[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1340-S1341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1201. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina 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:

        At the end of section 2001, add the following:
       (i) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--

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       (1) In general.--The State shall make subgrants to local 
     educational agencies under this subsection as follows:
       (A) One-third of funds shall be awarded not less than 15 
     calendar days after receiving an award from the Secretary 
     under this section.
       (B) The remaining two-thirds of funds shall be awarded only 
     after the local educational agency submits to the Governor 
     and the Governor approves a comprehensive school reopening 
     plan based on criteria determined by the Governor in 
     consultation with the State educational agency (including 
     criteria for the Governor to carry out paragraph (2)), that 
     describes how the local educational agency will safely reopen 
     schools with the physical presence of students, consistent 
     with maintaining safe and continuous operations aligned with 
     challenging State academic standards.
       (2) Approval of plans.--The Governor shall approve plans 
     submitted under paragraph (1)(B) within 30 days after the 
     plan is submitted, subject to the following requirements:
       (A) A local educational agency that offers an option for 
     in-person instruction for at least 50 percent of its students 
     where the students may physically attend school no less than 
     50 percent of each school-week, as it was defined by the 
     local educational agency prior to the coronavirus emergency, 
     shall have its plan automatically approved.
       (B) A local educational agency that does not provide an 
     option for in-person instruction to any students where the 
     students physically attend school in-person shall not be 
     eligible to receive a subgrant under paragraph (1)(B).
       (C) A local educational agency that offers an option for 
     in-person instruction to at least some students where the 
     students may physically attend school in-person but does not 
     satisfy the requirements in subparagraph (A) shall have its 
     allocation reduced on a pro rata basis as determined by the 
     Governor.
       (3) Plan contents.--A school reopening plan submitted to a 
     Governor under paragraph (1)(B) shall include, in addition to 
     any other information necessary to meet the criteria 
     determined by the Governor--
       (A) a detailed timeline for when the local educational 
     agency will offer an option for in-person instruction, 
     including the goals and criteria used for providing an option 
     for full time in-person instruction to all students;
       (B) a description of how many days of in-person instruction 
     per calendar week the local educational agency plans to offer 
     to students; and
       (C) an assurance that the local educational agency will 
     offer students an option to receive as much in-person 
     instruction as is safe and practicable, consistent with 
     maintaining safe and continuous operations aligned with 
     challenging State academic standards.
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