Reopen Schools Safely Act
Latest action · Jun 25, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reopen Schools Safely Act
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies and institutions of higher education to comply with the guidelines, recommendations, and other public health communications issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local governments to mitigate the hazards of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in schools.
Subgrants must be used for certain activities, such as implementing exposure control plans, hiring personnel and purchasing equipment for health screenings, providing students and staff with personal protective equipment, and purchasing sanitation supplies.
Unexpended funds must be returned to ED. Additionally, unused supplies and materials that were purchased with grants may not be resold.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2020 to Jul 23, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Jun 25, 2020 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Original | Jun 25, 2020 |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jul 23, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 25, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7692 | Reopen Schools Safely Act | Related bill | Jul 20, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Child health
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Minority education
- Minority health
- School administration
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2020Introduced in Senate
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