year thereafter, each State educational agency shall 
(in compliance with the requirements of section 444 
of the General Education Provisions Act (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Pri-
vacy Act of 1974’’) (20 U.S.C. 1232g)) prepare and 
submit to the Secretary, and make available to the 
public, a report with respect to each local edu-
cational agency, and each school not under the juris-
diction of a local educational agency, located in the 
same State as such State educational agency, that 
includes the information described in paragraph (2). 
(2) INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) GENERAL
INFORMATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The report described in paragraph (1) 
shall include information on— 
(i) the total number of incidents in 
the preceding full-academic year in which 
physical restraint was imposed upon a stu-
dent; and 
(ii) the total number of incidents in 
the preceding full-academic year in which 
seclusion was imposed upon a student. 
(B) DISAGGREGATION.— 
(i) GENERAL
DISAGGREGATION
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The information described 
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in subparagraph (A) shall be disaggregated 
by— 
(I) the total number of incidents 
in which physical restraint or seclu-
sion was imposed upon a student— 
(aa) that resulted in injury; 
(bb) that resulted in death; 
and 
(cc) in which the school per-
sonnel 
imposing 
physical 
re-
straint or seclusion were not 
trained and certified as described 
in section 5(a)(2)(D)(i); and 
(II) the demographic characteris-
tics of all students upon whom phys-
ical restraint or seclusion was im-
posed, including— 
(aa) the categories identified 
in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(h)(1)(C)(i)); 
(bb) age; and 
(cc) disability status (which 
has the meaning given the term 
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‘‘individual with a disability’’ in 
section 7(20) of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
705(20))). 
(ii) UNDUPLICATED
COUNT; EXCEP-
TION.—The disaggregation required under 
clause (i) shall— 
(I) be carried out in a manner to 
ensure an unduplicated count of the— 
(aa) total number of inci-
dents in the preceding full-aca-
demic year in which physical re-
straint was imposed upon a stu-
dent; and 
(bb) total number of inci-
dents in the preceding full-aca-
demic year in which seclusion 
was imposed upon a student; and 
(II) not be required in a case in 
which the number of students in a 
category would reveal personally iden-
tifiable information about an indi-
vidual student. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
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(A) USE OF REMEDIES.—If a State edu-
cational agency fails to comply with subsection 
(a) or (b), the Secretary shall— 
(i) withhold, in whole or in part, fur-
ther payments under an applicable pro-
gram (as such term is defined in section 
400(c) of the General Education Provi-
sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221)) in accordance 
with section 455 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1234d); 
(ii) require a State educational agency 
to submit, and implement, within 1 year of 
such failure to comply, a corrective plan of 
action, which may include redirection of 
funds received under an applicable pro-
gram; or 
(iii) issue a complaint to compel com-
pliance of the State educational agency 
through a cease and desist order, in the 
same manner the Secretary is authorized 
to take such action under section 456 of 
General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1234d). 
(B) CESSATION
OF
WITHHOLDING
OF 
FUNDS.—Whenever the Secretary determines 
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(whether by certification or other appropriate 
evidence) that a State educational agency who 
is subject to the withholding of payments under 
subparagraph (A)(i) has cured the failure pro-
viding the basis for the withholding of pay-
ments, the Secretary shall cease the withholding 
of payments with respect to the State edu-
cational agency under such subparagraph. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to limit the Secretary’s 
authority under the General Education Provisions 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.). 
SEC. 7. GRANT AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount appropriated 
under section 12, the Secretary may award grants to State 
educational agencies to assist the agencies in— 
(1) establishing, implementing, and enforcing 
the policies and procedures to meet the minimum 
standards established by regulations promulgated by 
the Secretary pursuant to section 5(a); 
(2) improving State and local capacity to collect 
and analyze data related to physical restraint and 
seclusion; and 
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(3) improving school climate and culture by im-
plementing school-wide positive behavior support ap-
proaches. 
(b) DURATION OF GRANT.—A grant under this sec-
tion shall be awarded to a State educational agency for 
a 3-year period. 
(c) APPLICATION.—Each State educational agency 
desiring a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 
require, including information on how the State edu-
cational agency will target resources to schools and local 
educational agencies in need of assistance related to pre-
venting and reducing physical restraint and seclusion. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO MAKE SUBGRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency 
receiving a grant under this section may use such 
grant funds to award subgrants, on a competitive 
basis, to local educational agencies. 
(2) APPLICATION.—A local educational agency 
desiring to receive a subgrant under this section 
shall submit an application to the applicable State 
educational agency at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the State edu-
cational agency may require. 
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