[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1336-S1337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1171. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. 
Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, 
Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 34, strike line 16, and all that follows 
     through page 40, line 18, and insert the following:
       (e) Uses of Funds.--A local educational agency that 
     receives funds under this section--
       (1) shall reserve not less than 20 percent of such funds 
     to, directly or through grants or contracts to community-
     based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and other 
     entities, address learning loss through the implementation of 
     evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning, 
     extended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended 
     school year programs, and ensure that such interventions 
     respond to students' academic, social, and emotional needs 
     and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on 
     the student subgroups described in section 
     1111(b)(2)(B)(xi)of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students 
     experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster 
     care; and
       (2) shall use the remaining funds for any of the following:
       (A) Any activity authorized by the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965.
       (B) Any activity authorized by the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act.
       (C) Any activity authorized by the Adult Education and 
     Family Literacy Act.
       (D) Any activity authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career 
     and Technical Education Act of 2006.
       (E) Coordination of preparedness and response efforts of 
     local educational agencies with State, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial public health departments, and other relevant 
     agencies, to improve coordinated responses among such 
     entities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
       (F) Providing principals and others school leaders with the 
     resources necessary to address the needs of their individual 
     schools.
       (G) Activities to address the unique needs of low-income 
     children or students, children with disabilities, English 
     learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing 
     homelessness, and foster care youth, including how outreach 
     and service delivery will meet the needs of each population.
       (H) Developing and implementing procedures and systems to 
     improve the preparedness and response efforts of local 
     educational agencies.
       (I) Training and professional development for staff of the 
     local educational agency on sanitation and minimizing the 
     spread of infectious diseases.
       (J) Purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean the 
     facilities of a local educational agency, including buildings 
     operated by such agency.
       (K) Planning for, coordinating, and implementing activities 
     during long-term closures, including providing meals to 
     eligible students, providing technology for online learning 
     to all students, providing guidance for carrying out 
     requirements under the IDEA and ensuring other educational 
     services can continue to be provided consistent with all 
     Federal, State, and local requirements.
       (L) Purchasing educational technology (including hardware, 
     software, and connectivity) for students who are served by 
     the local educational agency that aids in regular and 
     substantive educational interaction between students and 
     their classroom instructors, including low-income students 
     and children with disabilities, which may include assistive 
     technology or adaptive equipment.
       (M) Providing mental health services and supports.
       (N) Planning and implementing activities related to summer 
     learning and supplemental afterschool programs, including 
     providing classroom instruction or online learning during the 
     summer months and addressing the needs of low-income 
     students, children with disabilities, English learners, 
     migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and 
     children in foster care.
       (O) Addressing learning loss among students, including low-
     income students, children with disabilities, English 
     learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing 
     homelessness, and children and youth in foster care, of the 
     local educational agency, including by--
       (i) administering and using high-quality assessments that 
     are valid and reliable, to accurately assess students' 
     academic progress and assist educators in meeting students' 
     academic needs, including through differentiating 
     instruction;
       (ii) implementing evidence-based activities to meet the 
     comprehensive needs of students;

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       (iii) providing information and assistance to parents and 
     families on how they can effectively support students, 
     including in a distance learning environment; and
       (iv) tracking student attendance and improving student 
     engagement in distance education.
       (P) School facility repairs and improvements to enable 
     operation of schools to reduce risk of virus transmission and 
     exposure to environmental health hazards, and to support 
     student health needs.
       (Q) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement, 
     and upgrade projects to improve the indoor air quality in 
     school facilities, including mechanical and non-mechanical 
     heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, 
     filtering, purification and other air cleaning, fans, control 
     systems, and window and door repair and replacement.
       (R) Developing strategies and implementing public health 
     protocols including, to the greatest extent practicable, 
     policies in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention for the reopening and operation of 
     school facilities to effectively maintain the health and 
     safety of students, educators, and other staff.
       (S) Other activities that are necessary to maintain the 
     operation of and continuity of services in local educational 
     agencies and continuing to employ existing staff of the local 
     educational agency.
       (f) State Funding.--With funds not otherwise allocated 
     under subsection (d), a State--
       (1) shall reserve not less than 5 percent of the total 
     amount of grant funds awarded to the State under this section 
     to carry out, directly or through grants or contracts to 
     community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and 
     other entities, activities to address learning loss by 
     supporting the implementation of evidence-based 
     interventions, such as summer learning, extended day, 
     comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year 
     programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to 
     students' academic, social, and emotional needs and address 
     the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student 
     subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and 
     children and youth in foster care, including by providing 
     additional support to local educational agencies to fully 
     address such impacts; and
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