I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2682 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish 
a grant program that will support efforts at the State level to establish 
anti-bullying task forces to study, address, and reduce bullying in elemen-
tary and secondary schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 7, 2025 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. TONKO, 
Mr. SOTO, and Ms. SHERRILL) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to establish a grant program that will support 
efforts at the State level to establish anti-bullying task 
forces to study, address, and reduce bullying in elemen-
tary and secondary schools, 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 ‘‘STOP Bullying Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Nearly 1-in-5 K–12 students have reported 
being bullied at school, accounting for more than 
10,000,000 students across the country. 
(2) Since most instances of bullying take place 
on school grounds, school staff and teachers play an 
instrumental role in bullying prevention. 
(3) According to the NCES, 68 percent of 
grade 6–12 students who are bullied face repeated 
incidents over multiple days, and many have re-
ported negative impacts on their physical health as 
a result of being bullied at school. 
(4) Research shows that engaged educators who 
are supportive of all students help to reduce the 
overall presence of bullying and harassment on 
school grounds. 
(5) Marginalized students face high rates of 
bullying, with studies showing that 71 percent of 
Jewish families have experienced antisemitism at 
school, 78 percent of Sikh students have been bullied 
at school, 83 percent of LGBTQ+ students have 
been harassed or assaulted at school, and 44 percent 
of teenagers with developmental disabilities have 
been bullied at school. 
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(6) Hostile school environments have a detri-
mental effect on the academic success and health of 
students. 
(7) 56 percent of bullying incidents are never 
reported to an adult, inhibiting school systems in ad-
dressing hostile environments and supporting the 
well-being of all students. 
(8) Governments and educators in every State 
have a responsibility to ensure State and local edu-
cation systems have processes in place for students 
to be able to learn in a safe environment, regardless 
of their actual or perceived race, color, national ori-
gin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender iden-
tity, or religion. 
SEC. 3. STATE ANTI-BULLYING TASK FORCE REQUIRE-
MENT. 
Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7881 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8549D. STATE ANTI-BULLYING TASK FORCE GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) ANTI-BULLYING TASK FORCE GRANT PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a program to make 
grants to each State to establish and implement a task 
force to study, address, and reduce bullying in elementary 
schools and secondary schools. 
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‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Each State task force estab-
lished under a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds to conduct a study on bullying in the elementary 
schools and secondary schools of such State that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(1) policies of the local educational agencies in 
such State with respect to bullying; 
‘‘(2) teacher, parent, and student education 
with respect to bullying; and 
‘‘(3) the incidents of student violence and self- 
harm as a result of bullying. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) CHAIR.—Each Chief Education Officer of 
a State shall designate one individual to serve as the 
chair of the task force of such State. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—Each State shall des-
ignate at least one individual from each of the fol-
lowing categories to serve on the task force of such 
State: 
‘‘(A) At least one teacher at elementary 
schools and secondary schools selected in con-
sultation with the union or association rep-
resenting educators. 
‘‘(B) At least one school administrator. 
‘‘(C) At least one parent of students. 
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‘‘(D) At least one K–12 student. 
‘‘(E) At least one guidance counselor. 
‘‘(F) At least one child psychologist. 
‘‘(G) At least one school psychologist. 
‘‘(H) At least one paraprofessional. 
‘‘(I) At least one lawyer. 
‘‘(J) At least one representative from a 
community-based organization who specializes 
in providing supportive services to students who 
identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 
or queer. 
‘‘(K) Professionals who specialize in pro-
viding support services to students who identify 
as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. 
‘‘(L) At least one individual from the State 
Education Agency office focused on school im-
provement and school climate. 
‘‘(M) Additional individuals, as determined 
by the chair of the task force. 
‘‘(3) TERMS OF MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each member of a 
task force of State shall be appointed for the 
duration of the existence of such task force. 
‘‘(B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on a task 
force shall be filled in the manner in which the 
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original designation was made under paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(4) DISCRETIONARY COORDINATION.—A task 
force of a State may coordinate activities under this 
section with other boards and commissions of such 
State. 
‘‘(d) REPORT TO CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the State submits the study re-
quired under subsection (b), the State task force of 
such State shall submit a final report to the Chief 
Education Officer of such State and the Secretary of 
Education containing— 
‘‘(A) the annual findings and conclusions 
of the task force; 
‘‘(B) the recommendations of the task 
force for legislation or administrative actions; 
and 
‘‘(C) best practices with respect to bullying 
in elementary schools and secondary schools 
that includes recommendations for how— 
‘‘(i) to address and reduce bullying; 
‘‘(ii) to best educate all relevant 
school staff on recognizing bullying; and 
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‘‘(iii) parents can best address and 
discuss with their children the early warn-
ing signs of bullying. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—Each State task force 
shall make the final report submitted under para-
graph (1) publicly available.’’. 
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