3.0.0 1505 2023-01-11T13:30:44Z 2023-01-11T13:30:44Z Senate S 2015-06-04 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-04T16:21:39Z 2015-06-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N Education Air quality Building construction Child safety and welfare Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Energy efficiency and conservation Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Higher education Noise pollution Preschool education Rural conditions and development State and local government operations Education 00 2015-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-04T20:23:19Z School Building Fairness Act of 2015

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Department of Education to allocate funds to states for competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for school repair, renovation, and construction, reserving 1% of the grant funds for assistance to outlying areas and Indian schools.

In awarding such grants to LEAs, the state must consider: (1) the percentage of poor children each LEA serves; (2) the condition of their public schools or need for additional schools; (3) the extent to which they will comply with certain green building standards; (4) their fiscal capacity to cover repairs, renovations, and construction without such a grant; and (5) the likelihood that they will maintain repaired, renovated, or newly constructed schools in good condition.

With respect to high-need and rural LEAs, a state must award at least the same proportion of this Act's LEA funds for the state that they received of total LEA school improvement funds for the state under part A of Title I of the ESEA.

A portion of a state's allocation must be reserved for a database of public school facility inventory, condition, design, and utilization.

The National Center for Education Statistics shall study the condition of public elementary and secondary schools and analyze trends in spending for their repair, renovation, and construction.

]]> School Building Fairness Act of 2015 Display Title School Building Fairness Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced School Building Fairness Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1505is/xml/BILLS-114s1505is.xml 2015-06-04 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.