(ii) program personnel not trained 
and certified as described in clause (i), in 
the case of a rare and clearly unavoidable 
emergency circumstance when program 
personnel certified as described in clause 
(i) is not immediately available due to the 
unforeseeable nature of the emergency cir-
cumstance. 
(D) Such physical restraint ends imme-
diately upon the cessation of the imminent dan-
ger of serious physical injury to the student, 
any program personnel, or another individual. 
(E) The physical restraint does not inter-
fere with the student’s ability to communicate 
in the student’s primary language or primary 
mode of communication. 
(F) During the physical restraint, the least 
amount of force necessary is used to protect the 
student or others from the threatened injury. 
(G) The physical restraint does not affect 
or interfere with, with respect to a student, a 
disability, health care needs, or a medical or 
psychiatric condition documented in a— 
(i) health care directive or medical 
management plan; 
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(ii) a behavior intervention plan; 
(iii) an individualized education pro-
gram or an individualized family service 
plan (as defined in section 602 of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1401)); or 
(iv) another relevant record made 
available to the State or eligible entity in-
volved. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) REQUIRED USES.—An eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this section shall use funds 
to— 
(A) evaluate the current discipline policies 
of schools under the eligible entity and, in part-
nership with students (including girls of color), 
the family members of students, and the local 
community of such school, develop discipline 
policies for such schools to ensure that such 
policies are not exclusionary or discriminately 
applied toward students; 
(B) provide training and professional de-
velopment for school officials to avoid or ad-
dress the overuse and discriminatory dispropor-
tionate use of exclusionary discipline practices 
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in schools and to create awareness of implicit 
and explicit bias and use culturally sustaining 
practices, including training in— 
(i) identifying and providing support 
to students who may have experienced or 
are at risk of experiencing trauma or have 
other mental health needs; 
(ii) administering and responding to 
assessments on adverse childhood experi-
ences; 
(iii) providing student-centered, trau-
ma-informed services and positive behavior 
management interventions that create safe 
and supportive school climates; 
(iv) using restorative practices; 
(v) using culturally and linguistically 
responsive intervention strategies; 
(vi) developing social and emotional 
learning competencies; and 
(vii) increasing student engagement 
and improving dialogue between students 
and educators; 
(C) implement and evaluate evidence-based 
alternatives to suspension or expulsion, includ-
ing— 
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(i) multi-tier systems of support, such 
as positive behavioral interventions and 
supports; 
(ii) social, emotional, and academic 
learning strategies designed to engage stu-
dents and avoid escalating conflicts; and 
(iii) other data-driven approaches to 
improving school environments; 
(D) improve behavioral and academic out-
comes for students by creating a safe and sup-
portive learning environment and school cli-
mate, which may include— 
(i) restorative practices with respect 
to improving relationships among students, 
school officials, and members of the local 
community, which may include partnering 
with local mental health agencies or non-
profit organizations; 
(ii) access to mentors and peer-based 
support programs; 
(iii) extracurricular programs, includ-
ing sports and art programs; 
(iv) social and emotional learning 
strategies designed to engage students and 
avoid escalating conflicts; 
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(v) access to counseling, mental health 
programs, and trauma-informed services, 
including suicide prevention programs; and 
(vi) access to culturally responsive 
curricula that affirms the history and con-
tributions of traditionally marginalized 
people and communities; 
(E) hire social workers, school counselors, 
trauma-informed care personnel, and other 
mental health personnel who shall not serve as 
proxies for school-based law enforcement offi-
cers; and 
(F) support the development, delivery, and 
analysis of school climate surveys. 
(2) PROHIBITED USES.—An eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this section may not use 
funds to— 
(A) hire or retain school-based law enforce-
ment personnel, including school resource offi-
cers; 
(B) purchase, maintain, or install surveil-
lance equipment, including metal detectors or 
software programs that monitor or mine the so-
cial media use or technology use of students; 
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(C) arm educators, principals, school lead-
ers, or other school personnel; and 
(D) enter into formal or informal partner-
ships or data and information sharing agree-
ments with— 
(i) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, including agreements with U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection; or 
(ii) State, local, or other law enforce-
ment agencies, including partnerships that 
allow for hiring of school-based law en-
forcement. 
(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, in car-
rying out subsection (a), may reserve not more than 2 per-
cent of funds to provide technical assistance to eligible en-
tities, which may include— 
(1) support for data collection, compliance, and 
analysis of the activities of the program authorized 
under subsection (a); and 
(2) informational meetings and seminars with 
respect to the application process under subsection 
(c). 
