117 HR 7491 IH: Parents Need to Know Act of 2022 U.S. House of Representatives 2022-04-11 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.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7491IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 11, 2022Mr. Crist (for himself and Mr. Deutch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and LaborA BILLTo amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish notification and reporting requirements relating to unlawful acts and significant emergencies faced by students in public elementary and secondary schools.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Parents Need to Know Act of 2022.

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Notification and reporting requirements relating to threats and emergencies faced by students in elementary and secondary public schools

(a)

Notification and reporting requirements

Subsection (b) of section 1112 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312) is amended— (1)in paragraph (12), by striking and at the end; (2)by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14); and (3)by inserting before paragraph (14), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph: (13)how the local educational agency will establish procedures for schools served by the local educational agency to provide— (A)timely notification to parents, in a manner that does not reveal any personally identifiable information about an individual student, about— (i)an unlawful act or significant emergency that occurs on school grounds, during transportation for school-sponsored events, or during school-sponsored activities; or (ii)a threat that has been made about an unlawful act or significant emergency occurring on school grounds, during transportation for school-sponsored events, or during school-sponsored activities; (B)a plan to address, mitigate, or correct any risks to students associated with the unlawful act or significant emergency; and (C)provide annual notice to students, parents, and any individual who works at the school describing the notification procedures established under subparagraph (A); and . (b)

Definitions

Section 1112 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6312) is further amended by adding at the end the following: (f)

Definitions

In this section: (1)

Timely notification

The term timely notification means, with respect to the notification procedures established under subsection (b)(13)(A), the exercise of reasonable care by a school to contact the parents or other known emergency contacts of students following the use of such notification procedures, including by telephone calls, voice mail messages, text messages, and email messages. (2)

Unlawful act or significant emergency

The term unlawful act or significant emergency means one or more of the following: (A)Homicide or accidental death. (B)Rape or sexual assault. (C)Aggravated assault with intent to cause serious bodily harm. (D)Arson. (E)Any unauthorized possession or use of a firearm. (F)A manmade or natural emergency including any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, wind driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought, or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, explosion, gas leak, building collapse, or damage by aircraft..