Local Taxpayer Relief Act
Latest action · Apr 15, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 4, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Local Taxpayer Relief Act - Amends the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies [LEAs] for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their areas) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the formula for determining the payments due LEAs for federal ownership of property when appropriations for a fiscal year are insufficient to provide them with full compensation.
Prohibits an LEA from being paid amounts for federal ownership of property that exceeds its total current expenditures in the second prior fiscal year.
Changes the method for calculating the value of federal property located in an LEA's area.
Alters the formula for determining the payments due LEAs for eligible federally-connected children.
Includes not only children in average daily attendance, but also those enrolled pursuant to a state open enrollment policy. Continues an LEA's eligibility for such payments while activities associated with military base closures and realignments or force structure changes or relocations are ongoing. Allows the calculation of such payments using current student counts instead of prior fiscal year data when LEAs experience a specified influx of new federally-connected students due to federal activities or the closure of an LEA that was receiving Impact Aid due to federally-connected children.
Requires the Secretary of Education to allow LEAs to count their federally-connected children using the date they register their students for the fiscal year for which their application is filed.
Alters the formula for determining the construction payments due LEAs that are eligible for other Impact Aid payments.
Divides 80% of the construction funds evenly between LEAs impacted by military dependent children and LEAs impacted by children residing on Indian lands, with the remainder reserved for emergency repair and modernization grants to LEAs serving Indian lands or experiencing a specified influx of new students due to federal activities.
Alters the formula for determining whether a state's plan for equalizing assistance to its LEAs will except it from the prohibition on state aid to LEAs being affected by Impact Aid payments.
Requires new LEAs applying for Impact Aid to have boundaries established by state law and the authority to tax or receive an imputed local tax.
Directs the Secretary to complete Impact Aid payments to eligible LEAs within three fiscal years of their appropriation.
Reauthorizes appropriations for the Impact Aid program.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2011 to Jun 21, 2012, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | Original | Apr 4, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Apr 15, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Apr 4, 2011Introduced in House
- Apr 4, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Apr 4, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2276, E625-626)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Department of Education
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Military facilities and property
- Military personnel and dependents
- State and local finance
- State and local taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2011Introduced in House
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