[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4310 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4310

 To prohibit in-person instructional requirements during the COVID-19 
                               emergency.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2020

  Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit in-person instructional requirements during the COVID-19 
                               emergency.

    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 ``Don't Punish Schools for 
Uncontrolled Pandemics Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF IN-PERSON INSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS DURING 
              COVID-19 EMERGENCY.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no rule, regulation, 
guidance, or policy regarding an applicable program (as defined in 
section 400 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221)) 
shall require a local program to conduct in-person instruction during 
an emergency, as declared by a Federal, State, or local authority, with 
respect to COVID-19.
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