110 HR 6890 EH: To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes. U.S. House of Representatives 0 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 2d Session H. R. 6890 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes.

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Extension of waiver authority to ease fiscal burdens

Section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2797) is amended— (1)in the second sentence of subsection (b), by striking 2008 and inserting 2009; and (2)in subsection (c)(2), by striking for fiscal year 2006 or 2007 and inserting for any fiscal year.

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Hold harmless for local educational agencies serving major disaster areas

In the case of a local educational agency that serves an area in which the President has declared that a major disaster exists in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), related to severe storms, tornadoes, or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2008, the amount made available for such local educational agency under each of sections 1124, 1124A, 1125, and 1125A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333, 6334, 6335, and 6337) for fiscal year 2009 shall be not less than the amount made available for such local educational agency under each of such sections for fiscal year 2008.

Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 2008.Lorraine C. Miller,Clerk.