[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1997 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1997

 To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish a program of energy 
            assistance grants to local educational agencies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 10, 2005

 Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Bingaman, and 
   Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish a program of energy 
            assistance grants to local educational agencies.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``School Energy Crisis Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHOOL ENERGY GRANTS.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of Energy shall 
establish a program to make grants to eligible local educational 
agencies, from allocations under subsection (c), that have experienced 
the highest percentage increase or expenditure increase in 
transportation and heating fuel costs among all local educational 
agencies in the State for a specific time period during the 2005-2006 
school year, in comparison to the same time period during the 2004-2005 
school year.
    (b) Eligible Local Educational Agencies.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
        local educational agency shall be eligible for a grant under 
        this section if the local educational agency is among the top 
        10 percent of all local educational agencies in its State for 
        numbers or percentages of children counted under section 
        1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)).
            (2) Exception.--In the case of a State with fewer than 50 
        school districts, a local educational agency shall be eligible 
        for a grant under this section if the local educational agency 
        is among the highest of all local educational agencies in its 
        State for numbers or percentages of children counted under 
        section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)).
    (c) State Allocation.--Each State shall receive, in the aggregate, 
an amount based on--
            (1) the population of children between ages 5 and 17 of the 
        State according to the most recent Census, in comparison to all 
        other States; and
            (2) the regional cost of transportation and heating fuel, 
        in comparison with the average national cost, as determined by 
        the most recent statistical data from the Energy Information 
        Administration.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States of the United States and the District of Columbia.
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