# 119-hr-2738: Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2025

119-hr-2738, Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2738
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-04

## Summary

**End the punitive, discriminatory use of exclusionary discipline that pushes students, especially girls of color, out of school.** This bill would require new national data, create competitive Healing School Climate Grants, and bar certain harsh practices for grant recipients. - Students and families: Would prohibit out-of-school suspension or expulsion for preschool through grade 5 except for serious physical injury and would bar suspensions or expulsions for insubordination, willful defiance, grooming or appearance violations, truancy, and similar offenses for preschool through grade 12 when funded by grants. It would also ban corporal punishment, seclusion, and dangerous restraints for grant recipients. - Schools and staff: Would fund evidence-based alternatives like restorative practices, social and emotional learning, counseling, mentors, extracurriculars, and require hiring social workers and counselors who would not replace school-based law enforcement. Grantees must provide training on trauma, bias, and positive behavioral supports. - Data and transparency: Would require the Department of Education civil rights office to collect and publish annual, disaggregated school discipline data with privacy protections and report patterns to Congress within one year and annually thereafter. Grant reporting and public access must be in multiple languages and accessible formats, and up to 2 percent of funds may be used for technical assistance.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Annual tracking of school discipline data: benefit, high. If enacted, the Office for Civil Rights would collect and publish school discipline data every year. About $500 million each year would support this work. Reports would cover suspensions (in and out of school), expulsions, law-enforcement referrals and arrests, and days of lost instruction. Data wo…
- Grants and task force on school discipline: benefit, high. If enacted, the Education Department would award competitive Healing School Climate Grants. About $500 million each year would fund these grants and a new joint task force. Local school districts and qualified nonprofits could apply, with priority for schools with big discipline gaps. Grantees woul…
- Clear definitions for discipline rules: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would set clear definitions for school discipline terms. It would define things like insubordination, appearance and grooming rules, exclusionary discipline, informal removals, out-of-school suspension, and school-based law enforcement officer. This would help schools, families…

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- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2738 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2738)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-2045: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2045)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2738 (as of 2026-11-04).