Unmask Our Kids Act

Unmask Our Kids Act

This bill prohibits a local educational agency (LEA) from receiving federal funds unless (1) in-person instruction is available to all students at each public elementary and secondary school under the jurisdiction of the LEA, and (2) a parent of a student at any school may opt out of a student face covering requirement.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6619 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6619

To prohibit the Secretary of Education from providing Federal funds to 
a local educational agency unless in-person instruction is available to 
all students and parents may opt out of student mask mandates, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2022

 Mrs. Hinson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Education from providing Federal funds to 
a local educational agency unless in-person instruction is available to 
all students and parents may opt out of student mask mandates, 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 ``Unmask Our Kids Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS.

    (a) In General.--No funds shall be made available under any 
applicable program to a local educational agency unless--
            (1) in-person instruction is available to all students at 
        each public elementary school and secondary school under the 
        jurisdiction of such agency; and
            (2) a parent of a student at any such school may elect to 
        opt out of any requirement that the student wear a face 
        covering.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Applicable program.--The term ``applicable program'' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 400(c) of the General 
        Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)).
            (2) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'', ``local 
        educational agency'', ``parent'', and ``secondary school'' have 
        the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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