# 119-s-3448: Keeping All Students Safe Act 119-s-3448, Keeping All Students Safe Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-15). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3448 - As of: 2026-10-15 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-3448 - Congress: 119 - Title: Keeping All Students Safe Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-12-11 - Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT) - Cosponsors: 17 - Policy area: Education - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-10-15 ## Summary **Limits on seclusion and physical restraints.** This bill would ban specific types of seclusion and physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that get federal funds, and would set strict conditions, training, notice, and reporting requirements to reduce harm. - Students and families: Students would gain new protections against seclusion and enumerated restraints. Parents must get same-day verbal notice, a written report within 24 hours, and a meeting within 5 school days, and parents or students may bring civil suits for relief. - School staff: Physical restraint could be used only when a student poses an imminent danger and less restrictive measures fail. Restraint must end when the danger stops, be applied by state-certified personnel when possible, and may not be written into an individual IEP. - States and federal support: States would submit plans within 2 years and report annual, disaggregated restraint data. The bill would fund 3-year grants to build training, data systems, and positive behavioral supports and would require a national assessment with interim and final reports at 3 and 5 years respectively. ## Cosponsors (17) - Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2026-01-28T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - State plans, training, and oversight: benefit, high. If enacted, each State education agency would have to submit a plan within 2 years and annually after that showing how the State will follow the ban and monitor schools. States would approve crisis intervention training programs and require periodic certification so enough staff are trained. Plans… - Enforcement, complaints, and private lawsuits: benefit, medium. If enacted, a student or parent could sue a program that subjected a student to unlawful seclusion or restraint for money, court orders, and legal and expert fees. Individual school staff would generally be shielded from personal liability; programs (not staff) would be defendants and could not use… - New restraint bans and rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would ban unlawful seclusion and many types of physical restraint in any program that gets federal money. Physical restraint would be allowed only when a student's behavior posed an imminent danger of serious physical injury, less restrictive steps would not work, trained staff… - Grants for state and local schools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Education Department would award 3‑year grants to State education agencies from amounts appropriated under the Act to pay for PBIS, mental‑health supports, restorative justice, trauma‑informed care, data systems, and crisis training. SEAs could award subgrants to local districts and… - National study of restraint practices: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Education Department would conduct a national assessment of restraint and seclusion in schools and Head Start and identify effective programs and training models, including PBIS and de‑escalation. The Department would send an interim report to Congress within 3 years and a final rep… - Parent notice and incident meetings: benefit, low. If enacted, programs would have to tell a parent the same day if a student was physically restrained, and send a written notice within 24 hours with details. Programs would hold a meeting within 5 school days with the parent, the student (when appropriate), staff involved, the teacher, a program le… ## Related bills - 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026 - 119-s-1503: Equality Act - 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-s-3448 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3448) ## Related - [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066) - [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51) - [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108) - [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503) - [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852) - [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3448 (as of 2026-10-15).