H.R. 3265 · 119th Congress
Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 2025
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This bill prohibits the use of corporal punishment in schools that receive federal funding.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 8, 2025
Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the use of corporal punishment in schools that receive federal funding.
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to take specified actions (e.g., withholding funds and issuing cease-and-desist orders) for schools that allow school personnel, law enforcement officers, or school security guards to subject students to corporal punishment.
The bill also establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to corporal punishment.
Each state educational agency (SEA) that receives federal funding must submit specified information to ED, including a school climate report that describes the SEA's policies and procedures related to exclusionary and aversive discipline practices in schools.
Additionally, the bill authorizes ED to award three-year grants to SEAs and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies to implement positive behavioral interventions and supports to address student behavior and reduce exclusionary and aversive discipline practices.
ED must promulgate regulations as necessary to ensure compliance with the bill. The Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior must ensure that the schools they operate or fund also comply with these regulations.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 2025
Latest action (May 8, 2025): 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.
Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: May 8, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.