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S 3973 117th Congress Senate Education

Restorative Practices in Schools Act of 2022

Introduced: March 31, 2022 Introduced by: Bennet, Michael F. Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 31, 2022
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Restorative Practices in Schools Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants for local educational agencies to replace existing zero-tolerance disciplinary polices and punitive discipline in elementary and secondary schools with restorative practices.

Additionally, the bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the use of discipline practices that funnel students out of school and toward the juvenile legal and criminal legal systems (i.e., the school-to-prison pipeline).

What's happening now March 31, 2022

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7320 Identical bill Restorative Practices in Schools Act of 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3973: Restorative Practices in Schools Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3973/
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"S. 3973: Restorative Practices in Schools Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3973/.
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S. 3973, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3973/.
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