H.R. 6617: Keeping All Students Safe Act

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H.R. 6617: Keeping All Students Safe Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-12-11 · Education · Latest: 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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Keeping All Students Safe Act

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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. The bill outlines the requirements for the use of physical restraint, including that the student's behavior must pose an imminent danger of serious physical injury to the student or other individual. Each state must ensure that a sufficient number of program personnel are trained and certified by a state-approved crisis intervention training program. Additionally, each program must establish procedures to follow after an incident involving physical restraint. Further, the bill establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint. The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services must withhold payments from a program for unlawful seclusion or restraint. Finally, the bill requires each state educational agency (SEA) to establish, implement, and enforce policies and procedures required by the bill. It also creates a grant program to assist SEAs with these activities.

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Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] · 53 cosponsors

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Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), Pablo José Hernández (D-PR), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), William R. Keating (D-MA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Sean Casten (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Val T. Hoyle (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [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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Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr6617.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr6617 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills