118 S2608 IS: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023
U.S. Senate
2023-07-27
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—GRANTS FOR THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES
Sec. 101. Purpose and reservation.
Sec. 102. Allocation to States.
Sec. 103. Need-based grants to qualified local educational agencies.
Sec. 104. Annual report on grant program.
Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE II—School infrastructure bonds
Sec. 201. Restoration of certain qualified tax credit bonds.
Sec. 202. School infrastructure bonds.
Sec. 203. Annual report on bond program.
TITLE III—Uses of funds
Sec. 301. Allowable uses of funds.
Sec. 302. Prohibited uses.
Sec. 303. Requirements for hazard resistance and energy and water conservation.
Sec. 304. Green practices.
Sec. 305. Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured products.
TITLE IV—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 401. Comptroller General report.
Sec. 402. Study and report on physical condition of public schools.
Sec. 403. Office of School Infrastructure and Sustainability.
Sec. 404. Development of data standards.
Sec. 405. Information clearinghouse.
TITLE V—Impact aid construction
Sec. 501. Temporary increase in funding for impact aid construction.
TITLE VI—Assistance for repair of school foundations affected by pyrrhotite
Sec. 601. Allocations to States.
Sec. 602. Grants to local educational agencies.
Sec. 603. Definitions.
Sec. 604. Authorization of appropriations.
2.In this Act: (1)Appropriate congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional committees
means the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
(2)The term Bureau-funded school
has the meaning given that term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021). (3)The term covered funds
means funds received—
(A)under title I of this Act; (B)from a school infrastructure bond; or
(C)from a qualified zone academy bond (as such term is defined in section 54E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as restored by section 201)). (4)The terms elementary school
, outlying area
, and secondary school
have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(5)The term local educational agency
has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) except that such term does not include a Bureau-funded school. (6)The term net zero energy school
means a public elementary school or public secondary school that—
(A)generates renewable energy on-site; and (B)produces enough renewable energy to meet its own annual energy consumption requirements.
(7)The term public school facilities
means the facilities and grounds of a public elementary school or a public secondary school. (8)Qualified local educational agencyThe term qualified local educational agency
means a local educational agency that receives funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).
(9)School infrastructure bondThe term school infrastructure bond
has the meaning given such term in section 54BB of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 202). (10)The term Secretary
means the Secretary of Education.
(11)The term State
means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. <enum>I</enum><header>GRANTS FOR THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES</header> <section id="H8B13E67DF3FD46818BEADF3455038313"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purpose and reservation</header> <subsection id="H20981716697F46FC8DC089414A5C06DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Funds made available under this title shall be for the purpose of supporting long-term improvements to public school facilities in accordance with this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H79916958E8024A8BAF8EB7B210F25027"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservation for outlying areas and bureau-Funded schools</header>
<paragraph id="H1D652C3C612C40958CA03C0C9CEB7A53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, the Secretary shall reserve, from the amount appropriated to carry out this title—</text> <subparagraph id="HBAFD2103B0D04E5D8613E0CA4272DE81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one-half of 1 percent, to make allocations to the outlying areas in accordance with paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0898C3DF91A94A828B7B306A3CC48263"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one-half of 1 percent, for payments to the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to Bureau-funded schools.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA8D32E1706CB48ECA2EC87BEDA4F0C86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of reserved funds</header> <subparagraph id="H272DD0EC2F514A3394B3ECDF56996DF4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds reserved under paragraph (1) shall be used in accordance with title III.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD614E25DEEA44761BE0C7671E6AAB7F4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rules for bureau-funded schools</header>
<clause id="HDC4FC86369B1439AB3FC006BF9BBBC98"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The provisions of title III shall apply to a Bureau-funded school that receives assistance under paragraph (1)(B) in the same manner that such provisions apply to a qualified local educational agency that receives covered funds. The facilities of a Bureau-funded school shall be treated as public school facilities for purposes of the application of such provisions.</text></clause> <clause id="H8FD9773F017D40D5BE6FF3113199DF19"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment of tribally operated schools</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall provide assistance to Bureau-funded schools under paragraph (1)(B) without regard to whether such schools are operated by the Bureau of Indian Education or by an Indian Tribe. In the case of a Bureau-funded school that is a contract or grant school (as that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2021">25 U.S.C. 2021</external-xref>)) operated by an Indian Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide assistance under such paragraph to the Indian Tribe concerned.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF87652FDCF32479EBFF2836E2D7C51CF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation to outlying areas</header><text>From the amount reserved under paragraph (1)(A) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each outlying area an amount in proportion to the amount received by the outlying area under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>) for the previous fiscal year relative to the total such amount received by all outlying areas for such previous fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HF37DB22E44FF4700A17A32C2731FFCE8"><enum>102.</enum><header>Allocation to States</header> <subsection id="H37C09D64126C4B8095708B16B605213A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allocation to states</header> <paragraph id="H47286AE1007541999043CEF91F1B2A6F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State-by-state allocation</header> <subparagraph id="HCBD0AD9C14D14386B8647CA6228758F8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2024</header><text>Of the amount appropriated to carry out this title for fiscal year 2024 and not reserved under section 101(b), not later than 30 days after such funds are appropriated, each State that provides an assurance to the Secretary that the State will comply with the requirements of section 103(c) shall be allocated an amount in proportion to the amount received by all local educational agencies in the State under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>) for the previous fiscal year relative to the total amount received under such part for such fiscal year by all local educational agencies in every State that provides such an assurance to the Secretary.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H243E3CDB535E4CCA8F246A546E56F6CB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other fiscal years</header><text>Of the amount appropriated to carry out this title for each fiscal year other than fiscal year 2024 and not reserved under section 101(b), each State that has a plan approved by the Secretary under subsection (b) shall be allocated an amount in proportion to the amount received by all local educational agencies in the State under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>) for the previous fiscal year relative to the total amount received under such part for such fiscal year by all local educational agencies in every State that has a plan approved by the Secretary under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8D33DD2C81054D42BC0FC1E1DF2004E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State reservation</header><text>A State may reserve not more than 5 percent of its allocation under paragraph (1) to carry out its responsibilities under this Act, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7F9296F9979C4CAA9C98CB153971C99A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing technical assistance to local educational agencies, including by—</text> <clause id="HD19D98D5EA7243E984BB7D9584A27EE9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifying which State agencies have programs, resources, and expertise relevant to the activities supported by the allocation under this section; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H75B60BFD8E2D4198B5202F50AE820092"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>coordinating the provision of technical assistance across such agencies;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB065F488C27941E8BC05447D34773101"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in accordance with the guidance issued by the Secretary under section 404, developing an online, publicly searchable database that contains an inventory of the infrastructure of all public school facilities in the State (including the facilities of Bureau-funded schools, as appropriate), including, with respect to each such facility, an identification of—</text>
<clause id="H4B7D8E5C09944A97A3A926B80DEE7F49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the information described in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (F);</text></clause> <clause id="HBEE69FD3DF2343D5AD9265358F10CF23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the age (including an identification of the date of any retrofits or recent renovations) of—</text>
<subclause id="H6200261BAA5742938901660C167722CA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the facility;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE2EB8A318D414454A8042B6B1D9F0E69"><enum>(II)</enum><text>its roof;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD63C83B8E55143089DA0CC4103617924"><enum>(III)</enum><text>its electrical panels and lighting system;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H0E298C7E767B481E96F99C18B51C7D57"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>its windows and any skylights;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB519680C00CC403C8193D9DB1DA5BC73"><enum>(V)</enum><text>its cooking equipment and major appliances;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE60BCBCD2E0D4BE49D73F209F846291F"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>its plumbing; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEFF0C002625243518B5336FBCE774E3C"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, including any energy management controls and systems;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H59C5D39C97624623B921F140BA20AE98"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>fire safety inspection results;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE5A5962FD5B14F75A7A1F98D1F8DE03C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the proximity of the facilities to toxic sites, including sites contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or the vulnerability of the facilities to natural disasters, including the extent to which facilities that are vulnerable to seismic natural disasters are seismically retrofitted;</text></clause> <clause id="H29C523742EE047F3833C317CD1CE30D9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any previous inspections showing the presence of toxic substances, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; </text></clause>
<clause id="H66660C938D74461E91157FF7EB4B01A3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any improvements that are needed to support indoor and outdoor social distancing, personal hygiene, and building hygiene (including with respect to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning usage) in school facilities, consistent with guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and</text></clause> <clause id="H179A798EA657496288FA5FFF559C1248"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>any improvements that are needed to support energy and water efficiency, resilience, and climate mitigation;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11DA616CA3AA43948B8E41D832E14FE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>updating the database developed under subparagraph (B) not less frequently than once every 3 years;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F5679930AEC4D55905015D0008C98BD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring that the information in the database developed under subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="H833AAF20DE1F497A97E462C613089C04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is posted on a publicly accessible State website; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4FDC428A2FE44158874CD37FAAA4D17F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is regularly distributed to local educational agencies and Tribal governments in the State;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H588BDCF943924F2A8C55FF73C8D9E2D3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>issuing and reviewing regulations to ensure the health and safety of students and staff during construction or renovation projects; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8AECDF48E5404489876DEE8A5700AEEF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>issuing or reviewing regulations to ensure safe, healthy, and high-performing school buildings, including regulations governing—</text>
<clause id="H3EEB9BE302394CD98F3E259F8443B5BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>indoor environmental quality and ventilation, including exposure to carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, lead-based paint, and other combustion by-products such as oxides of nitrogen;</text></clause> <clause id="HBC939D98271A4397A621A8BCE0867106"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>mold, mildew, and moisture control;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEB75903EF6B9445D9D46007421034F08"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the safety of drinking water at the tap and water used for meal preparation, including regulations that—</text> <subclause id="HBCE1053780A84662A625497C54170D0A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>address the presence of lead and other contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in such water; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD901AFBC632346488D6072C05875FFB4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>require the regular testing of the potability of water at the tap and testing for contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H0A8C91C72E904AC28597E4B54AD24335"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>energy and water efficiency;</text></clause>
