3.0.0 3489 2022-02-08T23:23:03Z 2022-02-08T23:23:03Z Senate S 2020-03-12 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-12T20:33:28Z Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus Act 116 6275 HR 2020-03-13 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2020-03-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-03-12 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2020-03-12 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-06-23 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-06-23 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-06-23 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-06-23 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2020-06-23 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-06-23 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-06-23 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2020-06-23 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-06-23 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-06-23 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-06-23 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2020-06-23 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-06-23 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-06-23 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-06-23 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-06-23 False Education Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child care and development Child health Disaster relief and insurance Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Employee hiring Employment discrimination and employee rights Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Mental health Minority education Preschool education School administration Special education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Temporary and part-time employment Wages and earnings Education 00 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-27T15:52:47Z Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus Act

This bill establishes and provides funds for grant programs to respond to safety and health risks presented by qualifying emergencies, including COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the bill authorizes (1) the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and (2) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to agencies that administer Child Care Development block grants and Head Start agencies.

ED grant recipients must award subgrants to BIE schools, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education (IHEs). HHS grant recipients must award subgrants to early care and education programs.

Subgrants under each grant program must be used for certain activities, such as coordinating preparedness and response efforts with public health departments; purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean facilities to minimize the spread of infectious diseases; and providing mental health services and supports to children, students, and staff.

Additionally, ED must award grants to IHEs for creating and expanding emergency financial-aid grant programs that address the unexpected expenses related to basic needs (e.g., housing, food, and certain one-time costs) of enrolled students during a qualifying emergency. IHEs must use grant funds to make emergency financial-aid grants to eligible students.

HHS must also award supplemental grants for certain organizations to address emergency-related child traumatic stress.

ED may waive certain financial-aid requirements for students affected by qualifying emergencies. Such requirements include those related to subsidized usage limits, leaves of absence, and satisfactory progress.

The bill also authorizes ED to permit foreign IHEs to offer distance education during an emergency.

]]> Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus Act Display Title Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to support children and students in responding to safety and health risks presented by qualifying emergencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3489is/xml/BILLS-116s3489is.xml 2020-03-12 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.