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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8334 

To provide premium pay to educators at public schools for each hour of 

in-person work. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 

Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CARSON

of Indiana, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. SAN NICOLAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To provide premium pay to educators at public schools for 

each hour of in-person work. 

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 ‘‘Educators are Heroes 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EDUCATOR PREMIUM PAY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after a 

8 local educational agency receives a grant under subsection 

9 (b), the local educational agency, for the duration of the 


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1 emergency period, shall provide to each educator for each 

2 hour that the educator works, in-person at a public school 

3 served by the agency with premium pay equal to 25 per4 cent of the educator’s wage per hour. 

5 (b) EDUCATOR FUND.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 

7 Treasury of the United States a fund to be known 

8 as the ‘‘Educator Fund’’ (referred to in this section 

9 as the ‘‘Fund’’), consisting of amounts appropriated 

10 to the fund under subsection (c). 

11 (2) FUND ADMINISTRATION.—The fund shall be 

12 administered by the Secretary of Treasury, in con13 sultation with the Secretary of Education. 

14 (3) USE OF FUNDS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund 

16 shall be available to award a grant to each local 

17 educational agency that applies for a grant 

18 under subparagraph (B), for the purpose of 

19 providing premium pay under subsection (a). 

20 (B) APPLICATION.—Any local educational 

21 agency seeking a grant under this subsection 

22 shall submit an application to the Secretary of 

23 the Treasury at such time, in such manner, and 

24 complete with such information as the Sec25 retary may require. 


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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated, and there is hereby ap3 propriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out 

4 this section, to remain available until expended. 

5 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

6 (1) EDUCATOR.—The term ‘‘educator’’ includes 

7 teachers and other staff. 

8 (2) EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘emer9 gency period’’ means the period beginning on the 

10 date of enactment of this Act, and ending on the 

11 last day of the public health emergency first de12 clared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of 

13 Health and Human Services under section 319 of 

14 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with 

15 respect to COVID–19. 

16 (3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

17 school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘other staff’’, 

18 and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meaning given such 

19 terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec20 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

21 (4) PUBLIC SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘public 

22 school’’ means a public elementary school or sec23 ondary school. 

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