[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3401 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3401

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

                            October 30, 2013

Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
    Ellison, Ms. Lee of California, and Ms. Norton) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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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 2013''.

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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