Public School Emergency Relief Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public School Emergency Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide emergency impact aid payments to states and, through them, to local educational agencies and Indian schools for each quarter of the 2014-2015 school year for any increase in the enrollment of immigrant children from the corresponding quarter of the 2012-2013 school year.
Requires the payments to be used to provide services and assistance to schools that enroll immigrant students.
Authorizes the funds to be used for:
- compensating school personnel,
- identifying and acquiring curricular material and mobile educational units and leasing sites or spaces,
- basic instructional services for immigrant students,
- reasonable transportation costs,
- health and counseling services,
- education and support services, and
- other uses allowed under title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Requires any payment made on behalf of a disabled immigrant student to be used for special education and related services.
Prohibits the use of the emergency impact aid for any expenses that are not incurred during the 2014-2015 school year.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2014 to Dec 11, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Nov 13, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Dec 4, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Dec 11, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
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