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Keeping All Students Safe Act

Introduced: November 30, 2020 Introduced by: Murphy, Christopher Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Nov 30, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 30, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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Keeping All Students Safe Act

This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding. It also establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint, and creates a grant program for state educational agencies to implement the procedures required by the bill.

What's happening now November 30, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8782 Identical bill Keeping All Students Safe Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 12 Independent 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Nov 30, 2020
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Nov 30, 2020
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 30, 2020
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Nov 30, 2020
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 30, 2020
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Nov 30, 2020
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Nov 30, 2020
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Nov 30, 2020
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Nov 30, 2020
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 30, 2020
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Nov 30, 2020
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 30, 2020
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 30, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4924: Keeping All Students Safe Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4924/
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"S. 4924: Keeping All Students Safe Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4924/.
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S. 4924, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4924/.
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