Combating Implicit Bias in Education Act

This Act may be cited as the Combating Implicit Bias in Education Act.

The Secretary of Education shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies to provide training to educators, principals, and other staff of elementary schools and secondary schools on implicit bias, for the purposes of—

(1) ending discrimination based on such bias, including—

(A) in the administration of exclusionary discipline (including suspensions and expulsions);

(B) in access to gifted and talented programs; and

(C) in the apportionment of academic resources;

(2) improving the school climate and the relationships between students and educators, principals, and other staff; and

(3) improving the academic achievement and attainment of students.

A local educational agency desiring to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary as the Secretary shall require. The application shall include a description of how the local educational agency will use the grant to carry out training under subsection (a).

The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences shall conduct a periodic review of the effectiveness of the grant program established by this Act.

For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027.

In this Act:

The terms elementary school, local educational agency, other staff, and secondary school have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).

The term implicit bias means bias with respect to actual or perceived race, religion, sex (including sexual orientation or gender identity), disability, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status that results from subconsciously held attitudes, beliefs, or associations.

The term training means evidence-based, on-going professional development and support.