<clause id="H5CAD380C8DB44C0489EBD6DA54E56F15"><enum>(v)</enum><text>excessive classroom noise due to activities allowable under section 301;</text></clause> <clause id="H1D95F65284274F0497FA4FB6B0D42A5E"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the levels of maintenance work, operational spending, and capital investment needed to maintain the quality of public school facilities; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBB9B53516F434C4A81DA499D49B09DF5"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the construction or renovation of such facilities, including applicable building codes;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC77741253E744BDA0C6AF81C3963BE7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>creating a plan to reduce or eliminate exposure to toxic substances, including mercury, radon, PCBs, lead, vapor intrusions, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and asbestos; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE4F6EFAE7E0245979F2689CE6FA34CA5"><enum>(H)</enum><text>creating a plan to increase the number of net zero energy schools in the State, including professional development opportunities for State and local educational agency staff involved in maintenance, operations, and school facilities capital outlay projects related to energy and water efficiency, resilience, climate mitigation, renewable energy, energy storage, and building electrification.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H79899B3208C84F50AFD764DD35A2C019"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State plan</header> <paragraph id="H1861F931B0E74BDC8E7B72492199DAED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), to be eligible to receive an allocation under this section, a State shall submit to the Secretary a plan that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF03A0D39D0CB4D6EAE1DAA5C04078151"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes how the State will use the allocation to make long-term improvements to public school facilities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2ACC576D93C548FCBC5D9B87C56626DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>explains how the State will carry out each of its responsibilities under subsection (a)(2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1690B8D66C94F6DB025DC0B7C33F2F0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explains how the State will make the determinations under subsections (b) through (d) of section 103, including how the State will consider the impact that projects will have on student diversity and racial and socioeconomic isolation of students attending any current (as of the time of the submission of the plan) or future public school facilities supported by such projects;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD9A24E4CAB32433BAF35D80DC761F28E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identifies how long, and at what levels, the State will maintain fiscal effort for the activities supported by the allocation after the State no longer receives the allocation; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62373E71077A4CF88C79A83BAB8B02D2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>includes such other information as the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H05AF6E396099422B8613F9D9ABEE6BFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expedited process for fiscal year 2024</header> <subparagraph id="H994223FCB1EC4503AF10693EFA9EB848"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Assurance to Secretary</header><text>To be eligible to receive an allocation for fiscal year 2024 under subsection (a)(1)(A), a State shall provide to the Secretary an assurance that the State will comply with the requirements of section 103(c).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA30AC4620FDF436CB985C7E980F1DFFE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submittal of State plan</header><text>A State shall not be required to submit a State plan under paragraph (1) before receiving an allocation for fiscal year 2024 under subsection (a)(1)(A). A State that receives an allocation under such subsection for such fiscal year shall submit to the Secretary the State plan described in paragraph (1) not later than 90 days after the date on which such allocation is received.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0B89F81282545068AF342550AD00B22"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Approval and disapproval</header><text>The Secretary shall have the authority to approve or disapprove a State plan submitted under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H42D42A8E1225454F9CB3B061D3586A4B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>As a condition of receiving an allocation under this section, a State shall agree to the following:</text> <paragraph id="HF92B53C9BDFB42C8BECDFAA883143060"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header> <subparagraph id="HDFFAB93DE42E407A9B546280074BF43B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The State shall contribute, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of the allocation received under this section to carry out the activities supported by the allocation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C3E61F5D4D84625855EB789E0E74F0C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The State shall provide any contribution required under subparagraph (A) not later than September 30, 2031.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEEB5EBF1D5DA4E14A313B56FE27E3BB4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Certain fiscal years</header><text>With respect to a fiscal year for which more than $7,000,000,000 are appropriated to carry out this title, subparagraph (A) shall be applied as if <quote>, from non-Federal sources,</quote> were struck.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H67C31A7AE5274277BC443B79B3AB5508"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Commitment to proportional state investment in school facilities</header>
<clause id="H5094514C54DD4CBBB977616DF07981F9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The State shall provide an assurance to the Secretary that for each fiscal year that the State receives an allocation under this section, the State’s share of school facilities capital outlay will be not less than 90 percent of the average of the State’s share of school facilities capital outlay for the 5 years preceding the fiscal year for which the allocation is received.</text></clause> <clause id="H4175CB7B75BE44398F284049580C80F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding clause (i), in response to a request from a State, the Secretary may modify or waive, in whole or in part, the requirement of clause (i) if the Secretary determines that such State demonstrates an exceptional or uncontrollable circumstance, such as a natural disaster, pandemic, or precipitous decline in revenue.</text></clause>
<clause id="H0177F744AB4E470EA649699082D13A63"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>State’s share of school facilities capital outlay</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <quote>State’s share of school facilities capital outlay</quote> means—</text> <subclause id="H03F7D333A69C4F4EAFE67FF9B64AE500"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the total State expenditures on school facilities capital outlay projects; divided by</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H75D47114407645A19584878F526BE053"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the total school facilities capital expenditures in the State on school facilities capital outlay projects.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H42F18896374044D29245B27961DA75A4"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Total State expenditures</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <quote>total State expenditures</quote> means the State’s total expenditures (from funds other than an allocation under this section) on school facilities capital outlay projects, including—</text>
<subclause id="HBFCB97C633A146F7AF5DC7C55E649858"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any direct expenditures by the State for the purpose of school facilities capital outlay projects; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H67C204D51C7C47559ACF2B6B6DC53037"><enum>(II)</enum><text>funds provided by the State to local educational agencies for the purpose of school facilities capital outlay projects.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H2D683D7FFACB4783A4C3FD6ECC8D1C74"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Total school facilities capital expenditures in the state</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <quote>total school facilities capital expenditures in the State</quote>, means the sum of—</text> <subclause id="H4B9AF1F881134309BB0290FAC884182B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the total State expenditures calculated under clause (iv); plus</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF452C05ABCF54FAA98E2F418030D31D1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>all additional expenditures (from funds other than an allocation under this section) on school facilities capital outlay projects by local educational agencies in the State that were not included in the calculation of total State expenditures under clause (iv).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA8896BDC88D442249596A92B1EFF8471"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text>The State shall use an allocation under this section only to supplement the level of State public funds that would, in absence of the receipt of Federal funds under this section, be made available for the State’s contribution to school facilities capital outlays, and not to supplant such State public funds.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H069F2D0AAF64425B899CF559A7A24DEC"><enum>103.</enum><header>Need-based grants to qualified local educational agencies</header>
<subsection id="HE6D3EA8F1192489BA794ED17EF634AF8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants to local educational agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H526DB9EDAA4D47929CC355BF7D228265"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), from the amounts allocated to a State under section 102(a) and contributed by the State under section 102(c)(1), the State shall award grants to qualified local educational agencies, on a competitive basis, to carry out the activities described in section 301(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41372F55F16D48FF95158FFD6C960097"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allowance for digital learning</header><text>A State may use up to 10 percent of the amount described in paragraph (1) to make grants to qualified local educational agencies to carry out activities to improve digital learning in accordance with section 301(b).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCA9FFE692ED447C2899EDBD41F8BB082"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="HF2D5EC910B5A448ABB958AC6712A52A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a qualified local educational agency—</text> <subparagraph id="HEE8F6E8BF7504672A40EFFC292864F5C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be among the local educational agencies in the State with the highest numbers or percentages of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D91A2DEC8694D72BFA06719BFFB1E8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall agree to prioritize the improvement of the facilities of public schools that serve the highest percentages of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) (which, in the case of a high school, may be calculated using comparable data from the schools that feed into the high school), as compared to other public schools in the jurisdiction of the agency; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2A5F8A471FB041949AFDCE402866AD94"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be among the local educational agencies in the State with the most limited capacity to raise funds for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, as determined by an assessment of—</text>
<clause id="HA8A3A61CF00643EDA2D8AD5324B1A353"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the current and historic ability of the agency to raise funds for construction, renovation, modernization, and major repair projects for schools;</text></clause> <clause id="H71E193F7897A447E87DC8515BDC0DAEF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the agency has been able to issue bonds or receive other funds to support school construction projects; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H59E828AEB9D044AB90B399710E7B5221"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the bond rating of the agency.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EE7AC145EE04646A65F0E72D1CA8073"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Equitable distribution</header> <subparagraph id="H285F2D685BF04259B4C5AD12FC4965F6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Numbers and percentages of certain students</header><text>In making the determination under paragraph (1)(A), the State shall ensure that grants under this section are equitably distributed among—</text>
<clause id="H708988B79A64436DB0393B4CBD8DD9AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>qualified local educational agencies in the State with the highest numbers of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>); and</text></clause> <clause id="H20E33774C8B84DD7821286E1B8489FA1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>qualified local educational agencies in the State with the highest percentages of students counted under such section.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47B0DE2FEE1C44D18B0042045435014D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Geographic diversity</header><text>The State shall ensure that grants under this section are awarded to qualified local educational agencies that represent the geographic diversity of the State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H08992B5CF25E461E900CEEDA64549A1A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Statewide thresholds</header><text>The State shall establish reasonable thresholds for determining whether a local educational agency is among agencies in the State with the highest numbers or percentages of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>) as required under paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3EE3013C09094B34B51CE8461826E39E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the State shall give priority to qualified local educational agencies that—</text> <paragraph id="HAA50BC47782643CDA284BA1A3E9592FE"><enum>(1)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H34A03A2CE6AD4B65962D8898A97C0752"><enum>(A)</enum><text>demonstrate the greatest need for such a grant, as determined by a comparison of the factors described in subsection (b)(1) and other indicators of need in the public school facilities of such local educational agencies, including—</text>
