,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dggf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ba1        
#bjai,ms4 ,norton 7for herself and ,mr4 
,evans7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,secretary of ,education to  
establish a competitive grant program to
 award grants to local educational      
agencies to address implicit bias in    
elementary and secondary schools1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,combating ,implicit ,bias in ,education
 ,act4  #b4 ,grant program  7a7         
,establishment ,the ,secretary of       
,education shall award grants1 on a     
competitive basis1 to local educational 
agencies to provide training to         
educators1 principals1 and other staff  
of elementary schools and secondary     
schools on implicit bias1 for the       
purposes of--  7#a7 ending              
discrimination based on such bias1      

including-- 7,a7 in the administration  
of exclusionary discipline 7including   
suspensions and expulsions72  7,b7 in   
access to gifted and talented programs2 
and  7,c7 in the apportionment of       
academic resources2  7#b7 improving the 
school climate and the relationships    
between students and educators1         
principals1 and other staff of          
elementary and secondary schools2 and   
7#c7 improving the academic achievement 
and attainment of students4  7b7        
,application ,a local educational agency
 desiring to receive a grant under this 
section shall submit an application to  
the ,secretary as the ,secretary shall  
require4 ,the application shall include 
a description of how the local          
educational agency will use the grant to
 carry out training under subsection    
7a74  7c7 ,report ,the ,director of the 
,institute of ,education ,sciences shall
 conduct a periodic review of the       
effectiveness of the grant program      
established by this ,act4  7d7          

,authorization of appropriations ,for   
the purpose of carrying out this ,act1  
there are authorized to be appropriated 
#aj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjbj through #bjbb4  7e7 ,definitions  
,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,elementary and     
,secondary ,education ,act terms ,the   
terms elementary school1 local          
educational agency1 other staff1 and    
secondary school have the meanings given
 those terms in section #haja of the    
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74    
7#b7 ,implicit ,bias ,the term implicit 
bias means bias with respect to actual  
or perceived race1 religion1 sex        
7including sexual orientation or gender 
identity71 disability1 ethnicity1 or    
socioeconomic status1 that results from 
subconsciously held attitudes1 beliefs1 
or associations4  7#c7 ,training ,the   
term training means evidence based1     
on-going professional development and   
support4