Supporting Children with Disabilities During COVID–19 Act
Latest action · Jun 29, 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 29, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting Children with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act
This bill provides FY2021 supplemental appropriations for grants to assist states in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities and for specified early childhood education programs for children with disabilities.
Additionally, the bill specifies reporting requirements related to the use of these funds. It also requires the Department of Education to publish on its website, and the Department of Health and Human Services to release, certain expenditure reports related to these funds.
The amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 29, 2020 to Jul 30, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 29, 2020 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jun 29, 2020 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jul 30, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 29, 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 8523 | Supporting Children with Disabilities During COVID–19 Act | Identical bill | Oct 2, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2020Introduced in Senate
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