(g) REPORT BY GRANTEES.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this section, an eligible enti-
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ty receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the 
Secretary, and to the public, a report on the activities 
funded through the grant. The Secretary shall make each 
such report publicly accessible in an appropriate digital 
format. Such report shall include, at a minimum, a de-
scription of— 
(1) the evaluation methods of disciplinary prac-
tices prior to the grant; 
(2) training and professional development serv-
ices provided for school officials, including school- 
based law enforcement officers, to address discrimi-
natory discipline practices, implicit and explicit bias, 
and other uses described in subsection (e)(1); 
(3) aggregated and de-identified behavioral, so-
cial emotional, and academic outcomes experience by 
students; 
(4) any instance of physical restraint used on a 
student with an explanation of a circumstance de-
scribed in subsection (d)(6); 
(5) the number of students who were referred 
to some form of alternative practice described in 
subsection (e)(1)(C); 
(6) disaggregated data on students suspended, 
expelled, arrested at school, and referred to the juve-
nile or criminal legal system, except that such 
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disaggregation shall not be required in the case of 
a State, local educational agency, or a school in 
which the number of students in a subgroup is in-
sufficient to yield statistically reliable information or 
the results would reveal personally identifiable infor-
mation about an individual student, cross tabulated 
by— 
(A) reason for disciplinary action; 
(B) type and length of disciplinary action; 
(C) grade level; 
(D) race; 
(E) ethnicity; 
(F) sex (including to the extent possible, 
sexual orientation and gender identity); 
(G) low-income status; 
(H) disability status; 
(I) English learner status; 
(J) foster care status; 
(K) housing status, to the extent possible; 
(L) Tribal citizenship or descent, in the 
first or second degree, of an Indian Tribe; and 
(M) pregnant and parenting student sta-
tus, to the extent possible; and 
(7) any other information required by the Sec-
retary. 
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SEC. 6. JOINT TASK FORCE TO END SCHOOL PUSHOUT OF 
GIRLS OF COLOR. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary and the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall establish and 
operate a joint task force to end school pushout (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Joint Task Force’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) CHAIRS.—The Secretary and the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services shall chair the Joint 
Task Force. 
(2) MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Joint Task Force 
shall include 21 total members and be com-
posed of— 
(i) 6 students, including 2 Black, 
Brown, and Indigenous girls; 
(ii) 2 educators; 
(iii) 3 parents, including foster par-
ents, legal guardians, and caregivers with 
children enrolled in public school; 
(iv) 3 public school officials; 
(v) 3 representatives from the civil 
rights community, including civil rights 
and disability organizations; 
(vi) 2 psychologists, social workers, 
trauma-informed 
personnel, 
and 
other 
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mental health professionals with expertise 
in child and adolescent development; and 
(vii) 2 researchers with experience in 
behavioral intervention with children and 
youth. 
(B) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—The 
Joint Task Force shall not include law enforce-
ment officers. 
(3) ADVISORY MEMBERS.—In addition to the 
members under paragraph (2), the Assistant Attor-
ney General of the Civil Rights Division of the De-
partment of Justice and the Director of the Bureau 
of Indian Education shall be advisory members of 
the Joint Task Force. 
(4) MEMBER
APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall appoint the members of the 
Joint Task Force— 
(A) in accordance with paragraph (2); 
(B) using a competitive application proc-
ess; and 
(C) with consideration to the racial, ethnic, 
gender, disability, and geographic diversity of 
the Joint Task Force. 
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(c) STUDY
AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Joint 
Task Force shall— 
(1) conduct a study to— 
(A) identify causes for disparities in school 
discipline administration that push girls of color 
out of schools; 
(B) identify best practices for reducing the 
overuse and discriminatory use of exclusionary 
discipline practices; 
(C) identify interventions and account-
ability for local and State educational agencies 
when disparities in school discipline are found; 
and 
(D) determine to what extent exclusionary 
discipline practices contribute to the criminal-
ization of— 
(i) girls of color; 
(ii) English learners; 
(iii) Indigenous girls; 
(iv) LGBTQI+ students; 
(v) students experiencing homeless-
ness; 
(vi) students involved in the foster 
care system; and 
(vii) students with disabilities; and 
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(2) develop recommendations based on the 
study conducted under paragraph (1). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 360 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, 
the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall submit to Congress a report on the rec-
ommendations under subsection (c)(2). The report shall 
be— 
(1) available to the public through the public 
website of the Department of Health and Human 
Services and by request; 
(2) accessible in accordance with the require-
ments of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and 
(3) available in multiple languages. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $500,000,000 for each fiscal year after the date 
of enactment of this Act to carry out sections 5 and 6. 
(b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING
TO
THE OFFICE
FOR 
CIVIL RIGHTS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
$500,000,000 for each fiscal year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act to carry out section 4. 
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