1.This Act may be cited as the
Teachers and First Responders Back to
Work Act of 2012
.
<enum>I</enum><header>TEACHER
STABILIZATION</header>
<section id="HB6C5B571E9124CA1BA0439800CBCE51B"><enum>101.</enum><header>Grants
Authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subject to the
availability of appropriations to carry out this title, the Secretary of
Education (referred to in this title as the <term>Secretary</term>) shall make
grants to States to prevent teacher layoffs and support the creation of
additional jobs in early childhood, elementary, and secondary public education
in the 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 school years.</text>
</section><section id="H8D9540871AF84FE8BFB47048E774C5FF"><enum>102.</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8346F2C1FE1479DA25BB396B869C64E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds</header><text>From the amount appropriated to carry out this title under
section 109, the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF87CE09B4D74B19AD3599E87A7ACF75"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall reserve not
more than <fraction>½</fraction> of 1 percent to provide assistance to the
outlying areas on the basis of their respective needs, as determined by the
Secretary, for activities consistent with this title under such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may determine;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD132C829BD94449ADBBDF898CF71796"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall reserve not more than
<fraction>½</fraction> of 1 percent to provide assistance to the Secretary of
the Interior to carry out activities consistent with this title in schools
operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53EDB3996FB2435FBF2B87CB128F9E74"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may reserve not
more than $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013 for administration
and oversight of this title, including program evaluation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H148B20586DF64E0F842F1C6EB1605A6A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>The
Secretary shall determine an award amount for each State on the following
basis:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7AE836A4CFE741F085694E0604D89F0E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount that is 60 percent of the
remaining funds after reserving funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
allocate to each State an amount that bears the same ratio as the population of
individuals aged 5 through 17 living in the State to the population of such
individuals in all other States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1E1AA842E9D74B39A0AB03AA3C635212"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount that is 40 percent of the
remaining funds after reserving funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
allocate to each State an amount that bears the same ratio as the State’s total
population to the total population of all other States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H113DDFFA9B6F4F24A872CDBA08F2C170"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reallocation</header><text>If
a State does not receive a grant under this title, the Secretary shall
reallocate such State’s grant allocation to States receiving grants under this
title using the formula described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H581CF0B05C884D7A828C1FD4013CB526"><enum>103.</enum><header>State
application</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFD20E16BADB04018B3C417AFB115B382"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, a chief executive of a State seeking a grant under this
title shall submit an application to the Secretary in such manner, and
containing such information, as the Secretary may reasonably require, including
an assurance that the State will, for fiscal years 2012 and 2013—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1C2BBA0C9704EC686C060930E12FF04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>maintain State
support for early childhood, elementary, and secondary education (in the
aggregate or on the basis of expenditure per pupil) at an amount that is not
less than the level of such support for fiscal year 2011; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA38FD6858974456FA6A69FE6E4D6ABA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain State support for early childhood,
elementary, and secondary education (in the aggregate or on the basis of
expenditure per pupil) at a percentage of a State’s total expenditures for a
fiscal year that is equal to or greater than the percentage that the State
provided for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85C9E4181B334AD9BF8740F608EB17FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Letter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, a chief executive of a State desiring not to receive a
grant under this title shall submit a letter to the Secretary that includes an
explanation of such chief executive’s desire not to receive such funds and such
additional information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6F02CF56CF94499993755994EBD2B638"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary may waive the requirement that a State provide an assurance in
subsection (a) (1) or (2) with regard to any State if the Secretary determines
that a waiver would be equitable due to—</text>
<paragraph id="H75F6852EC7564F9E9853B62852020F84"><enum>(1)</enum><text>exceptional or
uncontrollable circumstances, such as a natural disaster; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D81E0FC0DB443BEB524E3A2B8F10671"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
precipitous decline in the financial resources of the State, as determined by
the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB029797264B94527A150BC9A222BC8ED"><enum>104.</enum><header>State
grants</header>
<subsection id="H961C42BCA60E4DEEB40A588F79737913"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>Each
State receiving a grant under this title shall reserve—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0965B90BF4D4B9E895D3970A0035A02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not more than 10
percent of the grant funds for awards to State-funded early learning programs;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B703EE058194961BD7332EAB6F1E7E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not more than 2
percent of the grant funds for the administrative costs of carrying out its
responsibilities under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB5D37C5A9604E5AA313E09BE38ACB8C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subgrants to
local educational agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H6A321EE3E3C54AB7A93AE48919F33F8A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that receives
a grant under this title shall, after reserving any funds under subsection (a),
use the remaining grant funds for awards to local educational agencies for the
support of early childhood, elementary, and secondary public education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB82BBA62805A4C1C983FF16A807EB410"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that receives a grant under this
title shall distribute the remaining grant funds described in paragraph (1)
through subgrants on the following basis:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H55B878BB82E44DB78A7D0985FEB2FA16"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount that is 60 percent of such
remaining grant funds, the State shall allocate to each local educational
agency an amount that bears the same ratio as the local educational agency’s
enrollment to the enrollment for all other local educational agencies in the
State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2DCF6502497E44EF8104125592CCE2D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount that is 40 percent of such
remaining grant funds, the State shall allocate to each local educational
agency an amount that bears the same ratio as the funds that the local
educational agency received under part A of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for fiscal year 2011
to the funds that all other local educational agencies in the State receive
under such Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H409D6213E4F342F28F767C385C118B35"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that receives a grant under this
title shall make subgrants available to local educational agencies not later
than 100 days after receiving a grant under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H37EA8EBB15584FA1AE7DD6208FD26AC1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that receives a grant under this
title may not use the grant funds to directly or indirectly—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F69FB6B933343F88581947909D6DC27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish,
restore, or supplement a rainy-day fund;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E47EA0F43BB435E94AA627C1541B104"><enum>(2)</enum><text>supplant State
funds in a manner that has the effect of establishing, restoring, or
supplementing a rainy-day fund;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7879B0F50DB4B77BB7F34FAB13EDDC7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reduce or retire
debt obligations incurred by the State; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1D886DF38F3458196F8167139DD8056"><enum>(4)</enum><text>supplant State
funds in a manner that has the effect of reducing or retiring debt obligations
incurred by the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1F355BC308A043D689F0651568023711"><enum>105.</enum><header>Local
educational agency subgrants</header>
<subsection id="H14CBAE461E244DAA873DCC890F925CF6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Uses of
Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational
agency that receives a subgrant under this title shall use the subgrant funds
only to pay compensation, benefits, and other expenses necessary to retain
existing employees, recall or rehire former employees, or hire new employees to
provide early childhood, elementary, or secondary educational and related
services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4FAEDD8645474ECD80C52C88540E8FFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational agency that receives a
subgrant under this title shall obligate such funds not later than September
30, 2014.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2184A50ADF014ECFBD5BB4AC5060A0BA"><enum>106.</enum><header>Early learning
programs</header>
<subsection id="HC98250639F9D470DAAF39A92E279FADD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Uses of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State-funded early
learning program that receives funds under this title shall use those funds
only for compensation, benefits, and other expenses necessary to retain early
childhood educators, recall or rehire former early childhood educators, or hire
new early childhood educators to provide early learning services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC853A5F3531A4975A040E0BB2249CFB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State-funded early learning program that
receives funds under this title shall obligate those funds not later than
September 30, 2014.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB926C802962942119DB040F410D2806E"><enum>107.</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than September 30 of 2013 and
2014, a State that receives a grant under this title shall submit a report to
the Secretary that contains—</text>
<paragraph id="H7D08DAA357494A5A9BBA29A5BD1BB1DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the State expended or
obligated funds received under this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FF05A50D2FC4F01AA690F40A6A35196"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the number of jobs that the
State supported using funds received under this title.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5D55C51BEF164585A1E0DFC42AB41819"><enum>108.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided, in this
title:</text>
<paragraph id="HBA55ECCB8DC446BDA51B1401BDE4A612"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The terms
<term>local educational agency</term>, <term>outlying area</term>, and
<term>State educational agency</term> have the meanings given those terms in
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3461F5FBEB324452A6C56B38FD813645"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA217A987BFC4A1A875B44105755A60D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>State-funded early learning program</term> means a program that provides
educational services to children from birth to kindergarten entry and receives
funding from the State other than funds received under this title.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H02FF6B3BAF7D46FCA9DBAD9930B3FB88"><enum>109.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For each of
fiscal years 2012 and 2013, there is authorized to be appropriated
$30,000,000,000 to carry out the grant program under this title.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>FIRST RESPONDER
STABILIZATION</header>
<section id="HD08149EB069945A1BD40B34F75548337"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to provide
funds to States and localities to prevent layoffs of, and support the creation
of additional jobs for, law enforcement officers and firefighters.</text>
</section><section id="H99431DADCA71441FA81826C9C229B3B5"><enum>202.</enum><header>Firefighter
grant program</header>
<subsection id="H4DC33649DB784C1C9997987E5D24403A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
availability of appropriations to carry out this title, the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall make competitive grants to hire, rehire, and retain
firefighters pursuant to section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a) and to maintain resources for fire departments.
In making such grants, the Secretary may waive the requirements in subsections
(a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4)(A) of section 34 of
such Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF792108DB1D4827BC18204794B76B3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
funds otherwise appropriated for grants under section 34 of the Federal Fire
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a), there is authorized to be
appropriated $1,000,000,000 to carry out this section for each of fiscal years
2012 and 2013, of which the Secretary of Homeland Security shall reserve an
amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for each such fiscal year to carry out the
administrative costs of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5935DAD128A541D7B4477C5F679CAE72"><enum>203.</enum><header>Law enforcement
officer grant program</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9011D2C95D6E4A298BD7080B4A60A821"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Police
Officers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the
availability of appropriations to carry out this title, the Attorney General
shall make competitive grants to hire, rehire, and retain career law
enforcement officers pursuant to section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd). Grants awarded under this section
shall not be subject to subsections (g) or (i) of section 1701 or to section
1704 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd; 42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB8C1C4A414964AE38904A51C4E202F3B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
funds otherwise appropriated for grants under section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd), there is authorized to
be appropriated $4,000,000,000 to carry out this section for each of fiscal
years 2012 and 2013, of which the Attorney General shall reserve an amount not
greater than $8,000,000 for each such fiscal year to carry out the
administrative costs of this section.</text>
</subsection></section>