(iii) in a case in which such responses 
are included in a report, do not include 
personally identifiable information. 
(b) STATISTICS.—Beginning 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, such officials shall com-
pile statistics based upon their analysis of the results of 
the survey. Such officials shall update, conduct, and com-
pile the results of, the survey every 2 years thereafter. The 
compiled statistics should be disaggregated by local edu-
cational agency, except that such disaggregation shall not 
be required in the case of a local educational agency of 
a size such that the results would reveal personally identi-
fiable information about an individual student, in which 
case, an alternate basis for disaggregation shall be se-
lected. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The statistics compiled 
under subsection (b) shall be made publicly available on 
the website of the Department of Education and readily 
accessible to and usable by individuals, including individ-
uals with disabilities. 
(d) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Beginning not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Education— 
(1) shall prepare a biennial report on the infor-
mation gained from the standardized elements of the 
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survey under this section and publish such report in 
an accessible format on the website of the Depart-
ment of Education, including as part of any online 
consumer tool offered or supported by the Depart-
ment of Education that provides information to stu-
dents regarding specific postsecondary educational 
institutions; and 
(2) shall submit such report to the Congress. 
(e) DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE CONTENT.— 
The Secretary shall ensure that the survey questions vary 
between staff and students and for different age groups 
in order to ensure that the questions are developmentally 
appropriate. 
(f) OPTION TO REPORT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMA-
TION.—The survey shall give students the option to report 
their demographic information. 
(g) TOPICS.—Survey questions included in the survey 
tool developed pursuant to this section— 
(1) shall be designed to gather information on 
student experiences with domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and 
stalking, including the experiences of victims of such 
incidents; 
(2) shall use trauma-informed language to pre-
vent re-traumatization; and 
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(3) subject to subsection (e), shall address— 
(A) whether the instances domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual vio-
lence, sexual harassment, and stalking de-
scribed were experienced in-person or through 
electronic means; 
(B) the effectiveness of school sexual vio-
lence awareness and prevention programs and 
policies for the overall student body and dif-
ferent student populations, such as students of 
color, students in the LGBTQ communities, im-
migrant students, pregnant and parenting stu-
dents, and students with disabilities; 
(C) the effectiveness of current processes 
for complaints on and investigations into sex- 
based, race-based, national origin-based, sexual 
orientation-based, gender identity-based, and 
disability-based harassment, assault, discrimi-
nation, domestic violence, dating violence, and 
stalking; 
(D) students’ awareness of school policies 
and procedures, including— 
(i) the location and process for access-
ing school resources, such as a Title IX 
Coordinator designated by the school pur-
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suant to title IX of the Education Amend-
ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); 
and 
(ii) processes for remote learning; 
(E) whether individuals impacted by sexual 
harassment, sexual violence, discrimination, do-
mestic violence, dating violence, and stalking 
have experienced negative effects on their edu-
cation, including diminished grades, dropped 
classes, or leaves of absence; 
(F) what training is being provided to 
teachers and staff on policies and procedures 
pertaining to sexual harassment, sexual vio-
lence, discrimination, domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual grooming, and stalking, includ-
ing best practices in prevention; 
(G) whether the perpetrator of sexual har-
assment, sexual violence, discrimination, domes-
tic violence, dating violence, and stalking was a 
student, school employee, or volunteer and 
other contextual factors; 
(H) whether individuals impacted by sex-
ual harassment, sexual violence, discrimination, 
domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking 
reported or did not report such sexual harass-
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ment, sexual violence, discrimination, domestic 
violence, dating violence, and stalking; 
(I) if such an individual did so report, to 
whom they reported, and what response the 
survivor received to include being informed of, 
or referred to, national, State, local, tribal, or 
resources; 
(J) if such an individual reported to the 
school— 
(i) did the school conduct an inves-
tigation; 
(ii) if an investigation was conducted, 
how long did the investigation take; and 
(iii) if an investigation was conducted, 
what was the final resolution of the inves-
tigation; 
(K) if such an individual did so report, 
whether they experienced retaliation following 
the reporting; 
(L) school community members’, such as 
students, full-time and part-time staff and fac-
ulty, and administration officials, attitudes to-
ward sexual violence and harassment, including 
individuals’ willingness to intervene as a by-
stander of sex-based, race-based, national ori-
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gin-based, 
sexual 
orientation-based, 
gender 
identity-based, and disability-based discrimina-
tion, harassment, assault, domestic violence, 
dating violence, and stalking; 
(M) school community members’, such as 
students, full-time and part-time staff and fac-
ulty, and administration officials, perception of 
school safety and confidence in the school’s abil-
ity to appropriately address sex-based, race- 
based, national origin-based, sexual orientation- 
based, gender identity-based, and disability- 
based discrimination, harassment, assault, do-
mestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; 
and 
(N) any other issues relating to sex-based, 
race-based, national origin-based, sexual ori-
entation-based, gender identity-based, and dis-
ability-based discrimination, harassment, as-
sault, domestic violence, dating violence, and 
stalking, as appropriate. 
(h) ADDITIONAL TOPICS.—States and local edu-
cational agencies may add additional questions to the sur-
vey as they determine appropriate. 
(i) FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, 
in consultation with the Attorney General, the Direc-
tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, and the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, shall develop a mechanism by which local edu-
cational agencies may, with respect to the survey 
tool developed pursuant to this section— 
(A) administer such survey tool; and 
(B) modify such survey tool to include ad-
ditional elements or requirements, as deter-
mined by the agency, subject to the review and 
approval of the Secretary of Education. 
(2) ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall ensure that the survey tool is adminis-
tered in such a way as to be readily accessible to 
and usable by individuals with disabilities. 
(j) INSTITUTIONAL
ADMINISTRATION.—Beginning 
not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary 
of Education makes available to local educational agencies 
the mechanism described in subsection (i)(1), and every 
2 years thereafter, each local educational agency (as de-
fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (8 U.S.C. 7801)) that receives 
Federal financial assistance (as such term is defined in 
section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code) shall 
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administer the survey tool developed pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
(k) COMPLETED SURVEYS.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall require each local educational agency that ad-
ministers the survey tool developed pursuant to this sec-
tion to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 
an adequate, random, and representative sample size of 
students (as determined by the Secretary) enrolled at ele-
mentary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of 
the agency complete the survey tool developed pursuant 
to this section. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 
out this section. 
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt, 
invalidate, or limit rights, remedies, procedures, or legal 
standards available to victims of discrimination or retalia-
tion under any other Federal law or law of a State or polit-
ical subdivision of a State, including title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), title IX 
of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 
et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 794), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or section 1979 of the Revised 
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Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983). The obligations imposed by 
this Act are in addition to those imposed by title IX of 
the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 
seq.), title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000d et seq.), title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), and the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). 
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that it is valuable for 
students to have access to confidential reporting of sexual 
harassment and abuse, and schools should attempt to pro-
vide that to the extent possible in accordance with State 
and local laws. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Unless otherwise provided in this Act, this Act shall 
take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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