[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 177 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7001-S7002]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Smith):
  S. 2959. A bill to provide that, due to disruptions caused by COVID-
19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2023 may use 
certain data submitted in the fiscal year 2022 application; to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2959

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Supplemental Impact Aid 
     Flexibility Act''.

     SEC. 2. IMPACT AID PROGRAM.

       Due to the public health emergency directly relating to 
     COVID-19 and notwithstanding sections 7002(j) and 7003(c) of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     7702(j), 7703(c)), a local educational agency desiring to 
     receive a payment under section 7002 or 7003 of such Act (20 
     U.S.C. 7702, 7703) for fiscal year 2023 that also submitted 
     an application for such payment for fiscal year 2022 shall, 
     in the application submitted under section 7005 of such Act 
     (20 U.S.C. 7705) for fiscal year 2023--
       (1) with respect to a requested payment under section 7002 
     of such Act--
       (A) use the data described in section 7002(j) of such Act 
     relating to calculating such payment that was submitted by 
     the local educational agency in the application for fiscal 
     year 2022; or
       (B) use the data relating to calculating such payment for 
     the fiscal year required under section 7002(j) of such Act; 
     and
       (2) with respect to a requested payment under section 7003 
     of such Act--

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       (A) use the student count data relating to calculating such 
     payment that was submitted by the local educational agency in 
     the application for fiscal year 2022, provided that payments 
     for fiscal year 2023 shall be calculated by the Secretary 
     using the expenditures and rates described in clauses (i), 
     (ii), (iii), and (iv) of section 7003(b)(1)(C) of such Act 
     that would otherwise apply for fiscal year 2023; or
       (B) use the student count data relating to calculating such 
     payment for the fiscal year required under section 7003(c) of 
     such Act.
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