HR 5240 · 111th Congress 2009โ€“2011, ended

Child Safety, Care, and Education Continuity Act of 2010

Latest action · May 27, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 6, 2010
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Child Safety, Care, and Education Continuity Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and nonpublic schools for assistance in restarting school operations in major disaster areas.

Protects LEAs from cuts in school improvement funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which a major disaster occurs within their service area.

Allows LEAs in states to which teachers and paraprofessionals relocate after a major disaster to consider such teachers and paraprofessionals to have met certain federal teaching standards if the state from which they came considered them to have met such standards.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive or modify certain requirements relating to maintenance of effort, supplementary use of funds, and matching funds in providing educational assistance to entities affected by a major disaster.

Directs the Secretary to provide temporary emergency impact aid to states and, through them, LEAs and Native American schools for the education of students displaced by a major disaster.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) waive or modify requirements applicable to federal student aid programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) that are unreasonable due to the effects of a major disaster; (2) approve Teacher Quality Partnership Grants program modifications that assist states, LEAs, and institutions of higher education (IHEs) recruit and retain faculty for schools in major disaster areas; (3) modify, at the request of an affected institution or other grantee located in a major disaster area, required and allowable uses of funds under the HEA's TRIO, GEAR-UP, Strengthening Institutions, and Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities programs, and any other competitive grant program; and (4) allow financial aid administrators to adjust the expected contribution of students and parents affected by a major disaster.

Directs the Secretary to make special efforts to notify students and their parents who qualify for means-tested federal benefit programs of their potential eligibility for a maximum Pell Grant, provided such students attend an IHE affected by a major disaster.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements to extend certain deadlines under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding the provision of special education and related services, including early intervention services, to individuals adversely affected by a major disaster.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide training and technical assistance, guidance, and resources to Head Start agencies located in a major disaster area or receiving a significant number of children from such an area. Authorizes the waiver of cost-sharing requirements for such agencies and documentation requirements for Head Start participants affected by a major disaster.

Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to: (1) waive the application of specified provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to states affected by a major disaster or serving a significant number of individuals adversely affected by a major disaster; and (2) assist states in providing training, technical assistance, and guidance to child care providers who are serving such individuals. Requires each state that receives funds under such Act to develop a disaster plan.

Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to encourage state and local governments to address child care services and facilities in their response and recovery plans, exercises, and training.

Directs the Secretary of HHS to provide disaster guidance to states under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP]) of the Social Security Act regarding the requirement that states provide medical assistance to individuals who are residents of the state but are absent.

Requires each state to provide disaster guidance to Medicaid and CHIP providers to ensure that low-income children displaced from their home state by a major disaster have continued access to health care services.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 14, 2010 to Jul 28, 2010.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NJDonald M. PayneJul 14, 2010
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenJul 14, 2010
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeJul 14, 2010
D-NJSteven R. RothmanJul 14, 2010
D-CAJudy ChuJul 28, 2010
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayJul 28, 2010

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 27, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. May 27, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
  3. May 7, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
  4. May 6, 2010Introduced in House
  5. May 6, 2010Referred to House Education and Labor
  6. May 6, 2010Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  7. May 6, 2010Referred to House Energy and Commerce
  8. May 6, 2010Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2898Child Safety, Care, and Education Continuity Act of 2010Identical billDec 17, 2009

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for child safety, care, and education continuity in the event of a presidentially declared disaster.
Short Titles as Introduced
Child Safety, Care, and Education Continuity Act of 2010

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 6, 2010Introduced in House

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