3.0.0 6733 2020-02-10T16:53:29Z 2020-02-10T16:53:29Z House H HR 2008-07-31 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-07-31T14:11:45Z 2008-08-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1677) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2008-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 N L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2008-07-31 True D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2008-07-31 True B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 2008-07-31 True B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 2008-07-31 True L000111 Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] TOM LATHAM R IA 4 2008-07-31 True J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2008-07-31 True S000364 Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] JOHN SHIMKUS R IL M. 19 2008-07-31 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-07-31 True F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14] Bill Foster D IL 14 2008-08-01 False C000794 Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] JERRY COSTELLO D IL F. 12 2008-09-08 False Education Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Emergency Management Federal aid to education Floods Homeless Illinois Impact aid Indian education Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota Minorities Missouri Native Americans Secondary education Social Welfare Storms Wisconsin Education 00 2008-07-31 Introduced in House 2008-08-28T21:34:14Z Midwest Schools Disaster Recovery Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make payments to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin to enable such states to assist their local educational agencies (LEAs) in recovering from the severe storms and flooding that hit the Midwest during the months of May and June, 2008.

Protects such LEAs, that serve major disaster areas due to those storms and floods, from experiencing a FY2009 reduction of school improvement funds under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive or modify the application of maintenance of effort and cost-sharing conditions on the receipt of educational funding by entities in states affected by such disaster.

Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) temporary emergency Impact Aid to states and, through them, to LEAs and Indian schools to enable such LEAs and schools to instruct students displaced by such disaster; and (2) assistance, consistent with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, to LEAs serving students rendered homeless by such disaster.

Terminates this Act's programs on August 1, 2009.

]]> Midwest Schools Disaster Recovery Act Short Titles as Introduced Midwest Schools Disaster Recovery Act Display Title Midwest Schools Disaster Recovery Act Official Title as Introduced To provide assistance to local educational agencies in areas of the Midwest adversely affected by storms and severe flooding that occurred in May and June, 2008, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6733ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6733ih.xml 2008-08-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1677) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.