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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 re-
ferred 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 provi-
sions 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 per-
sonnel to help to identify students with a high potential 
to commit aggressive and harmful behavior, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Help Identify Indica-
tors of Potential Student Aggression Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. MATERIALS FOR USE BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO 
IDENTIFY STUDENTS WITH A HIGH POTEN-
TIAL TO COMMIT AGGRESSIVE AND HARM-
FUL BEHAVIOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra-
tion, shall prepare and, as appropriate, periodically re-
vise— 
(1) concise written materials to be used by fac-
ulty, counselors, teachers’ aides, school medical per-
sonnel, and other school leaders in elementary 
schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher 
education— 
(A) to help to identify the possible warning 
signs of a student with a high potential to com-
mit aggressive and harmful behavior to prop-
erty, themselves, or others; and 
(B) to refer an accounting of the suspect 
behavior to designated school personnel; and 
(2) more detailed written materials to be used 
by designated school personnel to determine an ap-
propriate course of action with respect to a student 
identified pursuant to paragraph (1), including 
whether the student should be referred to a mental 
health expert. 
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(b) ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS.—The materials pre-
pared under subsection (a) may be prepared in alternative 
versions to specifically address distinct school settings. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the materials 
required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services— 
(1) shall take into consideration the need to dif-
ferentiate indicators of a wide range of normal be-
havior from indicators of a high potential for aggres-
sive and harmful behavior; 
(2) shall take into consideration the possibility 
of unintended, adverse consequences resulting from 
targeting for suspicion or identifying a student as 
having a high potential to commit aggressive and 
harmful behavior; 
(3) shall design the materials in a manner 
that— 
(A) protects student confidentiality and 
privacy throughout the identification and refer-
ral processes; and 
(B) notwithstanding such protections, pre-
serves the authority of school officials to inter-
vene when immediate action is required to con-
trol a given situation; and 
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(4) shall design the materials so as to prevent 
stereotyping of students and misuse by school per-
sonnel on the basis of gender, racial, ethnic, or cul-
tural differences. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to require an elementary school, sec-
ondary school, or institution of higher education— 
(1) to use the materials prepared under sub-
section (a); or 
(2) to implement any standard or recommenda-
tion contained in such materials. 
(e) PROVISION TO SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.—The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide the 
materials prepared under subsection (a), including any re-
vision thereof, to the Secretary of Education for distribu-
tion. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
provide the first version of such materials, ready for dis-
tribution, not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(f) DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS.—Not later than 90 
days after receipt of materials pursuant to subsection (e), 
including any revision thereof, the Secretary of Education 
shall distribute such materials to each private or public 
elementary school, secondary school, and institution of 
higher education. 
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(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ have the meanings given to such 
terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given to such term in section 102 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002). 
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