3.0.0 3353 2020-02-10T17:02:01Z 2020-02-10T17:02:01Z Senate S S 2008-07-29 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-29T15:53:19Z 2008-07-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2008-07-31 False C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2008-09-12 False Education Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Energy Energy prices Federal aid to education Gasoline Housing and Community Development Rural education School buses Secondary education Student transportation Transportation and Public Works Education 00 2008-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-28T21:41:08Z Rural Fuel for School Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award triennial grants to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) in amounts equal to between 10% to 50% of each grantee's annual total transportation costs for the previous fiscal year.

Makes rural LEAs eligible for such grants if they experience: (1) an increase in annual fuel costs of at least 20% for the fiscal year; (2) an increase in contract transportation costs of at least 20% for the fiscal year; or (3) extreme hardship, as certified by the Secretary, in providing transportation to elementary and secondary students due to increased fuel prices.

Terminates the Secretary's authority to make such grants on December 31, 2013.

]]> Rural Fuel for School Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Fuel for School Act of 2008 Display Title Rural Fuel for School Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide temporary financial relief for rural school districts adversely impacted by the current energy crisis, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3353is/xml/BILLS-110s3353is.xml 2008-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.