<clause id="HFDA2CBE943DF48298FBE2A13F59300FE" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the median age of facilities;</text></clause> <clause id="H29C6327B420F44FDA13DA211921D0692" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent to which student enrollment exceeds physical and instructional capacity;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF9990889C0184DC1B5BDF06125E3C2F1" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the condition of major building systems such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, water, and sewer systems;</text></clause> <clause id="HE4DA45C4B4DC4CC4998137814B3867BB" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the condition of roofs, windows, and doors; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB8DCD010751E45DF9B9747305793D26F" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other critical health and safety conditions;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D2A441036E743718BD625F711053236" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will use the grant to improve the facilities of—</text>
<clause id="HB1B54937BB9747F7A195BCD2E2E51133"><enum>(i)</enum><text>elementary schools or middle schools that have an enrollment of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) that constitutes not less than 40 percent of the total student enrollment at such schools; or</text></clause> <clause id="H0A36FFE8222E42C5B60FA3E84878DB98"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>high schools that have an enrollment of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under such Act that constitutes not less than 30 percent of the total student enrollment at such schools (which may be calculated using comparable data from the schools that feed into the high school); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDD41BBA77562425D8BD5EEF916BCC558" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>operate public school facilities that pose a severe health and safety threat to students and staff, which may include consideration of threats posed by the proximity of the facilities to toxic sites or brownfield sites or the vulnerability of the facilities to natural disasters; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFBC22A3242142DB9AB7CE8A8836FB1A"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H925CD0576A1D4538AC088AD7F6853C8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will use the grant to improve access to high-speed broadband sufficient to support digital learning in accordance with section 301(b);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6AD00A6664C0453F964DC49B3752318C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>serve elementary schools or secondary schools, including rural schools, that lack such access; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE28136B13B074EFFA3C0F8C2B285EBF9" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meet one or more of the requirements set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6667D20979AF44EC9E4E02E2B1DBDAD3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be considered for a grant under this section, a qualified local educational agency shall submit an application to the State at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State may require. Such application shall include, at minimum—</text> <paragraph id="HD182EDDAD3D94EBE976CFBC9942523BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the information necessary for the State to make the determinations under subsections (b) and (c);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4A6DF0DBEFF4DDABA447E9E1494D9CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the projects that the agency plans to carry out with the grant;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H653186DA34A547EF9E10D114D5488581"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an explanation of how such projects will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4904AEBC72449439B9CDFDF4FD3F773"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve conditions for the health and safety of staff and students at schools served by the agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H24F00CB4B7B74183960E1173FCF06732"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve learning and reduce inequity for such students; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5DD7538B4816411C9EBCA70D3ECE0973"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve school facilities’ performance with respect to energy and water efficiency, resilience, and climate mitigation;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DD94E153ED6425984019101A8E52D6B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the case of a local educational agency that proposes to fund a repair, renovation, or construction project for a public charter school, the extent to which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA85EC1B30DC4D3BB0137263579C3B4C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the public charter school lacks access to funding for school repair, renovation, and construction through the financing methods available to other public schools or local educational agencies in the State; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10C73296C79B4E28AD3CEE0D3DE0E357"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the charter school operator owns or has care and control of the facility that is to be repaired, renovated, or constructed; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H349493BCEBEC4402BB064B724449602E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of how the local educational agency plans to increase the number of contracts such agency has with certified small businesses, minority-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, or women-owned businesses as of the date of submission of the application by awarding such contracts under projects supported by the grant.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H578A45F4113A4673B358A6F392A9E272"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Facilities master plan</header> <paragraph id="HEF3585B3FA6344E6A5C6C44995AF752C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plan required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after receiving a grant under this section, a qualified local educational agency shall submit to the State a comprehensive 10-year facilities master plan.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AE97C7556634271B7331D8579F2F0BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The facilities master plan required under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to all public school facilities of the qualified local educational agency, a description of—</text> <subparagraph id="H03670493AFB944CBB20DF028F6A89FFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to which public school facilities meet students’ educational needs and support the agency’s educational mission and vision;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDC635B86D97472FB25356858DB46E3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the physical condition of the public school facilities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCEFFFF330B244284A4437D09339FF04F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the current health, safety, and environmental conditions of the public school facilities, including—</text>
<clause id="H067158DD21BC40E9A90E3C2F1C0D4E25"><enum>(i)</enum><text>indoor air quality;</text></clause> <clause id="HB47D7D04776249B88C37AEF17A10593B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the presence of toxic substances;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDE0089D5417949B2A4393C03544EFB67"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the safety of drinking water at the tap and water used for meal preparation, including the level of lead and other contaminants in such water;</text></clause> <clause id="H3B065F0AAE384D41A4D0905E252D4562"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>energy and water efficiency, resilience, and climate mitigation;</text></clause>
<clause id="H240B107BBD334E3AAE846B84FB6C51DD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>excessive classroom noise; and</text></clause> <clause id="H7103A6DE50B64762BBA6F6B3F4A67D67"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other health, safety, and environmental conditions that would impact the health, safety, and learning ability of students;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B30A1E736F4485AB4BE561E06D50D96"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the local educational agency will address the conditions identified under subparagraph (C), including identifying performance targets where applicable;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1598925DE0EC47FB88159D93E61F4932"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the impact of current and future student enrollment levels (as of the date of application) on the design of current and future public school facilities, as well as the financial implications of such enrollment levels;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H581FAF5FD2814C9683716CE33D304295"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the dollar amount and percentage of funds the local educational agency will dedicate to capital construction projects for public school facilities, including—</text> <clause id="HB6798DB4BEA743878299444D20CC5948"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any funds in the budget of the agency that will be dedicated to such projects; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8BA6539924EB423A8BD62BBA82503332"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any funds not in the budget of the agency that will be dedicated to such projects, including any funds available to the agency as the result of a bond issue; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H70FCD9A5D057460D9069DBF2B812EFBF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the dollar amount and percentage of funds the local educational agency will dedicate to the maintenance and operation of public school facilities, including—</text>
<clause id="HBE5C550F650148BE871BD7BF67EA5B1C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any funds in the budget of the agency that will be dedicated to the maintenance and operation of such facilities; and</text></clause> <clause id="H78813A12EED54E539C0A52886BA19E47"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any funds not in the budget of the agency that will be dedicated to the maintenance and operation of such facilities.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05EE1BAEB449411ABE29D345098F4353"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing the facilities master plan required under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE4A752CE30804F3BB6F4669237B46845"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a qualified local educational agency shall consult with teachers, principals and other school leaders, custodial and maintenance staff, emergency first responders, school facilities directors, students and families, community residents, and Indian Tribes; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4071F694E231400781ED2B0B4BFD8CCA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in addition to the consultation required under subparagraph (A), a Bureau-funded school shall consult with the Bureau of Indian Education.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H4C4A9CACDE3C446AA0EF533E19461B06"><enum>104.</enum><header>Annual report on grant program</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H34D7B02873764EB5889B5315AD407172"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than September 30 of each fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the projects carried out with funds made available under this title.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H361DD10AEB9743BDA68FDEE9AD8934CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the fiscal year preceding the year in which the report is submitted, the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE929B6F2C56D4DE287A7DA321396A37E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An identification of each local educational agency that received a grant under this title.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94EB0A94F43C45F896718D318F92E9F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>With respect to each such agency, a description of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8F548471CD404071934776ECFC05E1DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the demographic composition of the student population served by the agency, disaggregated by—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2D12D4D0248E46089824BB0A093243FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>race;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HDDFF8A039649438E833614165391E85D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number and percentage of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>); and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HA8D2D9E2D7BC45478FBD3AAB4F4B2A4C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number and percentage of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8749C2D35E29490ABDAD37D58D706614"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the population density of the geographic area served by the agency;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE149BBCBA9F2452F9323998C55D617D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the projects for which the agency used the grant received under this title, described using measurements of school facility quality from the most recent available version of the Common Education Data Standards published by the National Center for Education Statistics;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H949C38C2B9A545EEB555F3B4CCCC7301"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the demonstrable or expected benefits of the projects, including any improvements—</text>
<clause id="HC5D14339824740F2AA0AA5BE64AA6A6B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to conditions for health, safety, and learning; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2E6D9F6CE55C4C80AF307B203567E2F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to school facilities with respect to energy and water efficiency, resilience, reduced carbon emissions, and climate mitigation;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7BC6A9DCA28446E09FB6BDC164FF6E2F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the square footage of the improvements made with covered funds;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H5C1A0325858C46B18B6DF23BFA49CDF1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the total cost of each such project—</text>
<clause id="HF148F80F8008417DBE7EB5C96F62B25E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in total; and</text></clause> <clause id="H03E16EF0A61845A893FCB10E60E8149B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disaggregated by the costs of planning, design, construction, site purchase, and improvements;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6A8799EBA8EF4584AB425B2A595D9C9F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the estimated number of jobs created by the projects;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2F0BB64ABAF2424AA86405F2FB152940"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the total number of contracts awarded under the project, the percentage of such contracts that were awarded to certified small businesses, minority-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and women-owned businesses; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5F0C8672E38C465C9811BE60A23F5878"><enum>(I)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H33762286EC6A479499727531720FA97E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total dollar value of contracts awarded under the project to certified small businesses, minority-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and women-owned businesses, respectively; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF8D85170CA7D4B06BB6F196B0FB083F1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total dollar value of contracts awarded under the project to all such businesses combined.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H37A7B7AEB092476FA988B305F74E10FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The total dollar amount of all grants received by local educational agencies under this title.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H8C7D2F9B71EE4776BCBAFCAF88A82D29"><enum>(c)</enum><header>LEA information collection</header><text>A local educational agency that receives a grant under this title shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H60C782DD121B47E1B08C8C4D42FD586F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>annually compile the information described in subsection (b)(2);</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7639F26A9D934CC596EE5F48D98AB034"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make the information available to the public, including by posting the information on a publicly accessible agency website; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H75C9F91F174D41E39F8721089B4DE79C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submit the information to the State.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HB8CE8DBEB4E6456E9A5B85E19770F7FB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>State information distribution</header><text>A State that receives information from a local educational agency under subsection (c) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H878A78608BE441EB94606606E8B51234"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compile the information and report it annually to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H48A7AD4591BB40EA92AA198F513FB2DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make the information available to the public, including by posting the information on a publicly accessible State website; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD134DEF5B00D4B31B6E1DFA994BA3E4C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>regularly distribute the information to local educational agencies and Tribal governments in the State.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4A295D46644343A6AEF0101D0318B6C3"><enum>105.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to carry out this title. Amounts so appropriated are authorized to remain available through fiscal year 2033.</text></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>School infrastructure bonds</header>
<section section-type="subsequent-section" id="HDCE508C3E106446FB9D9AF0E7AD7C600"><enum>201.</enum><header>Restoration of certain qualified tax credit bonds</header>
<subsection id="H1ED57733B68548F5A66B095A2AB3F105"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance of credit</header>
<paragraph id="H828EC043BAB64D12A57B4783A1B8D421"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54A">Section 54A</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on the day before repeal by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</external-xref>, is revived.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5E1A4C1B3AE417DB1BE763D359FAA7B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit limited to certain bonds</header> <subparagraph id="H015A504DAFBF4DA2AECC2E21EDC4DEC7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 54A(d)(1) of such Code, as revived by paragraph (1), is amended by striking <quote>means—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>which is part</quote> and inserting <quote>means a qualified zone academy bond which is part</quote>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H988DC170BC4546FBAD8E22C6C08A944F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 54A(c)(2)(C) of such Code, as revived by paragraph (1), is amended by striking <quote>means—</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>a purpose specified in section 54E(a)(1)</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H140952419D364296B571DA1283E8C4A5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <subparagraph id="H8B324AD5A3754398B2B80CD51596B218"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting before section 54A (as revived by paragraph (1)) the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 54A. Credit to holder of qualified tax credit bonds. </toc-entry></toc></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0268D2AB57FD41BEBAB7AA730C72ECDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 6401(b)(1) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and G</quote> and inserting <quote>G, and I</quote>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B1744D2598C49B391E487C93B6C7728"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The table of subparts for part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="subpart">SUBPART I—Qualified tax credit bonds</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAA56B6443B724A26BE23FFF3294E11BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit allowed to issuer</header>
<paragraph id="HAC914F2C4D1643058A1AF255B9664679"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6431">Section 6431</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on the day before repeal by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</external-xref>, is revived.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8BA9DB5B2B574FF7B0F71BD3196F7A02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 6211(b)(4) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and 6428A</quote> and inserting <quote>6428A, and 6431</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7B1EB08A80A54040807263E7179A9C55"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified zone academy bonds</header>
<paragraph id="H14DADB54BBA94C048FB1AF74FA26B899"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">Section 54E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on the day before repeal by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/97">Public Law 115–97</external-xref>, is revived.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE760FB7FB6434D1D90BD9A7BB8908BA0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension of limitation</header><text>Section 54(E)(c)(1) of such Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4D890DB98F0648A5AD21813415F67269"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and $400,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$400,000,000</quote>, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H63C01032A42A4D1688D1B87E2249C249"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and, except as provided</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>, and $1,400,000,000 for 2023 and each calendar year thereafter.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H412C3981A86C45538FE6EBBFE51CF8F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Removal of private business contribution requirement</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">Section 54E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as revived by paragraph (1) and amended by paragraph (2), is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7DF0BD4E88A478EA7A46EBF09514E02"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking subparagraph (B), and by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B),</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0F80089B22254E0D95761847D085A09E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b), and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDBFC90A1389B4B77A19F4FFE1F147265"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD371A1ED94AB4B2BA1D6F36953717FD1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Construction of a public school facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">Section 54E(c)(3)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as revived by paragraph (1) and redesignated in paragraph (3)(C), is amended by striking <quote>rehabilitating or repairing</quote> and inserting <quote>constructing, rehabilitating, retrofitting, or repairing</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H23B883C5460B410ABAFA515B8F4C4DC3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendment related to application of certain labor standards</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8591A84B557B4DD6A468BE68A89930CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of the title 40, United States Code, shall apply to projects financed with the proceeds of any qualified zone academy bond (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">section 54E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) issued after the date of the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9B1F655D49741CEB180A4DDED0F9C62"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1601 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 is amended by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H4479D801755B49F08DD6FFC7EA765B86"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2023.</text></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" section-type="subsequent-section" id="H6505D7F004B04C83822D3F7758F2EB90"><enum>202.</enum><header>School infrastructure bonds</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2165E852EB26416C960ABD12A3FDA0E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after subpart I (as revived by section 201) of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 the following new subpart:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H391D1F85810A48A680AB6199EB0D8D99"> <subpart id="HF24C27D2496049DBBBB51254D67F83E5"><enum>J</enum><header>School infrastructure bonds</header> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 54BB. School infrastructure bonds.</toc-entry></toc> <section commented="no" id="H73E3CC04D1E546EC9FF4E969D37779B1"><enum>54BB.</enum><header>School infrastructure bonds</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HDCAE0F5EC62B46CDB0612DAE876DCA1A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a taxpayer holds a school infrastructure bond on one or more interest payment dates of the bond during any taxable year, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of the credits determined under subsection (b) with respect to such dates.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H24DE1D96B0D64DE0A2CF9EB99C543D83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the credit determined under this subsection with respect to any interest payment date for a school infrastructure bond is 100 percent of the amount of interest payable by the issuer with respect to such date.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HC8FBD7BAD1324612807089780224DBC0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation Based on Amount of Tax</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF4AFAACD190F48B7ABAA29D3E8F38045"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The credit allowed under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1287398D9A5A40CDAF08E3FB9102EEEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sum of the regular tax liability of the taxpayer (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0975948ACAC24940AABDAADE22B0D01B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sum of the credits allowable under this part (other than subpart C and this subpart).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H56C74D8119374BD9AB024CCE56004369"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Carryover of unused credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the credit allowable under subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed by paragraph (1) for such taxable year, such excess shall be carried to the succeeding taxable year and added to the credit allowable under subsection (a) for such taxable year (determined before the application of paragraph (1) for such succeeding taxable year).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H6ED505072AE64C8B930AAD421A0A451C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>School infrastructure bond</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3E5064C98C8C4F7D85384A89A55801A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>school infrastructure bond</term> means any bond issued as part of an issue if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF4F732ED85424EBDBBBDB8A6C921A4DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>100 percent of the available project proceeds of such issue are to be used for the purposes described in section 301 of the <short-title>Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023</short-title>,</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H10BF1F6854724ABA8264EE003E2B8B3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the interest on such obligation would (but for this section) be excludable from gross income under section 103,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD360A205DA4E415E9EE2F46E0A5A9349"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the issue meets the requirements of paragraph (3), and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0C02A9BEC1C04251A04B4E58BC5A6611"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the issuer designates such bond for purposes of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H88DB647297314FB5BB116D7B25200AAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of applying paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H42CF3C32B32A4BDEAC71E09118EA8B9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for purposes of section 149(b), a school infrastructure bond shall not be treated as federally guaranteed by reason of the credit allowed under section 6431(a),</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEFB36FF77424415FAA687C364F9EDFF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for purposes of section 148, the yield on a school infrastructure bond shall be determined without regard to the credit allowed under subsection (a), and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD3A89AE8324E4D459FF9BB871CDE1D26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a bond shall not be treated as a school infrastructure bond if the issue price has more than a de minimis amount (determined under rules similar to the rules of section 1273(a)(3)) of premium over the stated principal amount of the bond.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4E84F08215A34F4F9DC9F8093AAAC1B2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>6-year expenditure period</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H23D7F64DAFE247BB9FC4C69D25A8FA23"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An issue shall be treated as meeting the requirements of this paragraph if, as of the date of issuance, the issuer reasonably expects 100 percent of the available project proceeds to be spent for purposes described in section 301 of the <short-title>Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023</short-title> within the 6-year period beginning on such date of issuance.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H936AA3CC2C944940BB496B87F9D5879C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to spend required amount of bond proceeds within 6 years</header><text>To the extent that less than 100 percent of the available project proceeds of the issue are expended at the close of the period described in subparagraph (A) with respect to such issue, the issuer shall redeem all of the nonqualified bonds within 90 days after the end of such period. For purposes of this paragraph, the amount of the nonqualified bonds required to be redeemed shall be determined in the same manner as under section 142.