[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3087 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 3087

To make adjustments to the method of determining eligibility for impact 
  aid funds for heavily impacted local educational agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 9, 2002

  Mr. Johnson (for himself and Mr. Daschle) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To make adjustments to the method of determining eligibility for impact 
  aid funds for heavily impacted local educational agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENT FOR NEW HEAVILY IMPACTED 
              LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    Section 8003(b)(2)(C)(i)(II)(bb) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(B)(2)(c)(i)(II)(bb)) is amended 
to read as follows:
                                    ``(bb) for a local educational 
                                agency that has a total student 
                                enrollment of less than 350 students, 
                                has a per-pupil expenditure that is 
                                less than the average per-pupil 
                                expenditure of generally comparable 
                                local educational agencies (determined 
                                according to the procedures described 
                                in section 222.74(b) of title 34, Code 
                                of Federal Regulations, as such section 
                                was in effect on January 1, 2000) in 
                                the State in which the local 
                                educational agency is located; and''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF BONESTEEL-FAIRFAX SCHOOL DISTRICT IN BONESTEEL, 
              SOUTH DAKOTA.

    The Secretary of Education--
            (1) shall deem the local educational agency serving the 
        Bonesteel-Fairfax school district, 26-5, in Bonesteel, South 
        Dakota, as eligible to receive a fiscal year 2003 basic support 
        payment for heavily impacted local educational agencies under 
        section 8003(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)); and
            (2) shall make a payment to such local educational agency 
        under such section for fiscal year 2003.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, SEQUOYAH COUNTY, 
              OKLAHOMA.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Education shall treat as timely filed an application filed by Central 
School District, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, for payment for federally 
connected students for fiscal year 2003, pursuant to section 8003 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703), 
and shall process such application for payment, if the Secretary has 
received such application not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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