# 2025-07377: School Discipline Gets 'Common Sense' Reboot – Race Out, Safety In

2025-07377, Reinstating Commonsense School Discipline Policies, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-04-28, effective 2025-04-23 (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-07377
- Title: Reinstating Commonsense School Discipline Policies
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 17533
- Published: 2025-04-28
- Effective: 2025-04-23
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

School Discipline Gets 'Common Sense' Reboot – Race Out, Safety In

## Summary

The government is bringing back common-sense school discipline rules to keep classrooms safe and fair. Schools will focus on student behavior—not race—when deciding punishments, fixing problems caused by past policies that avoided discipline to dodge racial disparity concerns. These changes affect all public schools starting now, aiming to protect students and improve learning without risking federal funding.

## Effects PRIA read

- Discipline Based on Behavior, Not Race: benefit, medium. The Secretary of Education must issue new guidance within 30 days telling local and state school agencies to apply school discipline based on student behavior and not on racial statistics, and to follow Title VI protections against racial discrimination. The Secretary is also instructed to take app…
- Military Families Get Revised Code: benefit, low. The Secretary of Defense must issue a revised school discipline code within 90 days that is meant to protect and enhance the education of children of military-service families. The order requires this revised code specifically for Department of Defense education contexts.
- Report to Stop Federal Funding of Certain Programs: cost, medium. Within 120 days, the Secretary of Education, with other agencies, must submit a report that inventories Title VI discipline-related investigations since 2009 and assesses whether federal grant recipients (including nonprofits) promote discriminatory-equity-ideology-based discipline. The report must…

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## Sources
- [2025-07377 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/28/2025-07377/reinstating-commonsense-school-discipline-policies)
- [2025-07377 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-28/pdf/2025-07377.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-07377 (as of 2026-11-04).