Open Schools Act
Latest action · Jan 12, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedJan 12, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Open Schools Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to make grants to parents of eligible students for certain education-related expenses. Eligible student refers to a student who is enrolled for the 2021-2022 school year in an elementary or secondary school that (1) is located in a local educational agency that received certain COVID-19 relief funds; and (2) does not provide, for any reason related to COVID-19, in-person learning for each enrolled student for each school day during the school year.
Grant funds may be used to pay the tuition and fees for a private elementary or secondary school, pay the cost of attending a public school that provides in-person learning, or for other expenses and educational materials.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 12, 2022 to Apr 18, 2022; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-WI | Bryan Steil | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-KS | Jake LaTurner | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Jan 13, 2022 | |
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Mike Garcia | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Feb 2, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Apr 18, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 12, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2022Introduced in House
- Jan 12, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 8, January 12, 2022, page H78.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a grant program to make grants to the parents of students enrolled in elementary schools or secondary schools that, for any reason related to COVID-19, are failing to provide in-person instruction for each enrolled student for each school day of school year 2021-2022, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Open Schools Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
