3.0.0 781 2020-02-10T16:51:54Z 2020-02-10T16:51:54Z House H HR 2009-01-28 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-01-28T15:03:43Z 2009-01-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-01-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000586 Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] ADAM PUTNAM R FL H. 12 N L000568 Rep. Lee, Christopher J. [R-NY-26] Christopher Lee R NY J. 26 2009-01-28 True Education Crimes against children Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives State and local government operations Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2009-01-28 Introduced in House 2009-02-06T22:41:50Z Student Protection Act - Requires that by FY2012 states have in effect laws and policies that require disciplining of any school, state, or local educational agency employee who, having reason to believe another employee 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 anonymously to report such allegations.

Directs states to report to the Secretary of Education whenever an employee 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 Short Titles as Introduced Student Protection Act Display Title Student Protection Act Official Title as Introduced To develop a national system of oversight of States for sexual misconduct in the elementary and secondary school system. Introduced in House 2009-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr781ih/xml/BILLS-111hr781ih.xml 2009-01-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.