Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8075 To provide that, due to the disruptions caused by COVID–19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2022 may use certain data sub- mitted in the fiscal year 2021 application. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 21, 2020 Mr. COURTNEY (for himself and Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To provide that, due to the disruptions caused by COVID– 19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2022 may use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 2021 application. 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 ‘‘Impact Aid 4 Coronavirus Relief Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:40 Sep 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8075.IH H8075 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8075 IH SEC. 2. USE OF PRIOR APPLICATION STUDENT COUNT 1 DATA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 IMPACT AID AP- 2 PLICATIONS. 3 Due to the public health emergency relating to 4 COVID–19 and notwithstanding sections 7002(j) and 5 7003(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 6 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(j), 7703(c)), a local educational 7 agency desiring to receive a payment under section 7002 8 or 7003 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7702, 7703) for fiscal 9 year 2022 that also submitted an application for such pay- 10 ment for fiscal year 2021 may, in the application sub- 11 mitted under section 7005 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7705) 12 for fiscal year 2022— 13 (1) with respect to a requested payment under 14 section 7002 of such Act, use the Federal property 15 valuation data relating to calculating such payment 16 that was submitted by the local educational agency 17 in the application for fiscal year 2021; 18 (2) with respect to a requested payment under 19 section 7003 of such Act, use the student count data 20 relating to calculating such payment that was sub- 21 mitted by the local educational agency in the appli- 22 cation for fiscal year 2021, provided that for pur- 23 poses of the calculation of payments for fiscal year 24 2022 under section 7003(b)(1) of such Act, such 25 payments shall be based on utilizing fiscal year 2020 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:40 Sep 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8075.IH H8075 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8075 IH data (from academic year 2018–2019) to include 1 total current expenditures, local contribution rates, 2 and per pupil expenditures; or 3 (3) with respect to a requested payment under 4 section 7002 or 7003 of such Act, use the student 5 count or Federal property valuation data relating to 6 calculating such payment for the fiscal year required 7 under section 7002(j) or 7003(c) of such Act, as ap- 8 plicable. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:40 Sep 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8075.IH H8075 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS