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[S. 1683 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]







                                                       Calendar No. 208
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1683

     To provide relief for students affected by Hurricane Katrina.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2005

 Mrs. Hutchison (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following 
                  bill; which was read the first time

                           September 13, 2005

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide relief for students affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF STUDENT AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA.

    In this Act, the term ``student affected by Hurricane Katrina'' 
means a student who resides or resided on August 22, 2005, in an area, 
or is enrolled or was enrolled on August 22, 2005, in a school located 
in an area, for which a major disaster has been declared in accordance 
with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) as a result of Hurricane 
Katrina.

SEC. 2. EDUCATION EXPENSES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds made 
available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Hurricane 
Katrina relief may be used to pay any education expense--
            (1) related to a student affected by Hurricane Katrina; and
            (2) that the Secretary of Education determines appropriate.

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Education may waive any requirement of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) for a State, local 
educational agency, school, teacher, or student that or who is affected 
by an influx of a student affected by Hurricane Katrina.

SEC. 4. HOMELESS STUDENTS.

    (a) School Placement.--
            (1) In general.--The school placement provisions shall not 
        apply to students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
            (2) School placement provisions.--In this subsection, the 
        term ``school placement provisions'' means subsection (e)(3), 
        and paragraphs (1)(J)(i) and (3) of subsection (g), of section 
        722, and section 723(a)(2)(B), of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432, 11433(a)(2)(B)) and any other 
        provision of subtitle B of title VII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        11431 et seq.) that relates to the placement, or a change in 
        placement, of homeless children and youths in schools.
    (b) Student Identification.--A local educational agency or an 
elementary school or secondary school may issue and require the use of 
identification cards or other identifying insignia for students 
affected by Hurricane Katrina, notwithstanding subtitle B of title VII 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
    (c) Definitions.--In this subsection:
            (1) Elementary school; secondary school.--The terms 
        ``elementary school'' and ``secondary school'' have the 
        meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 7801).
            (2) Homeless children and youths.--The term ``homeless 
        children and youths'' has the meaning given the term in section 
        725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        11434a).

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall be effective for the period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act and ending on June 30, 2006.
                                                       Calendar No. 208

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1683

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     To provide relief for students affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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                           September 13, 2005

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar