Education Against Hate Crimes Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 4/14/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-14Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2021-04-14Introduced in House
- 2021-04-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-14 (00)
Education Against Hate Crimes Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to states, local educational agencies, and nonprofit organizations to conduct hate crime prevention and prejudice reduction education for secondary school students and students in middle grades. It also requires ED, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, to develop relevant curriculum requirements.
Cosponsors (8)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Subjects
- Age discrimination
- Crime prevention
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Hate crimes
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
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