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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2520 

To assess the impact of school closures due to COVID–19, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2021 

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. MANN, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BABIN, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Ms. 

MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. DONALDS, and Ms. TENNEY) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To assess the impact of school closures due to COVID– 

19, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kids In-Person Deter5 mines School Success Act’’ or the ‘‘KIDS Success Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORTS AND ASSESSMENT ON IMPACT OF 

7 SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO COVID–19. 

8 (a) LEA INFORMATION COLLECTION.—Not later 

9 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 


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1 local educational agency that received funds under section 

2 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 

3 Law 117–2) shall submit to the Secretary of Education 

4 a report that includes the following: 

5 (1) With respect to each unopened school in the 

6 jurisdiction of such agency— 

7 (A) an explanation of the reasons such 

8 school has not opened for full-time, in-person 

9 learning in accordance with the guidance of the 

10 Centers for Disease Control titled ‘‘Operational 

11 Strategy for K–12 Schools through Phased Pre12 vention’’, as updated on March 19, 2021; and 

13 (B) the expected date on which students 

14 are expected to return to such school for full15 time, in-person learning. 

16 (2) The total amount of Federal COVID–19 re17 lief funds received by the local educational agency in 

18 the preceding 12 months. 

19 (3) Such other information as the Secretary of 

20 Education may require. 

21 (b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.— 

22 (1) ASSESSMENT.—Using the information re23 ceived from local educational agencies under sub24 section (a) and other available research and informa25 tion, the Secretary of Education shall conduct an asVerDate Sep 11 2014 08:50 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2520.IH H2520

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1 sessment of the effects of school closures due to 

2 COVID–19, including— 

3 (A) the long-term effects of extended e4 learning and hybrid learning on students; 

5 (B) the effect of such closures on student 

6 absenteeism and disciplinary changes; and 

7 (C) any other effects the Secretary deter8 mines to be relevant. 

9 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

11 Education shall submit to Congress a report on the 

12 results of the assessment conducted under para13 graph (1). 

14 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

15 (1) The term ‘‘unopened school’’ means an ele16 mentary school or secondary school that is not open 

17 for full-time, in-person learning as of April 5, 2021. 

18 (2) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘local edu19 cational agency’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the 

20 meanings given those terms in section 8101 if the 

21 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

22 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

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