[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 729 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 729


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 16, 2009

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
To help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field 
                                 trips.

    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 ``Phylicia's Law''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Students achieve their full academic potential when 
        they have the ability to learn in a safe and secure 
        environment.
            (2) Off-campus school trips comprise an integral part of 
        the educational experience for our Nation's students. Each year 
        millions of students enjoy these trips, which provide them with 
        invaluable learning opportunities outside the classroom.
            (3) There exists no Federal law requiring public schools to 
        develop safety plans for off-premises, overnight, school-
        sponsored trips.

SEC. 3. SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN.

    (a) Requirements for Local Educational Agencies.--Each local 
educational agency that receives funds under part A of title IV of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) 
shall develop and make publicly available a written school safety 
policy for off-premises, overnight field trips.
    (b) Guidance From Secretary of Education.--Congress encourages the 
Secretary of Education to provide guidance to local educational 
agencies described in subsection (a) by taking the steps necessary, 
such as hosting a conference of interested parties, to assist in 
developing a model school safety policy that meets the requirements 
described in such subsection.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 15, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.