Supporting the goals and ideals of GLSEN’s 2020 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

H. Con. Res. 98 · 116th Congress · Apr 24, 2020 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That Congress—

(1)

supports the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence;

(2)

requests that the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe the GLSEN’s Day of Silence with appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities; and

(3)

encourages each State, city, and local educational agency to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, so that the Nation’s schools are institutions where all individuals are able to focus on learning.

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Apr 24, 2020viewing Introduced in House Mr. Engel (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Ryan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Heck, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Foster, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Bera, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Peters, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Welch, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Soto, Ms. Dean, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Sánchez, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Meng, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Craig, Mr. Crow, Mr. Takano, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Finkenauer, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Sires, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Speier, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Omar, Mr. Luján, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Lowey, and Mr. Cisneros) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Supporting the goals and ideals of GLSEN’s 2020 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

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