HR 2248 United States House · 117th Congress

Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2021

Summary

Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma Act of 2021 or the Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to local educational agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of reducing suspension and expulsion of students (i.e., exclusionary disciplinary practices). The bill requires ED to collect data on exclusionary discipline in schools. It also establishes a joint task force to end school pushout.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2021

Committee Review

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President

Introduced Mar 26, 2021 Last action Mar 26, 2021

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Mar 26, 2021

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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Mar 26, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 14 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Party

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Ayanna Pressley

Alcee L. Hastings

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Earl Blumenauer

Katherine M. Clark