Educators are Heroes Act

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8334 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8334

To provide premium pay to educators at public schools for each hour of 
                            in-person work.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2020

 Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Carson 
     of Indiana, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and Mr. San Nicolas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide premium pay to educators at public schools for each hour of 
                            in-person work.

    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 ``Educators are Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. EDUCATOR PREMIUM PAY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 15 days after a local educational 
agency receives a grant under subsection (b), the local educational 
agency, for the duration of the emergency period, shall provide to each 
educator for each hour that the educator works, in-person at a public 
school served by the agency with premium pay equal to 25 percent of the 
educator's wage per hour.
    (b) Educator Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of 
        the United States a fund to be known as the ``Educator Fund'' 
        (referred to in this section as the ``Fund''), consisting of 
        amounts appropriated to the fund under subsection (c).
            (2) Fund administration.--The fund shall be administered by 
        the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
        of Education.
            (3) Use of funds.--
                    (A) In general.--Amounts in the Fund shall be 
                available to award a grant to each local educational 
                agency that applies for a grant under subparagraph (B), 
                for the purpose of providing premium pay under 
                subsection (a).
                    (B) Application.--Any local educational agency 
                seeking a grant under this subsection shall submit an 
                application to the Secretary of the Treasury at such 
                time, in such manner, and complete with such 
                information as the Secretary may require.
    (c) Authorization and Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated, and there is hereby appropriated, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section, to remain available until 
expended.
    (d) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Educator.--The term ``educator'' includes teachers and 
        other staff.
            (2) Emergency period.--The term ``emergency period'' means 
        the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, and 
        ending on the last day of the public health emergency first 
        declared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to COVID-19.
            (3) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'', ``local 
        educational agency'', ``other staff'', and ``secondary school'' 
        have the meaning given such terms in section 8101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).
            (4) Public school.--The term ``public school'' means a 
        public elementary school or secondary school.
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