Student Success Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. BEYER. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the Democratic
substitute.

H.R. 5 lacks essential protections for our kids. It is our
responsibility to make sure our kids are safe at school. Too often,
dangerous and abusive techniques are used to discipline our students,
disproportionately subjecting minority students and students with
disabilities to seclusion and restraint in the classroom.

The Democratic substitute would protect our students by developing
appropriate national standards on the use of seclusion and restraint.
We cannot reduce the Federal oversight role for the very reason that
our kids need to be safe in order to be educated.

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