Reinstating Common Sense School Discipline Policies

The order directs federal agencies to revise school discipline policies. The Secretary of Education, in collaboration with the Attorney General, is instructed to issue new guidance to local and state educational agencies on school discipline and obligations to avoid racial discrimination under Title VI. Furthermore, the Secretary of Defense is directed to issue a revised school discipline code for children of military-service families. The Secretary of Education, along with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, is also tasked to submit a report on the status of "discriminatory-equity-ideology-based" school discipline and behavior modification techniques in American public education.