 6765, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6765/.
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