LEARN Act of 2021
Latest action · May 21, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Leasing Every Available Real property Now Act of 2021 or the LEARN Act of 2021
This bill allows local educational agencies to use federal buildings in order to provide in-person education for students during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Specifically, the bill allows the General Services Administration (GSA) and executive agencies to lease federal buildings for up to six months to local educational agencies for in-person education of elementary and secondary school students during the emergency period. The GSA and executive agencies must review, identify, and publish information about all available properties. District of Columbia public schools must be given priority for available properties in the District.
The bill also authorizes state and local governments to use certain COVID-19 relief funds to further in-person education, including through leases of federal buildings.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
- May 20, 2021Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- District of Columbia
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Public utilities and utility rates
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
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