Congress 109 - S 1764 - A bill to provide for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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Alabama Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Department of Education Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Federal aid to education Federal Emergency Management Agency Floods Government Operations and Politics Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Louisiana Mississippi Paraprofessional school personnel Reprogramming of appropriated funds Teacher salaries Teaching materials Texas Textbooks

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Provides for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Katrina to the Department of Education, upon the Secretary of Education's request, to assist educational agencies serving such students in paying for costs of personnel, operations, and materials and equipment.

Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) determine an immediate need for such assistance before requesting such a funds transfer; and (2) obligate certain funds for an additional year as emergency funding to meet the students' educational needs.

Shortens the period for certain advance notifications to Congress under the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005, in particular the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2005.

Actions

Nov 7, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Sep 27, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Sep 26, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 26, 2005

Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 26, 2005

Received in the House.
Sep 22, 2005

Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10387-10388; text as passed Senate: CR S10388)
Sep 22, 2005

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10387-10388; text as passed Senate: CR S10388)
Sep 22, 2005

Introduced in Senate

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