Public School Emergency Relief Act 2015-06-03 Introduced in House Public School Emergency Relief Act

This bill authorizes a program of emergency impact aid payments to states and, through them, to local educational agencies and Indian schools for each quarter of the 2015-2016 school year to respond to any increase in the enrollment of immigrant children from the corresponding quarter of the 2013-2014 school year.

Payments shall be used to provide services and assistance to schools that enroll immigrant students.

Funds may be used for:

  • compensating school personnel,
  • identifying and acquiring curricular material and mobile educational units and leasing sites or spaces,
  • basic instructional services for immigrant students,
  • reasonable transportation costs,
  • health and counseling services,
  • education and support services, and
  • other uses allowed under title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Any payment made on behalf of a disabled immigrant student is to be used for special education and related services.

Emergency impact aid funds that are not obligated during the 2015-2016 school year must be returned to the Department of Education.

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