[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4286 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4286

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a 
local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 2121 of 
     such Act to use the funds to provide professional development 
 activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and 
                          conflict resolution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2009

     Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Payne) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a 
local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 2121 of 
     such Act to use the funds to provide professional development 
 activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and 
                          conflict resolution.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restorative Justice in Schools Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TRAINING.

    Section 2123(a)(3)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6623(a)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vi) provide training about restorative 
                        justice and conflict resolution.''.
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