; Whereas students who feel unsafe in school are more prone to truancy and disruptive behaviors, have lower grades, and may drop out of school entirely, and according to the Indicators of School Crime and Safety report of 2019–2020, 77 percent of public schools reported one or more incidents of violence, theft, or other crimes from 2019 to 2020, and 22 percent of middle and high school students reported being bullied and 16 percent reported being electronically bullied during the 2019 school year; Whereas the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a report entitled Education in a Pandemic: The Disparate Impacts of COVID–19 on America’s Students , which highlights how the current public health crisis has disrupted our Nation’s education system and exacerbated longstanding inequities in school systems; Whereas the post-pandemic school years have demonstrated the ongoing disparities in education, including in the areas of access to technology, behavioral health services, and other aids and services, which have disproportionately affected students of color, English-language learners, students with disabilities, and students from low-income families; and Whereas the Partnership for 21st Century Skills reports that future employees must know how to communicate, collaborate, be creative, and think critically: Now, therefore, be it