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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8472 

To provide that, due to the disruptions caused by COVID–19, applications 

for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2022 may use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 2021 application. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2020 

Mr. COURTNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To provide that, due to the disruptions caused by COVID– 

19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 

2022 may use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 

2021 application. 

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 ‘‘Impact Aid 

5 Coronavirus Relief Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPACT AID PROGRAM. 

7 Due to the public health emergency relating to 

8 COVID–19 and notwithstanding sections 7002(j) and 


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1 7003(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

2 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(j), 7703(c)), a local educational 

3 agency desiring to receive a payment under section 7002 

4 or 7003 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7702, 7703) for fiscal 

5 year 2022 that also submitted an application for such pay6 ment for fiscal year 2021 shall, in the application sub7 mitted under section 7005 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7705) 

8 for fiscal year 2022— 

9 (1) with respect to a requested payment under 

10 section 7002 of such Act— 

11 (A) use the data described in section 

12 7002(j) of such Act relating to calculating such 

13 payment that was submitted by the local edu14 cational agency in the application for fiscal year 

15 2021; or 

16 (B) use the data relating to calculating 

17 such payment for the fiscal year required under 

18 section 7002(j) of such Act; and 

19 (2) with respect to a requested payment under 

20 section 7003 of such Act— 

21 (A) use the student count data relating to 

22 calculating such payment that was submitted by 

23 the local educational agency in the application 

24 for fiscal year 2021, provided that payments for 

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1 retary using the expenditures and rates de2 scribed in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of sec3 tion 7003(b)(1)(C) of such Act that would oth4 erwise apply for fiscal year 2022; or 

5 (B) use the student count data relating to 

6 calculating such payment for the fiscal year re7 quired under section 7003(c) of such Act. 

8 SEC. 3. MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

9 Due to the public health emergency relating to 

10 COVID–19 and notwithstanding subsections (a)(1) and 

11 (f)(1) of section 1303 of the Elementary and Secondary 

12 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6393), for the purposes 

13 of making determinations under subsections (a)(1) and (f) 

14 of such section 1303 for fiscal year 2021 and all subse15 quent fiscal years for which school year 2019–2020 data 

16 would be used in the calculations under section 1303(a)(1) 

17 of such Act, the Secretary of Education shall use school 

18 year 2018–2019 data or school year 2019–2020 data, 

19 whichever data are greater, wherever school year 2019– 

20 2020 data would otherwise be required. 

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