Students Before Unions Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1498 To require that local educational agencies disclose negotiations with teacher unions as a condition for eligibility to receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund of the Education Stabiliza- tion Fund of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appro- priations Act, 2021. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 2, 2021 Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Ms. FOXX, Mr. BUDD, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. GOHMERT, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Ms. HERRELL, and Mr. NORMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To require that local educational agencies disclose negotia- tions with teacher unions as a condition for eligibility to receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund of the Education Sta- bilization Fund of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Students Before 4 Unions Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:32 Apr 16, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1498.IH H1498 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1498 IH SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR RECEIPT OF FUNDS. 1 Section 313(c) of division M of the Coronavirus Re- 2 sponse and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 3 (Public Law 116–260) is amended by inserting before the 4 period the following: ‘‘, except that a local educational 5 agency may not receive a subgrant under this subsection 6 unless any negotiations between the local educational 7 agency and a labor organization with respect to the condi- 8 tions for the provision of in-person instruction are docu- 9 mented in writing and made public’’. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:32 Apr 16, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1498.IH H1498 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS