[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7736 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7736

   To require elementary schools and secondary schools to provide an 
  option for safe, in-person attendance during school year 2020-2021.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2020

  Mr. Allen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require elementary schools and secondary schools to provide an 
  option for safe, in-person attendance during school year 2020-2021.

    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 ``Educational Flexibility for Families 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR SAFE, IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE OPTION.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, no 
amounts are authorized to be appropriated for school year 2020-2021 to 
any elementary school or secondary school, or any local educational 
agency or State educational agency that serves an elementary school or 
secondary school, that does not provide an option for students to 
attend classes, safely and in-person, at the school during such school 
year.
    (b) Definitions.--The terms ``elementary school'', ``secondary 
school'', ``local educational agency'', and ``State educational 
agency'' have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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