3.0.0 2360 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z Senate S S 2007-11-15 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-11-15T18:54:23Z Student Protection Act 110 1829 HR 2007-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2007-11-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-11-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL N Education Child sexual abuse Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Data banks Disciplining of employees Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to education Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Informers Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor and Employment Rape School districts School personnel School security Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Sex crimes Sex offenders State laws Students Teachers Telephone Women Education 00 2007-11-15 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-12T20:49:09Z Student Protection Act - Requires that by FY2010 states have in effect laws and policies that require disciplining of any school, state, or local educational agency employee or volunteer who, having reason to believe another employee or volunteer has committed an act of sexual misconduct against a student, fails to report such act in the same manner the state requires the reporting of child abuse and neglect or, in the absence of such a requirement, as quickly as practicable.

Requires each state to have a single, statewide commission for receiving and documenting such reports that: (1) establishes policies for investigating and reporting such allegations; and (2) has a toll-free number that can be used to report such allegations.

Directs states to report to the Secretary of Education whenever an employee or volunteer is terminated or punished on the basis of an act of sexual misconduct toward a student, including the reason such action was taken and the identification and last known address such individual.

Authorizes the Secretary to penalize noncompliant states by reducing their funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by up to 5%.

Directs the Secretary to maintain a national database that contains, at a minimum, the details this Act requires each state to report.

]]> Student Protection Act Display Title Student Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to develop a national system of oversight of States for sexual misconduct in the elementary and secondary school system. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Student Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2007-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2360is/xml/BILLS-110s2360is.xml 2007-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.