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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2576 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare concise 

written materials for use by school personnel to help to identify students 

with a high potential to commit aggressive and harmful behavior, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 6, 2007 

Ms. CARSON (for herself, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, and Ms. 

CORRINE BROWN of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 

the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 

prepare concise written materials for use by school personnel to help to identify students with a high potential 

to commit aggressive and harmful behavior, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Help Identify Indica5 tors of Potential Student Aggression Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MATERIALS FOR USE BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO 

2 IDENTIFY STUDENTS WITH A HIGH POTEN3 TIAL TO COMMIT AGGRESSIVE AND HARM4 FUL BEHAVIOR. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

6 Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the 

7 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra8 tion, shall prepare and, as appropriate, periodically re9 vise— 

10 (1) concise written materials to be used by fac11 ulty, counselors, teachers’ aides, school medical per12 sonnel, and other school leaders in elementary 

13 schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher 

14 education— 

15 (A) to help to identify the possible warning 

16 signs of a student with a high potential to com17 mit aggressive and harmful behavior to prop18 erty, themselves, or others; and 

19 (B) to refer an accounting of the suspect 

20 behavior to designated school personnel; and 

21 (2) more detailed written materials to be used 

22 by designated school personnel to determine an ap23 propriate course of action with respect to a student 

24 identified pursuant to paragraph (1), including 

25 whether the student should be referred to a mental 

26 health expert. 


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1 (b) ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS.—The materials pre2 pared under subsection (a) may be prepared in alternative 

3 versions to specifically address distinct school settings. 

4 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the materials 

5 required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the 

6 Secretary of Health and Human Services— 

7 (1) shall take into consideration the need to dif8 ferentiate indicators of a wide range of normal be9 havior from indicators of a high potential for aggres10 sive and harmful behavior; 

11 (2) shall take into consideration the possibility 

12 of unintended, adverse consequences resulting from 

13 targeting for suspicion or identifying a student as 

14 having a high potential to commit aggressive and 

15 harmful behavior; 

16 (3) shall design the materials in a manner 

17 that— 

18 (A) protects student confidentiality and 

19 privacy throughout the identification and refer20 ral processes; and 

21 (B) notwithstanding such protections, pre22 serves the authority of school officials to inter23 vene when immediate action is required to con24 trol a given situation; and 


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1 (4) shall design the materials so as to prevent 

2 stereotyping of students and misuse by school per3 sonnel on the basis of gender, racial, ethnic, or cul4 tural differences. 

5 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

6 shall be construed to require an elementary school, sec7 ondary school, or institution of higher education— 

8 (1) to use the materials prepared under sub9 section (a); or 

10 (2) to implement any standard or recommenda11 tion contained in such materials. 

12 (e) PROVISION TO SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.—The 

13 Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide the 

14 materials prepared under subsection (a), including any re15 vision thereof, to the Secretary of Education for distribu16 tion. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

17 provide the first version of such materials, ready for dis18 tribution, not later than 90 days after the date of the en19 actment of this Act. 

20 (f) DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS.—Not later than 90 

21 days after receipt of materials pursuant to subsection (e), 

22 including any revision thereof, the Secretary of Education 

23 shall distribute such materials to each private or public 

24 elementary school, secondary school, and institution of 

25 higher education. 


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1 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

2 (1) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec3 ondary school’’ have the meanings given to such 

4 terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec5 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

6 (2) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

7 has the meaning given to such term in section 102 

8 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

9 1002). 

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