H.R. 4247 — 111th Congress
Keeping All Students Safe Act
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Mar 4, 2010Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
CRS summary
As of Mar 3, 2010Passed House amended
Keeping All Students Safe Act - (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to establish minimum standards that: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) require states 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; (4) 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 (5) require schools to establish procedures to notify parents in a timely manner if physical restraint or seclusion is imposed on their child.
Requires that when the physical restraint or seclusion of a student is required to eliminate an imminent danger of physical injury to such student or others, school personnel continuously monitor such student face-to-face or, if their safety is significantly compromised by such monitoring, remain in direct visual contact with the student.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that schools operated or funded by the Department of the Interior comply with such minimum standards.
(Sec. 6) Requires states, within two years after the establishment of such standards and annually thereafter, to: (1) provide the Secretary with their plan for meeting the standards, including a mechanism to effectively monitor and enforce them; and (2) provide the Secretary and the public with certain information regarding incidents over the preceding academic year in which physical restraint or seclusion was used on a student.
Directs the Secretary to enforce such requirements by withholding education funding from noncompliant states, requiring them to submit a corrective plan of action, or issuing a complaint to compel their compliance through a cease and desist order.
(Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to award three-year grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (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.
Requires state grantees, at the close of the grant period, to evaluate and report to the Secretary on their progress in preventing and reducing physical restraint and seclusion in schools.
Authorizes the Secretary to allocate funds to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out such activities with regard to schools operated or funded by the Department of the Interior.
(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to conduct a national assessment of this Act's effectiveness and report the assessment's findings to Congress.
(Sec. 9) Gives Protection and Advocacy Systems the authority provided under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to investigate, monitor, and enforce this Act's protections for students.
(Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary 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 the Secretary to allocate funds to HHS to assist Head Start agencies in establishing, implementing, and enforcing policies and procedures to meet such standards.
(Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015.
(Sec. 13) Expresses the presumption that this Act's grants will be awarded using competitive procedures based on merit. Requires the Secretary to submit an explanatory report to Congress when such procedures are not used.
(Sec. 14) Prohibits funds appropriated to implement this Act from being used for congressional earmarks.
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Roll-call votes
2 on recordMar 3, 2010 · On Passage
Full roll call158 of 431 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 262: 140 D · 16 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| BOREN, Daniel David | OK |
| CHANDLER, A. B. | KY |
| CARDOZA, Dennis A. | CA |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| SESTAK, Joe | PA |
| BRIGHT, Bobby Neal, Sr. | AL |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| KLEIN, Ron | FL |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| CAO, Anh | LA |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| SHULER, Heath | NC |
| HARE, Phil | IL |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| RICHARDSON, Laura | CA |
| JOHNSON, Timothy V. | IL |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| HALL, John | NY |
| WATSON, Diane Edith | CA |
| WILSON, Charlie | OH |
| KAGEN, Steven | WI |
| ELLSWORTH, Brad | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| PERRIELLO, Tom | VA |
| MILLER, Brad | NC |
| LEE, Christopher John | NY |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| KILROY, Mary Jo | OH |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| BEAN, Melissa L. | IL |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| BOCCIERI, John A. | OH |
| CHILDERS, Travis W. | MS |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| KOSMAS, Suzanne M. | FL |
| SALAZAR, John | CO |
| KISSELL, Larry | NC |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| NYE, Glenn C., III | VA |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie | SD |
| SPACE, Zack | OH |
| BACA, Joe | CA |
| MURPHY, Patrick | PA |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| TEAGUE, Harry | NM |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| PLATTS, Todd | PA |
| SCHAUER, Mark H. | MI |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| WU, David | OR |
| DAVIS, Lincoln | TN |
| McMAHON, Michael E. | NY |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| SUTTON, Betty | OH |
| MINNICK, Walt | ID |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| ROSS, Michael Avery | AR |
| CARNAHAN, Russ | MO |
