tablish and carry out or continue to carry out an 
antiharassment program as described in subsection (b). 
(b) PROGRAM DESCRIBED.—An antiharassment pro-
gram referred to in subsection (a) is a program that pro-
hibits harassment in schools and at all school-sponsored 
programs or activities based on any distinguishing char-
acteristic of an individual, including actual or perceived 
race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability, 
sexual orientation, sex, gender identity or expression, fam-
ily composition or circumstance, or economic cir-
cumstance. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant to a State under this section unless 
the State submits to the Secretary an application 
that contains detailed information about the State’s 
existing or proposed antiharassment program. Such 
information shall include— 
(A) the State’s existing or proposed prohi-
bition on harassment; 
(B) the State’s existing or proposed defini-
tion of harassment and any other relevant 
terms; and
(C) a budget for the antiharassment pro-
gram, including a detailed description of how 
amounts received under the grant will be spent. 
(2) APPLICATION REVIEW AND APPROVAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of submission of the State’s ap-
plication, the Secretary shall review and ap-
prove or disapprove the application. 
(B) APPROVAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the Secretary approves 
the State’s application, the Secretary shall pro-
vide a grant to the State. 
(C) DISAPPROVAL.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which the Secretary dis-
approves the State’s application, the Secretary 
shall inform the State in writing as to the rea-
sons why the application was disapproved and 
what the State may do to correct the applica-
tion and receive the Secretary’s approval. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant to a State under this section unless the 
State agrees that it will contribute from non-Federal 
sources an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of 
the amount received under the grant to carry out the 
antiharassment program described in subsection (b).
SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Education shall con-
duct a study concerning harassment in public schools in 
the United States. The findings of the study shall in-
clude— 
(1) the number of students who are harassed; 
(2) the demographics of those students who are 
harassed; 
(3) the type of harassment to which students 
are subjected, including— 
(A) the reasons upon which the harass-
ment was based; and 
(B) the type of conduct, physical or verbal, 
involved; 
(4) the number of States that have comprehen-
sive campaigns to combat harassment; and 
(5) the amount of funds each State expends on 
antiharassment programs each year. 
(b) PROCESS.—In conducting the study required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall make every effort to 
protect the privacy of students involved in reports of har-
assment. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
3 years, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
that contains the findings and an analysis of the study.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HARASSMENT.—The term ‘‘harassment’’ 
means conduct, including verbal conduct, that— 
(A) creates, or would create, a hostile envi-
ronment by substantially interfering with a stu-
dent’s educational benefits, opportunities, or 
performance, or with a student’s physical or 
psychological well-being; or 
(B) is threatening or seriously intimi-
dating. 
(2) SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘school’’ means an ele-
mentary school or secondary school as those terms 
are defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, and any other territory or posses-
sion of the United States.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $75,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2006 through 2009. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (a) are authorized to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009. 
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