Keeping All Students Safe Act
Key claim: The Keeping All Students Safe Act (HR6617, 119th Congress) was referred to the House Committees on Education and Workforce and Armed Services to advance federal student-safety protections in schools.
Abstract
(HR6617 · 119th Congress) Latest action (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.
Why this matters
Restraint and seclusion practices in schools disproportionately affect students with disabilities and young children, and there is currently no comprehensive federal statutory standard governing their use. Committee referral of HR6617 keeps this recurring proposal in the legislative pipeline, though absent floor action it does not change existing protections, which remain a patchwork of state law and federal guidance.