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H.R. 927: Keeping All Students Safe Act

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H.R. 927: Keeping All Students Safe Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-12 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Keeping All Students Safe Act

Plain summary

Keeping All Students Safe Act Directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish minimum standards that: prohibit elementary and secondary school personnel from managing any student by using any mechanical or chemical restraint, physical restraint or escort that restricts breathing, or aversive behavioral intervention that compromises student health and safety; prohibit such personnel from using physical restraint or seclusion, unless such measures are required to eliminate an imminent danger of physical injury to the student or others and certain precautions are taken; require states and local educational agencies (LEAs) to ensure that a sufficient number of school personnel receive state-approved crisis intervention training and certification in first aid and certain safe and effective student management techniques; prohibit physical restraint or seclusion from being written into a student's education plan, individual safety plan, behavioral plan, or individual education program as a planned intervention; and require schools to establish procedures to notify parents in a timely manner if physical restraint or seclusion is imposed on their child. Authorizes ED to award grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to LEAs to: (1) establish, implement, and enforce policies and procedures to meet such standards; (2) improve their capacity to collect and analyze data related to physical restraint and seclusion; and (3) implement school-wide positive behavior supports. Requires LEAs to allow private school personnel to participate, on an equitable basis, in activities supported by such grants and subgrants. Directs ED to conduct a national assessment of this Act's effectiveness. Gives Protection and Advocacy Systems the authorities and rights provided under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to investigate, monitor, and enforce this Act's protections for students. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish standards for Head Start agencies that are consistent with the minimum standards for the management of elementary and secondary school students. Authorizes ED to allocate funds to HHS to assist Head Start agencies in establishing, implementing, and enforcing policies and procedures to meet such standards.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Keeping All Students Safe Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] · 42 cosponsors

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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), James A. Himes (D-CT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Judy Chu (D-CA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Betty McCollum (D-MN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] reported raising $2.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong114-hr927 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114