110 HR 4495 IH: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2007-12-12 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4495 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2007 Mr. David Davis of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that the Impact Aid program of the Department of Education guarantees full funding under current formulas to local educational agencies in which the Federal Government owns at least 50 percent of the land.

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Full funding for local educational agencies in which the Federal Government owns at least 50 percent of the land

(a)

Payments for Federal acquisition of real property

Section 8002 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702) is amended by adding at the end the following: (o)

Entitlement of certain local educational agencies to full funding

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary shall, each fiscal year, for each eligible local educational agency at least 50 percent of the land of which is Federal property eligible under this section, do the following: (1)Identify— (A)the amount that the local educational agency is to receive under the other provisions of this section; and (B)the full amount that the local educational agency would receive under this section if payments under this section were fully funded. (2)If the amount under paragraph (1)(A) is less than the amount under paragraph (1)(B), transfer, from amounts available to the Secretary for other purposes, funds sufficient to make up the difference, and add those funds to the amount paid to the local educational agency under this section. . (b)

Basic payments; payments for heavily impacted local educational agencies

Section 8003 of that Act (20 U.S.C.7703) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h)

Entitlement of certain local educational agencies to full funding

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary shall, each fiscal year, for each eligible local educational agency at least 50 percent of the land of which is Federal property eligible under this section, do the following: (1)Identify— (A)the amount that the local educational agency is to receive under subsection (b); and (B)the full amount that the local educational agency would receive under subsection (b) if payments under that subsection were fully funded. (2)If the amount under paragraph (1)(A) is less than the amount under paragraph (1)(B), transfer, from amounts available to the Secretary for other purposes, funds sufficient to make up the difference, and add those funds to the amount paid to the local educational agency under subsection (b). .