Keeping All Students Safe Act

U.S. Congress · HR6617 · In Committee

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HR6617 · U.S. Congress · In Committee

Introduced 2025-12-11. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Summary (plain-language)

Keeping All Students Safe Act This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of seclusion , which is the involuntary confinement of a student alone in a room or area from which the student is physically prevented from leaving. The term does not include a time out, which may involve separating the student from others in a non-locked setting. The bill prohibits the use of mechanical or chemical restraints or physical restraints that restrict breathing or are life threatening. The bill outlines the requirements for the use of physical restraint, including that the student's behavior must pose an imminent danger of serious physical injury to the student or other individual. Each state must ensure that a sufficient number of program personnel are trained and certified by a state-approved crisis intervention training program. Additionally, each program must establish procedures to follow after an incident involving physical restraint. Further, the bill establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint. The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services must withhold payments from a program for unlawful seclusion or restraint. Finally, the bill requires each state educational agency (SEA) to establish, implement, and enforce policies and procedures required by the bill. It also creates a grant program to assist SEAs with these activities.

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Action History

Date	Action
2025-12-11	Introduced in House
2025-12-11	Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Lobbying on this bill

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Honesty note: each filer below disclosed lobbying on this bill — that much the filing tells us. But the dollar figure is their total lobbying spend for the whole quarter across all their issues, not the amount spent on this bill, and the filing never says whether they supported or opposed it.

Registrant (lobbying firm)	Client	Period	Reported quarterly amount	Extraction
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY	NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY	Q2 2026	$50,000	Explicit
THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES	ARC OF THE UNITED STATES	Q2 2026	$50,000	Explicit
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION	EPILEPSY FOUNDATION	Q2 2026	$150,000	Explicit
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS	NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS	Q2 2026	$20,000	Explicit
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION	NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION	Q2 2026	$670,000	Probable
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS	NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS	Q1 2026	$10,000	Explicit
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY	NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY	Q1 2026	$50,000	Explicit
THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES	ARC OF THE UNITED STATES	Q1 2026	$40,000	Explicit
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS	AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS	Q1 2026	$490,000	Explicit
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION	EPILEPSY FOUNDATION	Q1 2026	$80,000	Explicit

Source: Senate LDA filings.