3.0.0 4081 2023-01-11T13:46:08Z 2023-01-11T13:46:08Z Senate S 2020-06-25 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-25T19:20:25Z Reopen Schools Safely Act 116 7692 HR 2020-07-20 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2020-06-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-06-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2020-06-25 True J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-06-25 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2020-07-23 False Education Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child health Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee hiring Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Higher education Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medical tests and diagnostic methods Minority education Minority health School administration Teaching, teachers, curricula Worker safety and health Education 00 2020-06-25 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-12T17:47:33Z Reopen Schools Safely Act

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies and institutions of higher education to comply with the guidelines, recommendations, and other public health communications issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local governments to mitigate the hazards of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in schools.

Subgrants must be used for certain activities, such as implementing exposure control plans, hiring personnel and purchasing equipment for health screenings, providing students and staff with personal protective equipment, and purchasing sanitation supplies.

Unexpended funds must be returned to ED. Additionally, unused supplies and materials that were purchased with grants may not be resold.

]]> Reopen Schools Safely Act Display Title Reopen Schools Safely Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Reopen Schools Safely Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide a grant program for elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to help offset costs associated with complying with guidelines, recommendations, and other public health communications issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or a State, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or locality related to mitigating the hazards presented by COVID-19. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4081is/xml/BILLS-116s4081is.xml 2020-06-25 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.