[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 174 (Wednesday, December 2, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H8874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS ACT

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I want to speak today about what the 
House will face on educational changes in bringing forward S. 1177, the 
Every Child Succeeds Act, which takes us away from No Child Left 
Behind.
  I am very delighted that the Jackson Lee amendment offered during the 
House consideration of the bill dealing with bullying is now in this 
bill. It is now the law of the land once we pass it. It supports 
accountability-based programs and activities that are designed to 
enhance school safety, which may include research-based bullying 
prevention, cyberbullying prevention, disruption of recruitment 
activity by groups or individuals involved in violent extremism, and 
gang prevention programs as well as intervention programs.
  CNN had a report just last night, I believe, that talked about the 
extensiveness of cyberbullying. One in seven students in grades K-12 is 
either a bully or a victim of it; 90 percent of fourth to eighth grade 
students report being victims of bullying; 56 percent of students have 
personally witnessed some type of bullying; 71 percent of students 
report incidents of bullying as a problem; 15 percent of all students 
who don't show up for school report they have been bullied; 1 out of 20 
students has seen a student with a gun at a school; and 282,000 
students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month. This 
is something that is a key part of education. To be in an education 
environment where you want to learn and where you are protected is key.
  Let me ask everyone to support this legislation. I am delighted that 
we have been able to come together in particular around this issue of 
preventing bullying and cyberbullying in our schools.

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