H.R. 7320 · 117th Congress
Restorative Practices in Schools Act of 2022
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Steve Cohen
- Introduced
- 2022-03-31
- Latest action
- 2022-03-31 · Introduced in House
Summary
Restorative Practices in Schools Act of 2022
This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants for local educational agencies to replace existing zero-tolerance disciplinary polices and punitive discipline in elementary and secondary schools with restorative practices.
Additionally, the bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the use of discipline practices that funnel students out of school and toward the juvenile legal and criminal legal systems (i.e., the school-to-prison pipeline).