IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 84 
Supporting the goals and ideals of No Name-Calling Week in bringing atten-
tion to name-calling of all kinds and providing schools with the tools 
and inspiration to launch an ongoing dialogue about ways to eliminate 
name-calling and bullying in their communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2020 
Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LOWENTHAL, and Ms. 
NORTON) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of No Name-Calling Week 
in bringing attention to name-calling of all kinds and 
providing schools with the tools and inspiration to launch 
an ongoing dialogue about ways to eliminate name-calling 
and bullying in their communities. 
Whereas No Name-Calling Week is an annual week of edu-
cational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all 
kinds and providing schools with the tools and inspiration 
to launch an ongoing dialogue about ways to eliminate 
name-calling and bullying in their communities; 
Whereas tens of thousands of elementary and middle school 
students have participated in No Name-Calling Week 
since its inception in 2004; 
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Whereas over 3,000 students help to lead No Name-Calling 
Week each year; 
Whereas 26 percent of elementary students reported hearing 
others say hurtful things based on another student’s race 
or ethnic background; 
Whereas 36 percent of elementary students reported being 
bullied or called names at some point while in school; 
Whereas elementary students who are bullied are four times 
as likely as other students to say they do not want to go 
to school because they feel afraid or unsafe; 
Whereas over 87 percent of LGBTQ middle and high school 
students have heard negative remarks about transgender 
people; 
Whereas over 70 percent of LGBTQ middle and high school 
students were verbally harassed in the past year because 
of their sexual orientation; 
Whereas 48 percent of LGBTQ middle and high school stu-
dents experienced harassment via electronic means in the 
past year; 
Whereas students who faced anti-LGBTQ discrimination at 
school were more likely to receive school discipline than 
their peers; 
Whereas students feeling unsafe in their schools has often re-
sulted in missed school days and exposes students to dis-
ciplinary actions because of truancy policies; 
Whereas nearly 70 percent of American Indian or Alaska Na-
tive (or Two Spirit) LGBTQ middle and high school stu-
dents felt unsafe based on their sexual orientation or gen-
der identity in the past year; 
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Whereas 60 percent of Latinx LGBTQ middle and high 
school students experienced bullying based on their gen-
der identity in the past year; 
Whereas nearly 60 percent of Black LGBTQ middle and high 
school students experienced bullying based on their sexual 
orientation in the past year; 
Whereas nearly 50 percent of multiracial LGBTQ middle and 
high school students felt unsafe in school based on the 
way they express their gender; and 
Whereas over 25 percent of LGBTQ students reported being 
victimized at school based on their actual or perceived 
disability: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of No Name- 
Calling Week; 
(2) encourages the people of the United States 
to observe No Name-Calling Week with appropriate 
ceremonies, programs, and activities; 
(3) encourages schools to consider a more com-
prehensive anti-bullying and harassment policy that 
contains specific provisions addressing infractions 
based on the sexual orientation or gender identity of 
the victim; and 
(4) calls for schools to have more inclusive cur-
ricula on LGBTQ people, history, and events. 
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