| MEEK, Kendrick B. | FL |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| ALTMIRE, Jason | PA |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| MURPHY, Scott | NY |
| ADLER, John H. | NJ |
| ARCURI, Michael | NY |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| HODES, Paul | NH |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| KRATOVIL, Frank M., Jr. | MD |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| HALVORSON, Deborah L. | IL |
| GIFFORDS, Gabrielle | AZ |
| MELANCON, Charles J. | LA |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| CARNEY, Chris | PA |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | AZ |
| Adam B. Schiff | CA |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| Doris O. Matsui | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Jackie Speier | CA |
| Jerry McNerney | CA |
| Jim Costa | CA |
| Judy Chu | CA |
| Linda T. Sánchez | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Michael M. Honda | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Susan A. Davis | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Jared Polis | CO |
| Christopher Murphy | CT |
| James A. Himes | CT |
| Joe Courtney | CT |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Alan Grayson | FL |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| Kathy Castor | FL |
| David Scott | GA |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | GA |
| John Barrow | GA |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI |
| Bruce L. Braley | IA |
| David Loebsack | IA |
| Bill Foster | IL |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Daniel Lipinski | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Mike Quigley | IL |
| André Carson | IN |
| Joe Donnelly | IN |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| John A. Yarmuth | KY |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Niki Tsongas | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD |
| Donna F. Edwards | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| John P. Sarbanes | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Chellie Pingree | ME |
| Michael H. Michaud | ME |
| Gary C. Peters | MI |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Betty McCollum | MN |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Keith Ellison | MN |
| Timothy J. Walz | MN |
| Emanuel Cleaver | MO |
| Wm. Lacy Clay | MO |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| G. K. Butterfield | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Carol Shea-Porter | NH |
| Albio Sires | NJ |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Ben Ray Luján | NM |
| Martin Heinrich | NM |
| Dina Titus | NV |
| Brian Higgins | NY |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Daniel B. Maffei | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Paul Tonko | NY |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Timothy H. Bishop | NY |
| William L. Owens | NY |
| Yvette D. Clarke | NY |
| Marcia L. Fudge | OH |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Tim Ryan | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Allyson Y. Schwartz | PA |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| James R. Langevin | RI |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Jim Cooper | TN |
| Steve Cohen | TN |
| Al Green | TX |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Henry Cuellar | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Jim Matheson | UT |
| Gerald E. Connolly | VA |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Peter Welch | VT |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Rick Larsen | WA |
| Gwen Moore | WI |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | FL |
| Aaron Schock | IL |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Gregg Harper | MS |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Leonard Lance | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| Charles W. Dent | PA |
| Jim Gerlach | PA |
| Tim Murphy | PA |
| Joe Wilson | SC |
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers | WA |
| David G. Reichert | WA |
Nay — 153: 108 R · 3 D
Not Voting — 16: 4 D · 2 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| FALLIN, Mary | OK |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| DAHLKEMPER, Kathleen A. | PA |
| SULLIVAN, John | OK |
| MASSA, Eric J.J. | NY |
| DAVIS, Artur | AL |
| BARRETT, James Gresham | SC |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| John Garamendi | CA |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| John Campbell | CA |
| Michael R. Turner | OH |
Mar 3, 2010 · On Agreeing to the Amendment
Full roll call158 of 431 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 391: 125 D · 124 R
Nay — 24: 18 D
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | AZ |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| David Scott | GA |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Donna F. Edwards | MD |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| Emanuel Cleaver | MO |
| Yvette D. Clarke | NY |
| Marcia L. Fudge | OH |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Steve Cohen | TN |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Gwen Moore | WI |
Not Voting — 16: 4 D · 2 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| FALLIN, Mary | OK |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| DAHLKEMPER, Kathleen A. | PA |
| SULLIVAN, John | OK |
| MASSA, Eric J.J. | NY |
| DAVIS, Artur | AL |
| BARRETT, James Gresham | SC |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| John Garamendi | CA |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| John Campbell | CA |
| Michael R. Turner | OH |
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