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD03AAA218619415AB7AF8E2C360163BD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on amount of bonds designated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum aggregate face amount of bonds issued during any calendar year which may be designated under subsection (d)(1)(D) by any issuer shall not exceed the limitation amount allocated under subsection (g) for such calendar year to such issuer.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H625BF8A6A3E043FEB83E80153F63B211"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National limitation on amount of bonds designated</header><text>The national qualified school infrastructure bond limitation for each calendar year is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1FC2F94EBA504494878569D7D7885C38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000,000 for 2023,</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD7204F598747456FBF4F0BAF0D29C91B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$10,000,000,000 for 2024, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE48A699A37A94B03B049B75444AA6F30"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000,000 for 2025.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HE7D614B5D9C94993BDE24D713B12EE9F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Allocation of limitation</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1CB84BDD4154419D9EA7D77618D62970"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allocations</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H38C76B6942964F078BDE73E6C8ABCA2D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>States</header><text>After application of subparagraph (B) and paragraph (3)(A), the limitation applicable under subsection (f) for a calendar year shall be allocated by the Secretary among the States in proportion to the respective amounts received by all local educational agencies in each State under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.</external-xref>) for the previous fiscal year relative to the total such amount received by all local educational agencies for the most recent fiscal year ending before such calendar year.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H950C302D120F4A92A7279CB535557CDA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certain possessions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">One-half of 1 percent of the amount of the limitation applicable under subsection (f) for a calendar year shall be allocated by the Secretary to possessions of the United States other than Puerto Rico for such calendar year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HFFFA0E937EF04825B8DC4015B5B52B32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocations to schools</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation amount allocated to a State or possession under paragraph (1) shall be allocated by the State educational agency (or such other agency as is authorized under State law to make such allocation) to issuers within such State or possession in accordance with the priorities described in subsections (c) and (d) of section 103 of the <short-title>Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023</short-title> and the eligibility requirements described in section 103(b) of such Act, except that paragraph (1)(C) of such section shall not apply to the determination of eligibility for such allocation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE12D34C47BC04811980DA51FB8AAF4FB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocations for Indian schools</header>
<subparagraph id="HCF3F9987780D4F27A7DA9A550BDA0AF5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>One-half of 1 percent of the amount of the limitation applicable under subsection (f) for any calendar year shall be allocated by the Secretary to the Secretary of the Interior for schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for such calendar year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0D70E4E62858405C8E44BDA6E8E81E66"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation to schools</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation amount allocated to the Secretary of the Interior under paragraph (1) shall be allocated by such Secretary to issuers or schools funded as described in paragraph (2). In the case of amounts allocated under the preceding sentence, Indian tribal governments shall be treated as qualified issuers for purposes of this subchapter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCAEE9C61AB97496195A8A8D8DAA015B2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Digital learning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 10 percent of the limitation amount allocated under paragraph (1) or (3)(A) may be allocated by the State to issuers within such State (in the case of an amount allocated under paragraph (1)) or by the Secretary of the Interior to issuers or schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (in the case of an amount allocated under paragraph (3)(A)) to carry out activities to improve digital learning in accordance with section 301(b) of the <short-title>Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023</short-title>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H6F78AA0420494A70BCB18CFB6980F92E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Interest Payment Date</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>interest payment date</term> means any date on which the holder of record of the school infrastructure bond is entitled to a payment of interest under such bond.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4EEF36908D9547BD9ECC6E27943FED15"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Special Rules</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA9E468D84C364AD79C0472ABAC341DE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interest on school infrastructure bonds includible in gross income for federal income tax purposes</header><text>For purposes of this title, interest on any school infrastructure bond shall be includible in gross income.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H846E35F160E342B0BB218C718439380D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of certain rules</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) of section 54A shall apply for purposes of the credit allowed under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HA2F9477879844CE2B8BF0B3E6342D6A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit allowed to issuer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6431(f)(3)(A) of such Code, as revived by section 201(b)(1), is amended by striking <quote>means any qualified tax credit bond</quote> and all that follows through the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA4922BBDDD5240FCA33338F421F68401"><text>means any bond if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD999BC8A77614A75B00D342B9E50B3AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such bond is—</text> <clause id="H294E62D6E65A45E2816B6F6756B2B483"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a qualified tax credit bond which is a qualified zone academy bond (as defined in section 54E) determined without regard to any allocation relating to the national zone academy bond limitation for years after 2010 or any carryforward of any such allocation, or</text></clause>
<clause id="HEBFA8E01B3EE4A4397A1ED2C3B987E42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any school infrastructure bond (as defined in section 54BB), and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H12E1D8ACFDC647429EDF20E6FD40D5D5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of certain labor standards</header><text>Subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, shall apply to projects financed with the proceeds of any qualified zone academy bond (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">section 54E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H012B1D36BD124B779D51C56E843DD4C7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H96A9BE34B6BA4DD08623CE99CB6C2D30"><enum>(1)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6401">Section 6401(b)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 201(a), is amended by striking <quote>and I</quote> and inserting <quote>I, and J</quote>. </text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1FEA621E99F649A99826C98A414A6480"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of subparts for part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code, as amended by section 201(a), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="subpart">Subpart J—School infrastructure bonds</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H700D7906788B45EB9A992B35E96168F3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to obligations issued after December 31, 2023.</text></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="HFE857A9CC55B48D6B7D8873183BD66DA"><enum>203.</enum><header>Annual report on bond program</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H7370B28073E5402398C694C48C3F2B97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30 of each fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the amendments made by sections 201 and 202.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7A04F9356B3F4672ABF70791341FBB43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the fiscal year preceding the year in which the report is submitted, the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HCB87EF62E8054D9F8AF2D3492681701A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An identification of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H34B9E42D4A8449FFB98DD27682BFF344"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each local educational agency (if any) that received an allocation under section 54E(b)(2) or 54BB(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1B5B306A6BF748D69F2E419512344941"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each local educational agency (if any) that was eligible to receive such funds but did not receive such funds. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H93E06A729C2441BDBF7174E8545368A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to each local educational agency described in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA7DE0A3EE8584FAFBD227DF362551DB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the capacity of the agency to raise funds for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, as determined by an assessment of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3903BD8D815A4BC3AFE68C9E60FEBE29"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current and historic ability of the agency to raise funds for construction, renovation, modernization, and major repair projects for schools, including the ability of the agency to raise funds through imposition of property taxes,</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H20E082C12C234994AFD321D547E5DAE7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the agency has been able to issue bonds to fund construction projects, including—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HEA20638D155E46B49B652AF574542A91"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualified zone academy bonds under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54E">section 54E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="HA0877020925049058A74639834486E30"><enum>(II)</enum><text>school infrastructure bonds under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/54BB">section 54BB</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H363F21B7801247639C856A2E62ABEF97"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bond rating of the agency,</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7EB6A6C9B07E4C84BA3843E24C8DC658"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the demographic composition of the student population served by the agency, disaggregated by—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H381137394D1043DC8E31D57E23B38DF8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>race,</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HF3A86757C57F44C6BD3027B166B7E5E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>), and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HDBE5923F19C142EBAB7BAB2D3FE8FADF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and percentage of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>),</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H5E55D25CE2AB4C25B49010CA242E33C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the population density of the geographic area served by the agency,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB666707C4A074B429B977AE31E3EF3B1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of the projects carried out with funds received from school infrastructure bonds,</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6822BC35BD81403D96653B3734AF6EE2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of the demonstrable or expected benefits of the projects, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H18C88F0B749344C9AF925934E34AFDE3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the estimated number of jobs created by the projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H931D478CFC404CCB9A9DADCD10A02EA9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total dollar amount of all funds received by local educational agencies from school infrastructure bonds.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCCC2756125F949EE9FB1100886FBECFA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any other factors that the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H3A0282B45D9145C8813B4C142EC472C4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State or local educational agency that receives an allocation under section 54E(b)(2) or 54BB(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8B5885CF55514C67ACD01E7656234326"><enum>(1)</enum><text>annually compile the information necessary for the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the elements described in subsection (b), and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H4C73F0A4E6E34501BD09547DC95A4B06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>report the information to the Secretary of the Treasury at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may require.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D44A962D1A4484FA0FADD7FA622FDD9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Secretary of the Treasury</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>Secretary of the Treasury</term> includes the Secretary’s delegate.</text></subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Uses of funds</header> <section id="H5ED783EC42FD4992AE0F585F2A73B587"><enum>301.</enum><header>Allowable uses of funds</header> <subsection id="HFB578D03D60B4C6C8516CCF7EECF9060"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in section 302, a local educational agency that receives covered funds may use such funds to—</text>
