[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8162 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8162


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 2020

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
To express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Education should 
 provide certain waivers to community learning centers, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``21st Century Community Learning 
Centers Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FLEXIBLE USE OF SUBGRANT FUNDS.

    It is the sense of Congress that for school year 2020-2021, 
notwithstanding each provision in part B of title IV of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.) that 
requires activities under such part be carried out during nonschool 
hours or periods when school is not in session, the Secretary of 
Education should carry out the exceptions included in the notice 
entitled ``Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
21st CCLC 4201(b)(1) Waiver Request'', published by the Department of 
Education in the Federal Register on September 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 
55002), by providing that each eligible entity that is awarded a 
subgrant under section 4204 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7174) for community 
learning centers may use such subgrant funds--
            (1) to carry out activities described in section 4205 of 
        such Act (20 U.S.C. 7175), regardless of whether such 
        activities are conducted in-person or virtually, or during 
        school hours or when school is in session; and
            (2) to provide in-person care during--
                    (A) the regular school day for students eligible to 
                receive services under part B of title IV of such Act 
                (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.); and
                    (B) a period in which full-time in-person 
                instruction is not available for all such students 
                served by such eligible entity.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 16, 2020.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.