Military Children’s School Investment Act - Amends the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies (LEAs) for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their areas) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to LEAs that: (1) were eligible for Impact Aid in the prior fiscal year due to federally-connected children; and (2) are experiencing an enrollment increase of at least 250 or 10% consisting of certain federally-connected children whose arrival is due to military base closures and realignments or global rebasing, force structure changes or reductions, or actions initiated by the Secretary of Defense.
Requires such grants to be used: (1) to construct new schools or expand existing schools to accommodate the influx of students; (2) repair or upgrade academic facilities; or (3) lease, with the Secretary's approval, buildings or portions of buildings from a private entity for additional school space.
[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 6293 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6293
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to
establish a discretionary grant program for school construction for
local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 18, 2008
Mr. Hayes (for himself, Mr. McIntyre, and Mr. Edwards) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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
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A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to
establish a discretionary grant program for school construction for
local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Children's School
Investment Act''.
SEC. 2. SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Section 8007 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707) is amended by inserting after
subsection (b) the following:
``(c) School Construction Grants.--
``(1) Authority and conditions for grants.--From the amount
appropriated for each fiscal year under section 8014(f), the
Secretary is authorized to make grants to eligible local
educational agencies to carry out eligible projects for the
construction of public kindergarten, elementary, and secondary
school facilities.
``(2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
paragraph (1), the local educational agency shall--
``(A) have been eligible to receive a payment under
section 8003 for the fiscal year prior to the year for
which the application is made; and
``(B) have had an overall increase in enrollment--
``(i) during the period between the end of
the school year preceding the fiscal year for
which the application is made and the beginning
of the school year immediately preceding that
school year;
``(ii) of not less than 250, or not less
than 10 percent (whichever is lower), of
students who are children described in--
``(I) subparagraph (A), (B), or (D)
of section 8003(a)(1); or
``(II) subparagraph (F) or (G) of
section 8003(a)(1), but only to the
extent such children are civilian
dependents of employees of the
Department of Defense; and
``(iii) that is the direct result of one or
more of the following:
``(I) Base realignment and closure
or global rebasing, as determined by
the Secretary of Defense.
``(II) Force structure changes or
force reductions.
``(III) An action initiated by the
Secretary of Defense.
``(3) Criteria for grants.--In considering an application
for a grant the Secretary shall consider--
``(A) the extent to which the local educational
agency involved needs the grant because it lacks the
fiscal capacity to undertake the project for which the
grant would be used without the grant; and
``(B) the demonstrated need for the construction,
reconstruction, or renovation based on the condition of
the facility in the project.
``(4) Eligible projects.--To be an eligible project for a
grant under paragraph (1), the project must consist of--
``(A) the construction of new elementary or
secondary schools to meet the needs imposed by
enrollment growth;
``(B) the construction of additional academic
learning space at existing schools;
``(C) the repair or upgrading of classrooms or
structures related to academic learning, including but
not limited to roofs, walls, plumbing, ventilation
equipment, and inadequate heating or lighting
equipment; or
``(D) the leasing of buildings or portions of
buildings from a private entity for the purpose of
providing school space, with the Secretary's approval.
``(5) Amount and conditions of grants.--In making grants
under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that the
amount of a grant does not exceed the total construction,
modernization, or repair costs involved, as determined by the
Secretary.
``(6) Impermissible uses of funds.--No funds received under
this subsection may be used for--
``(A) payment of maintenance costs; or
``(B) stadiums or other facilities primarily used
for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events
for which admission is charged to the general public.
``(7) Supplement, not supplant.--A local educational agency
receiving a grant under this subsection shall use such Federal
funds only to supplement and not supplant the amount of funds
that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be available
for construction, modernization, and repair of public
kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school facilities.
``(8) Reporting.--
``(A) Reports by secretary.--Not later than
December 31 of each fiscal year, the Secretary, and the
Secretary of Defense, shall each submit to the
Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report
on grants made under this subsection, including the
types of construction, modernization, and repair
funded, and the number of students impacted.
``(B) Reports by local educational agencies.--Not
later than September 30 of each fiscal year, each local
educational agency receiving a grant under this
subsection shall submit to the Secretary, and to the
Secretary of Defense, a report on the agency's use of
such grant funds.''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 8014 of that Act (20
U.S.C. 7714) is amended--
(1) in subsection (e) by inserting after ``8007'' the
following: ``other than section 8007(c)''; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
``(g) School Construction Grants.--For the purposes of carrying out
section 8007(c), there are authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000
for fiscal year 2009 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
seven succeeding fiscal years.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
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