Advance the Ending PUSHOUT Act to end punitive school pushout of girls of color by supporting grants to ban discriminatory discipline practices, strengthen civil-rights data and enforcement, and create a federal task force on school pushout.

Rep. Pressley is joined by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) in reintroducing the Ending PUSHOUT Act, which would end the punitive pushout of girls of color from schools.

Pressley reintroduced the Ending PUSHOUT Act, which the release says would end punitive pushout of girls of color through grants, civil-rights protections, and a federal task force.

As Republicans Attack Public Education, Pressley Reintroduces Bills to Invest in Safe, Nurturing Learning Environments for All Students - Ayanna Pressley
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Ms. PRESSLEY introduced the following bill... A BILL To reduce exclusionary discipline practices in schools, and for other purposes... It is the purpose of this Act to... strengthen data collection related to exclusionary discipline practices... eliminate the discriminatory use and over-use of exclusionary discipline practices... prevent the criminalization and pushout of students from school, especially Black and Brown girls.

Pressley introduced the Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2025, a bill aimed at reducing exclusionary school discipline, strengthening discipline-related data collection, eliminating discriminatory overuse of such practices, and preventing school pushout, especially for Black and Brown girls.

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Congress.gov identifies H.R. 5325, the Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2019, as sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley, introduced on December 5, 2019, referred to House Education and Labor, and still at the introduced status. The CRS summary says the bill would create Education Department grants to reduce suspensions and expulsions, require discipline data collection, and establish a joint task force to end school pushout.

Pressley introduced legislation matching the promised grants, data collection, and task-force framework, but the official status shows it did not advance beyond introduction.

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H.R.5325 - Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2019, Congress.gov overview
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The introduced bill text states purposes including stronger discipline-related civil-rights data, eliminating discriminatory use and overuse of exclusionary discipline, and preventing criminalization and pushout, especially for Black and brown girls. It creates Healing School Climate Grants, requires grantees to prohibit several punitive practices, funds training and alternatives to suspension or expulsion, and establishes a joint task force on school pushout of girls of color.

The bill text substantively matches the promise, showing concrete legislative effort toward the policy, but it was only introduced and not enacted.

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Text - H.R.5325 - Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2019, Congress.gov
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The Congress.gov actions page lists only two actions for H.R. 5325: introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Education and Labor, both on December 5, 2019. There are no reported committee, floor-passage, Senate, enrollment, or public-law actions.

Official legislative history shows the Ending PUSHOUT Act stalled after introduction, so the promised policy was not delivered as federal law during that Congress.

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Actions - H.R.5325 - Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2019, Congress.gov
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GAO reported in 2024 that Black girls still faced the highest rates of exclusionary discipline among girls, received harsher punishments than White girls for similar behaviors, and represented 15 percent of girls in public schools but nearly half of suspensions and expulsions in 2017-18 data.

A later official federal report shows the underlying school-discipline disparities the Ending PUSHOUT Act targeted persisted; it does not show enactment of Pressley's bill.

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K-12 Education: Nationally, Black Girls Receive More Frequent and More Severe Discipline in School Than Other Girls, U.S. GAO
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