<paragraph id="H4AEBC96973454F49ADEB03F443EFD54F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop, maintain, and update (as necessary) the facilities master plan required under section 103(e);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD202F1775ECC4A88A104823BA3B34A19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>construct, modernize, renovate, or retrofit public school facilities, which may include seismic retrofitting for schools vulnerable to seismic natural disasters;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H177F06548A7949CD9BF371E8CEEAA192"><enum>(3)</enum><text>decarbonize public school facilities through the adoption of all-electric space and water heating systems and cooking equipment, including other efficiency improvements and on-site renewable energy installation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H527F2C8D5FBF4BC88DA5E996C669CB87"><enum>(4)</enum><text>carry out major repairs of public school facilities, including deferred maintenance projects;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99E7D37747BC49E4800BE2B73FF573E1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>install furniture or fixtures with at least a 10-year life in public school facilities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FD37260AFED4CD09A1362065B85FDCC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>construct new public school facilities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDAE912829E1042F7B3A5E7FE76F81860"><enum>(7)</enum><text>acquire and prepare sites on which new public school facilities will be constructed;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H332CF24A3E7A452384A9D676617731A4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>extend the life of basic systems and components of public school facilities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB54A9DA4C264BD49A3E9F080BA844E6"><enum>(9)</enum><text>ensure current or anticipated enrollment does not exceed the physical and instructional capacity of public school facilities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDCD49A67ECC540D399E9B498B8D40362"><enum>(10)</enum><text>ensure the building envelopes and interiors of public school facilities protect occupants from natural elements and human threats, and are structurally sound and secure;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FDC66CE186741A6A497DDD9640DEE6B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>compose building design plans that strengthen the safety and security on school premises by utilizing design elements, principles, and technology that—</text> <subparagraph id="HC8EDA789FFBF4B73BCE3E6339CB3E51F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>guarantee layers of security throughout the school premises; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F6F2A9007574531963089ECDA12522E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>uphold the aesthetics of the school premises as a learning and teaching environment;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD036A0A71651431EBCD61F1A46B40E87"><enum>(12)</enum><text>improve energy and water efficiency to lower the costs of energy and water consumption in public school facilities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE50F39BDD6B24C37B1FEF11AE3FF2AE6"><enum>(13)</enum><text>improve indoor air quality in public school facilities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2ADB1B36D5546BEB3CFA2EDD72D9118"><enum>(14)</enum><text>reduce or eliminate the presence of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H721D200502C74DA6AE5D9B9BCB2D2C0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>toxic substances, including mercury, radon, PCBs, lead, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and asbestos;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2FE3D3AF5D4F4CE8AD6647E58ECF404A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mold and mildew; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C6DD00FAD4B44A2BACE10C98953B82B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>rodents and pests;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H118332D334AE46FEA308B871F2C6B273"><enum>(15)</enum><text>ensure the safety of drinking water at the tap and water used for meal preparation in public school facilities, which may include testing of the potability of water at the tap for the presence of lead and other contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B20F385FA3B4E43B3074FED8502447F"><enum>(16)</enum><text>bring public school facilities into compliance with applicable fire, health, and safety codes;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56F95837CAD54A58A5D3708BC2239EDA"><enum>(17)</enum><text>make public school facilities accessible to people with disabilities through compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12101">42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.</external-xref>) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/794">29 U.S.C. 794</external-xref>);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF9032FEFA554EDDB2B1D52DB7C4EC8F"><enum>(18)</enum><text>provide instructional program space improvements for programs relating to early learning (including early learning programs operated by partners of the agency), special education, science, technology, career and technical education, physical education, music, the arts, and literacy (including library programs);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07EADDB17D88417DB0FD49837A6B00B0"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving the public school facilities of magnet schools, or other instructional programs, designed to increase student diversity and decrease racial or socioeconomic isolation; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H88D3D6E0BEFA41149A12671FC208E22D"><enum>(20)</enum><text>increase the use of public school facilities for the purpose of community-based partnerships that provide students with academic, health, and social services;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0459FE506E5F45D4BDE26F266B773966"><enum>(21)</enum><text>ensure the health of students and staff during the construction or modernization of public school facilities; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA6CDAE8AF374699B2574F6DB5ADE0B1"><enum>(22)</enum><text>reduce or eliminate excessive classroom noise due to activities allowable under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H70810719890747F6851333478B9A525C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allowance for digital learning</header><text>A local educational agency may use covered funds to leverage existing public programs or public-private partnerships to expand access to high-speed broadband sufficient for digital learning.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H38D8D32CAA3E4FE49DAF29BD56476CEB"><enum>302.</enum><header>Prohibited uses</header>
<subsection id="H881848BD62E147AE841D9F2BF576B1D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local educational agency that receives covered funds may not use such funds for—</text> <paragraph id="H4959AAC7BC974D68BE830866A586899A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>payment of routine and predictable maintenance costs and minor repairs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H276EAABF962A45DD8386F176B6AB1F9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any facility that is primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events for which admission is charged to the general public;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC42B971E9CBF45818D061BD38773277F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>vehicles; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H118F907E49AF42B5BF79F2B335A4CDC7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>central offices, operation centers, or other facilities that are not primarily used to educate students.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H50D558E6FE3147E7A1C15E8E182D0407"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional prohibitions relating to charter schools</header><text>No covered funds may be used—</text>
<paragraph id="H1310DDECEB1442D4A0996E03307C95F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the facilities of a public charter school that is operated or managed by a for-profit entity; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC7C918A7673B4936846DB5DBB7FA0D13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the facilities of a public charter school if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H977061E11935431BB8E9C9E9BB39E4EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the school leases the facilities from an individual or for-profit entity; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H416307EDACEA4939A73DD3CE6A6BB218"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such individual, or an individual with a direct or indirect financial interest in such entity, has a management or governance role in such school.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HD9782D5339664EB6996E97C50C3D776D"><enum>303.</enum><header>Requirements for hazard resistance and energy and water conservation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A local educational agency that receives covered funds shall ensure that any new construction, modernization, or renovation project carried out with such funds meets or exceeds the requirements of the following:</text> <paragraph id="HD2144C81F644426BB3F9544E78608B5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Requirements for such projects set forth in the most recent published edition of a nationally recognized, consensus-based model building code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98893EC64B33477CA260DE38D8B9DBB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Requirements for such projects set forth in the most recent published edition of a nationally recognized, consensus-based model energy conservation code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A1900478B374C6CA50CE26F08428A19"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Performance criteria under the WaterSense program, established under section 324B of the of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6294b">42 U.S.C. 6294b</external-xref>), applicable to such projects within a nationally recognized, consensus-based model code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9AE904AED238464E8214E3F577323138"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Indoor environmental air quality requirements applicable to such projects as set forth in the most recent published edition of a nationally recognized, consensus-based code or standard.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H6D2B170B60134537979B66073BB0DC21"><enum>304.</enum><header>Green practices</header> <subsection id="H7BDC8E6854F14DBCBDE88774F9652042"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A local educational agency that uses covered funds for a new construction. modernization, or renovation project shall ensure that such project for new construction is certified, verified, or consistent with the applicable provisions of—</text>
<paragraph id="H720E310626B148B994687CCA15456068"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating standard (commonly known as the <quote>LEED Green Building Rating System</quote>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H003EED15606644769D384E03A2FE00EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Living Building Challenge developed by the International Living Future Institute;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DF5D590F014413B9F715A895CDAD261"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a green building rating program developed by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (commonly known as <quote>CHPS</quote>) that is CHPS-verified;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE85936E5F6864F85AEAB652C2F9CE3B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Green Building Initiative Green Globes rating system; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60090F0A6FF445BFBA1D417CE8E52980"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a program that—</text> <subparagraph id="H3345F1D732C549DDA26A3FB6E3CB66BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has standards that are equivalent to or more stringent than the standards of a program described in paragraphs (1) through (4);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2445228BD9A44B69853D4BA9D9960FE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is adopted by the State or another jurisdiction with authority over the agency; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAE0E27ABD3D34340A499D16634B53194"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes a verifiable method to demonstrate compliance with such program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H559268ECEF184DEEB9CD63CBA7EA001B"><enum>305.</enum><header>Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured products</header>
<subsection id="H54DD739ABA2C4B82ACF90119D98AD0DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A local educational agency that receives covered funds shall ensure that any iron, steel, and manufactured products used in projects carried out with such funds are produced in the United States.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBF2F708449714BEA9989312F44290F0D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver authority</header> <paragraph id="HFCB2FF2647D94EE2A219BB5CC49252CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may waive the requirement of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4CF0224CC1434E8BBE3723146A940C11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7B67A9E8D0E4E46A5E3C80872A4037A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>iron, steel, and manufactured products produced in the United States are not produced in a sufficient and reasonably available amount or are not of a satisfactory quality; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H574E5BBC632646B289A5F0BE6D365F85"><enum>(C)</enum><text>using iron, steel, and manufactured products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48A8659B52134FE7AE1FD98C6907E58F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Before issuing a waiver under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed written explanation of the waiver determination.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H012EC2EFBE7245A78908A34C4474F115"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consistency with international agreements</header><text>This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the obligations of the United States under international agreements.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6774FECA30D54DB4B13434FFB43B1959"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H045C041035D442E9A6FD6C3900DB1AAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Produced in the united states</header><text>The term <quote>produced in the United States</quote> means the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H4D6B7AE7225C4E349B71F34BA86032F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>When used with respect to a manufactured product, the product was manufactured in the United States and the cost of the components of such product that were mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the total cost of all components of the product.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F33113F572B42D9BB09AE670198952A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>When used with respect to iron or steel products, or an individual component of a manufactured product, all manufacturing processes for such iron or steel products or components, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States, except that the term does not include—</text> <clause id="HC402F193CFC24197B582FF6D8297166A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>steel or iron material or products manufactured abroad from semi-finished steel or iron from the United States; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4ECB14922BE64EB1A0FA76F5A68CA8B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>steel or iron material or products manufactured in the United States from semi-finished steel or iron of foreign origin.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61D91686461245D7916747DABE5901F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Manufactured product</header><text>The term <quote>manufactured product</quote> means any construction material or end product (as such terms are defined in part 25.003 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation) that is not an iron or steel product, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F769148B6E241128F6D8E3778517D6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>electrical components; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H121FEA0DA31B4537AAF67642E833311C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>nonferrous building materials, including aluminum and polyvinylchloride (PVC), glass, fiber optics, plastic, wood, masonry, rubber, manufactured stone, any other nonferrous metals, and any unmanufactured construction material.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS</header>
