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HR 6617 · 119th Congress — Keeping All Students Safe Act

Keeping All Students Safe Act This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of seclusion, which…

Congress
119
Bill
HR 6617
Status
Introduced
Introduced
2025-12-11
Latest action date
2025-12-11

Summary

Keeping All Students Safe Act This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of seclusion, which is the involuntary confinement of a student alone in a room or area from which the student is physically prevented from leaving. The term does not include a time out, which may involve separating the student from others in a non-locked setting. The bill prohibits the use of mechanical or chemical restraints or physical restraints that restrict breathing or are life threatening. Right now, the latest action is: Sent to the Education and Workforce Committee and the Armed Services Committee. Each committee will review the parts it handles. The listed sponsor is Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] [D].

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Latest action

Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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