S 1338119th CongressIntroduced

Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2025

Introduced: Oct 28, 2025

Standard Summary

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S. 1338 strengthens data collection on exclusionary school discipline, provides grants to reduce its use, and establishes a joint task force to end pushout of girls of color.

Key Points

1Mandates the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights to collect detailed, disaggregated data on suspensions, expulsions, transfers, law‑enforcement referrals, and arrests.
2Creates competitive grants (Healing School Climate Grants) to schools and nonprofits to eliminate overuse of exclusionary discipline and prohibit certain punitive practices.
3Establishes a joint task force of students, educators, parents, officials, civil‑rights groups, mental‑health professionals, and researchers to study causes of pushout and recommend solutions.
4Requires annual reports to Congress on data collection, grant outcomes, and task‑force findings.

Impact Areas

Students of color, especially girls of color, and other historically marginalized groups.Public schools, school districts, and nonprofit organizations implementing discipline reforms.Civil‑rights agencies and federal education oversight bodies.

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