<section id="H34814ED191D3478A980B260CF1682036"><enum>401.</enum><header>Comptroller General report</header>
<subsection id="H53F1C16587EA4B2AA14AC5F1CAAD8026"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date on which the majority of States receiving allocations under section 102 have made grants to local educational agencies under section 103, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the projects carried out with covered funds.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE69AD56845AF4631818421E5561D9B52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F8806C910904663A0D54D8EE468DD76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>State activities, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H5492A0E2410B48A387801C2E3672F890"><enum>(A)</enum><text>criteria used by each State to determine high-need students and facilities for purposes of the projects carried out with covered funds; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H89BFD6D0F8E0433D983157C99F125EB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether the State issued new regulations to ensure the health and safety of students and staff during construction or renovation projects or to ensure safe, healthy, and high-performing school buildings;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H154E7422789F404F8391E6800B31FB68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the types of projects carried out with covered funds, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBDF6A05E506445829C8D1EADBF21C296"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the square footage of the improvements made with covered funds;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H137444EBE05B4E8081BDE1BFB9E33F53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total cost of each such project; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H926A260E8AA94CE8B66BFBCA6E83BCE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the costs of the project disaggregated by the costs for planning, design, construction, site purchase, and improvements;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73C0B5895C13451F9DD141450C6A708D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the geographic distribution of the projects;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA6A7F75CEB54BCFA1192159AFCDF963"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of the impact of selected projects (as identified by the Secretary) on the health and safety of school staff and students; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15F82242D3A044589B50E9DA504F85E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>how the Secretary or States could make covered funds more accessible—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FF1E8EE767346CF99896262CEEFC1E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to schools with the highest numbers and percentages of students counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6333">20 U.S.C. 6333(c)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8D46BFF8A594460AAC2402D9B82C659"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to schools with fiscal challenges in raising capital for school infrastructure projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC635107AA0CE47589F357E4DC44D863B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Comptroller General shall update and resubmit the report under this section to the appropriate congressional committees—</text> <paragraph id="H8D73E5FE99C049E38C0AE4AABEE51E1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on a date that is between 5 and 6 years after the date of the submittal of the first report under this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D17CD8B9A484F12B97D9B486C9D30FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on a date that is between 10 and 11 years after the date of the submittal of such first report.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H15D1A15B8B8849509A722305E611D5D7"><enum>402.</enum><header>Study and report on physical condition of public schools</header> <subsection id="H327B52FC69514A14AAE3280DAEFAD7F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study and report</header><text>Not less frequently than once in each 5-year period beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H4EEFA2D9A1E8431CBCDC98310D81B79D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>carry out a comprehensive study of the physical conditions of all public schools in each State and outlying area; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF50A6A2D7D1048BE83157024AE871C58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes the results of the study.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBA65C46B4BAB4510BFBD8F708090C965"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each study and report under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H6B754DAE81B1452CA0A0A15F8E75007F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB7D6DC11B874326AB8D831888B29C77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effect of school facility conditions on student and staff health and safety;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFDCB102FB444A57997AA89A690BE048"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effect of school facility conditions on student academic outcomes;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D475E6C9CD14ED8A09D4E2FE7F11A66"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the condition of school facilities, set forth separately by geographic region;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA77F7F1EAEDE4E0189A407A16BD54487"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the condition of school facilities for economically disadvantaged students as well as students from major racial and ethnic subgroups;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB302410512E4922A174A10287851569"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the accessibility of school facilities for students and staff with disabilities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H11DBE082BD4C4378957BA79F44B43958"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the prevalence of school facilities at which student enrollment exceeds the physical and instructional capacity of the facility and the effect of such excess enrollment on instructional quality and delivery of school wraparound services;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HED729466ECC84436BE8ED515095E61FB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the condition of school facilities affected by natural disasters;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H634E36C9BC63414899306557995C2962"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the effect that projects carried out with covered funds have on the communities in which such projects are conducted, including the vitality, jobs, population, and economy of such communities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9EEB8CDF269A459CB5525F0EB2ADC4FB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the ability of building envelopes and interiors of public school facilities to protect occupants from natural elements and human threats; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5628203A72D74B0E9DD92B160591716D"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the performance of school facilities projects with respect to energy and water efficiency and climate mitigation and resilience;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9EAD89F943364D0E9B88B2B2EB2D0DC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an explanation of any differences observed with respect to the factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (J) of paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1FE241ADD1E34FFAA4E3302AC11CEDE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a cost estimate for bringing school facilities to a state of good repair, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HFF62FAE3D7204192932233FCA3049AFA"><enum>403.</enum><header>Office of School Infrastructure and Sustainability</header>
<subsection id="HDB49246061204E53B261579DA2A49892"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish within the Department of Education an office to be known as the <quote>Office of School Infrastructure and Sustainability</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Office</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFFA28DC886B841539B855D6C07E39369"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Head of Office</header><text>The head of the Office shall be an individual designated by the Secretary.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBEA059610EA04C63B7D8BC96F652136A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The duties of the Office shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H4FF2313F2DE84991A383ACB9BD0B5517"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to advise the Secretary on State plans under section 102;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A9EC3E9170C4A28835B28319729DCBF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to serve as a liaison with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government on matters relating to public school facilities, including the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDCA96A47F0340B49305FB303E9F1ADD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to ensure the Department of Education is prepared to meet the requirements of this Act in a timely manner; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C40CD25826A4E5088115A580219B521"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to manage such other programs or initiatives affecting public school facilities as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HDD684E2685F5420687CA707CDFE3533F"><enum>404.</enum><header>Development of data standards</header> <subsection id="H9968A59DF5964B4D8CCF5E526F72AF5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Data standards</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the officials described in subsection (b), shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F3371AE8D1C4656AFD11C4D4810F577"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify the data that States should collect and include in the databases developed under section 102(a)(2)(B);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E0234C8A0B646BBA9444E585E6B4492"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop standards for the measurement of such data; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D1DFDC8D1384FACB1830EF642FBAFBC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>issue guidance to States concerning the collection and measurement of such data.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2708B273479D4B41A4E4911ABF6DBC29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Officials</header><text>The officials described in this subsection are—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D27A18094914E42AD6FD171C7D084AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2CB8712C98C4CAB999233C2E1B54973"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of Energy;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D268060CC9D49D69BB15FFA28262798"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFFB700F70EF462FAAC1D51D37286E5A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H7C12500385A54ED78A71C632BACCB935"><enum>405.</enum><header>Information clearinghouse</header>
<subsection id="H7DC2808E0E34486EBF76A097A130DE63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a clearinghouse to disseminate information on Federal programs and financing mechanisms that may be used to assist schools in initiating, developing, and financing—</text> <paragraph id="H1DFD9F8576344410A735DA54EAEDC15D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>energy efficiency projects;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF324714555C4408A76D323295A49D51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>distributed generation projects; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF668AD13AA52456693F67DBC12158AA1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>energy retrofitting projects.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H86FFC10800844584AE3B0CAAB9874C02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC5A593A4840F46E991634F7504ADEA08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with the officials described in section 404(b) to develop a list of Federal programs and financing mechanisms to be included in the clearinghouse; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H970754FB0C4643F7B46EA08545C63A5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate with such officials to develop a collaborative education and outreach effort to streamline communications and promote the Federal programs and financing mechanisms included in the clearinghouse, which may include the development and maintenance of a single online resource that includes contact information for relevant technical assistance that may be used by States, outlying areas, local educational agencies, and Bureau-funded schools to effectively access and use such Federal programs and financing mechanisms.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>V</enum><header>Impact aid construction</header> <section id="H4F7098918ECB4C359FAB9DE71F68B881"><enum>501.</enum><header>Temporary increase in funding for impact aid construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7014(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7714">20 U.S.C. 7714(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H75613B9B6D29485A968B7FE562CA3571"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>For the purpose of carrying out section 7007, there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <enum>VI</enum><header>Assistance for repair of school foundations affected by pyrrhotite</header> <section id="H1DF2B2511363496885CA9B1778E47304"><enum>601.</enum><header>Allocations to States</header> <subsection id="H71744E071B074B9EA10B687D80F5FAF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out a program under which the Secretary makes allocations to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of making grants to local educational agencies under section 602.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8990F58E3D9B4ADD90F97C67C61DC650"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Website</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish, on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Education, instructions describing how a State may receive an allocation under this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HC053CB100C5846CDA8301521D2E20499"><enum>602.</enum><header>Grants to local educational agencies</header> <subsection id="H1922F2C2E9444B48A02DB5FFFFD386F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amounts allocated to a State under section 601(a) and contributed by the State under subsection (e)(2), the State shall award grants to local educational agencies—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4A11331C1CE40B890440B4265F3E2BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to pay the future costs of repairing concrete school foundations damaged by the presence of pyrrhotite; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3545AD364664433EA1FC0F8093F6355E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to reimburse such agencies for costs incurred by the agencies in making such repairs in the five-year period preceding the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC89CB678BB9A48B3BF22777065ABDB7D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Local educational agency eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="H5408E52C13BE4CAA9CDCEF538C118060"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility for grants for future repairs</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a)(1), a local educational agency shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HDF1754C8AD1F4BAC857E876E7310814F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to each school for which the agency seeks to use grant funds, demonstrate to the State that—</text>
<clause id="H85591569A2874C31BF714AE1856CA2BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the school is a pyrrhotite-affected school; and</text></clause> <clause id="H7C25EE4D95294EA680E0DE97126A1B3D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any laboratory tests, core tests, and visual inspections of the school’s foundation used to determine that the school is a pyrrhotite-affected school were conducted—</text>
<subclause id="HEBC460328B1347B6A3EF0A4BE51CE7EF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by a professional engineer licensed in the State in which the school is located; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3FFEB9F364EE432DB67E753A217D354C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in accordance with applicable State standards or standards approved by any independent, nonprofit, or private entity authorized by the State to oversee construction, testing, or financial relief efforts for damaged building foundations; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78E1307180A0444AACF9CA11CFD70A7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide an assurance that—</text> <clause id="HDC048CB841344CEC98A1AB4B8B93E277"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the local educational agency will use the grant only for the allowable uses described in subsection (f)(1); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA4464071038C491992A84096FAE00CD6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all work funded with the grant will be conducted by a qualified contractor or architect licensed in the State.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D4728B5E45A44BB8467AD595BF8DD40"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility for reimbursement grants</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a)(2), a local educational agency shall demonstrate that it met the requirements of paragraph (1) at the time it carried out the project for which the agency seeks reimbursement.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC1B4B797215F49D5B5F9E95DD4C1E561"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H697DC72F8D854142AB559DE69D7B5133"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A local educational agency that seeks a grant under this section shall submit to the State an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State may require, which upon approval by the State under subsection (d)(1)(A), the State shall submit to the Secretary for approval under subsection (d)(1)(B).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA392754BCFE948CD968A1FA9E3921D3D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>At minimum, each application shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21C3036A0AD6440EA8D421002D3ED1A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information and documentation sufficient to enable the State to determine if the local educational agency meets the eligibility criteria under subsection (b);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA743C90814CE434CB429C72E7061A4D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an agency seeking a grant under subsection (a)(1), an estimate of the costs of carrying out the activities described in subsection (f);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6E605D28A334032890218B471E2D7D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of an agency seeking a grant under subsection (a)(2)—</text> <clause id="H42C6BC843400473B916E1FFB2AB264F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an itemized explanation of—</text>
<subclause id="H6CCBA431E15D4EEF882AA4ED76F5997B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the costs incurred by the agency in carrying out any activities described subsection (f);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA6436FB7DA48420199035053717F11E6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any amounts contributed from other Federal, State, local, or private sources for such activities; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H50BEE1086A62448AA4E807819EC9A0A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount for which the local educational agency seeks reimbursement; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H293FAC33D4C742779D1D8AB7D89480D5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the percentage of any costs described in subparagraph (B) or (C) that are covered by an insurance policy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF7FF730F02AD4A27B23500F68FDA6F40"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Approval and disbursement</header>
<paragraph id="HBBFDE43C183546AAB815F4CA69DA9786"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Approval</header>
<subparagraph id="H3C1A2499CDD34D4FA03EAA4AA80E84ED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State</header><text>The State shall approve, for submission to the Secretary, the application of each local educational agency that—</text> <clause id="H8A7AE3E912DF4B06B87A84E3BB784588"><enum>(i)</enum><text>submits a complete and correct application under subsection (c); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H47B5F1AAB4664ADD83A80F4E0F8FEF37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the criteria for eligibility under subsection (b).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H28680E2DCC6C4520931F53ABC240CDCF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>Not later than 60 days after receiving an application of a local educational agency submitted by a State under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H6387BA49EF2B42F880835134643901E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>approve such application, in a case in which the Secretary determines that such application meets the requirements of subparagraph (A); or</text></clause> <clause id="H8EE50B94B1F34E4D848D43CF536B311A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>deny such application, in the case of an application that does not meet such requirements.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9173A2B9CA74374B92437AF0D7D5DDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disbursement</header>
<subparagraph id="H95AA078E1BEE44B1950C86F69BB63F82"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>The Secretary shall disburse an allocation to a State not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary approves an application under paragraph (1)(B).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E9EC257BDDD4A36989A79991EE11876"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grant</header><text>The State shall disburse grant funds to a local educational agency not later than 60 days after the date on which the State receives an allocation under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H09E42671B295406484A788219D5145F5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal and State share</header>
<paragraph id="HCF29C24D9C414B6FBBD64EA14252D9D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of each grant under this section shall be an amount that is not more than 50 percent of the total cost of the project for which the grant is awarded.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3BFABEE8C1F4BAA81152CE4BCEA6614"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State share</header> <subparagraph id="H42ECF3E473C641A3AC26B88723198532"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the State share of each grant under this section shall be an amount that is not less than 40 percent of the total cost of the project for which the grant is awarded, which the State shall contribute from non-Federal sources.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDACC6903EFE94CE8B9CC83D9959D7060"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule for reimbursement grants</header><text>In the case of a reimbursement grant made to a local educational agency under subsection (a)(2), a State shall be treated as meeting the requirement of subparagraph (A) if the State demonstrates that it contributed, from non-Federal sources, not less than 40 percent of the total cost of the project for which the reimbursement grant is awarded.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA39D192642594E35AF07D8AF84FBCFD0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Uses of funds</header> <paragraph id="HAE1F1DD8BF5B46009017761F714ECF51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowable uses of funds</header><text>A local educational agency that receives a grant under this section shall use such grant only for costs associated with—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDCD13D06C88942148614FEF0572BEC02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the repair or replacement of the concrete foundation or other affected areas of a pyrrhotite-affected school in the jurisdiction of such agency to the extent necessary—</text> <clause id="HB8EA585ACA854CDD924B13F7E36D70D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to restore the structural integrity of the school to the safety and health standards established by the professional licensed engineer or architect associated with the project; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HAC5B281F23B54FB8B718ECC63C294E0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to restore the school to the condition it was in before the school’s foundation was damaged due to the presence of pyrrhotite; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA7A21117176A4ECDA6C7353FED0B9712"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engineering reports, architectural design, core tests, and other activities directly related to the repair or replacement project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF79289F931444D62B24CDFAD39ECE4AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibited uses of funds</header><text>A local educational agency that receives a grant under this section may not use the grant for any costs associated with—</text> <subparagraph id="H850E51672AEB42C385FF434C24456C48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>work done to outbuildings, sheds, or barns, swimming pools (whether in-ground or above-ground), playgrounds or ballfields, or any ponds or water features;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21E5C80FEFF84E66B1AA41D505E3C190"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the purchase of items not directly associated with the repair or replacement of the school building or its systems, including items such as desks, chairs, electronics, sports equipment, or other school supplies; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE8AC182E2F4C4A0FA1D0904C24CA14F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other activities not described in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC373586909C74296A3229FE162790D0F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A local educational agency may not, for the same project, receive a grant under both—</text> <paragraph id="H0975E9EF0EF04490A5F9A8FEA39F6A37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14506A12AB0E445BA27E95362DFC575D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>title I.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1EE74D58D30145CEADF15F6E19115493"><enum>603.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HDF1D78A93FD74678B77B2AE37EE48AFF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pyrrhotite-affected school</header><text>The term <quote>pyrrhotite-affected school</quote> means an elementary school or a secondary school that meets the following criteria:</text> <subparagraph id="H574FF85CCF8645C9A97C32FB04C642A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The school has a concrete foundation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC8846B32C8944123A4CCAF6CD94C3CD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Pyrrhotite is present in the school’s concrete foundation, as demonstrated by a petrographic or other type of laboratory core analysis or core inspection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H75088210E7864F56B6B57EEB53FB6768"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A visual inspection of the school’s concrete foundation indicates that the presence of pyrrhotite is causing the foundation to deteriorate at an unsafe rate.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0E3FA9393DB4C58AD5B91B6C78BAAA8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A qualified engineer determined that the deterioration of the school’s foundation, due to the presence of pyrrhotite—</text> <clause id="H21C27FF4DC424E11B725D6DADC19CCA9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>caused the school to become structurally unsound; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H642151CB1F7648F4B050F4D590062B26"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will result in the school becoming structurally unsound within the next five years.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F74FD2080614656BA54DCD98575B13B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified contractor</header><text>The term <quote>qualified contractor</quote> means a contractor who is qualified under State law, or approved by any State agency or other State-sanctioned independent or nonprofit entity, to repair or replace residential or commercial building foundations that are deteriorating due to the presence of pyrrhotite.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H1DE65BB5A615436E87ED5A85A147DF0F"><enum>604.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></section>