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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8691 

To authorize the establishment of an Education Jobs Fund to retain and 

create education jobs in communities most impacted by COVID–19, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 27, 2020 

Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Mr. SABLAN, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced 

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

Labor 

A BILL 

To authorize the establishment of an Education Jobs Fund 

to retain and create education jobs in communities most 

impacted by 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 ‘‘Save Education Jobs 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS TO RETAIN 

2 AND CREATE EDUCATION JOBS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro4 priated to the Secretary to establish and implement an 

5 Education Jobs Fund— 

6 (1) $56,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

7 (2) $52,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

8 (3) $34,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

9 (4) $26,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

10 (5) $17,700,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

11 (6) $14,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 

12 (7) $14,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 

13 (8) $14,800,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; 

14 (9) $15,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and 

15 (10) $15,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2030. 

16 (b) RESERVATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EX17 PENSES.—Of the amounts made available for a fiscal year 

18 under subsection (a), the Secretary may reserve not more 

19 than $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year for administra20 tion and oversight of this Act. 

21 (c) ALLOCATION SCHEDULE.— 

22 (1) FIRST YEAR OF GRANTS.—From the 

23 amounts first made available under subsection (a), 

24 not later than 30 days after the date of the enact25 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall award grants 

26 in accordance with section 3. 


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1 (2) SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—Not later than 30 

2 days after the first day of the first fiscal year that 

3 begins after the date of the enactment of this Act 

4 and annually thereafter, from the amounts made 

5 available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

6 award grants in accordance with section 3. 

7 SEC. 3. GRANTS TO RETAIN AND CREATE EDUCATION JOBS. 

8 (a) ELIGIBILITY.— 

9 (1) NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY.— 

10 (A) FISCAL YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2026.— 

11 For fiscal years 2021 through 2026, each State 

12 educational agency that submits an application 

13 meeting the requirements under section 5 shall 

14 be eligible to receive a grant in accordance with 

15 this section for each such fiscal year. 

16 (B) FISCAL YEARS 2027 THROUGH 2030.— 

17 Except as provided in paragraph (2), for fiscal 

18 years 2027 through 2030, each State edu19 cational agency that submits an application 

20 meeting the requirements under section 5 shall 

21 be eligible to receive a grant in accordance with 

22 this section for each such fiscal year. 

23 (2) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ELIGIBILITY

24 IN THE CASE OF NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT AVER25 AGE DECREASE.— 


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1 (A) FISCAL YEARS FOR WHICH NATIONAL

2 ELIGIBILITY DOES NOT APPLY.—Paragraph 

3 (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to a fiscal 

4 year described in such paragraph if during the 

5 period beginning on the first day of fiscal year 

6 2021 and ending on the last day of the fiscal 

7 year preceding such a fiscal year, the average 

8 rate of total unemployment in the Nation (sea9 sonally adjusted) for the period consisting of 

10 the most recent 3 consecutive months for which 

11 data for all States are published by the Bureau 

12 of Labor Statistics was less than or equal to 

13 5.5 percent. 

14 (B) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY-BASED

15 ELIGIBILITY.—In the case of a fiscal year de16 scribed in subparagraph (A), a State edu17 cational agency shall be eligible to receive a 

18 grant in accordance with this section for such 

19 fiscal year if— 

20 (i) such State educational agency sub21 mits an application meeting the require22 ments under section 5; and 

23 (ii) with respect to each month occur24 ring in the fiscal year preceding such fiscal 

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1 ment in the State (seasonally adjusted) for 

2 the period consisting of the most recent 3 

3 consecutive months for which data are 

4 published by the Bureau of Labor Statis5 tics was greater than 5.5 percent. 

6 (3) OUTLYING AREA AND BUREAU OF INDIAN

7 EDUCATION ELIGIBILITY.— 

8 (A) FISCAL YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2026.— 

9 For fiscal years 2021 through 2026, each out10 lying area and program operated or funded by 

11 the Bureau of Indian Education shall be eligible 

12 to receive a grant in accordance with this sec13 tion for each such fiscal year. 

14 (B) FISCAL YEARS 2027 THROUGH 2030.— 

15 Except as provided in subparagraph (C), for 

16 fiscal years 2027 through 2030, each outlying 

17 area and program operated or funded by the 

18 Bureau of Indian Education shall be eligible to 

19 receive a grant in accordance with this section 

20 for each such fiscal year. 

21 (C) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (B) shall 

22 not apply with respect to a fiscal year described 

23 in such subparagraph if during the period be24 ginning on the first day of fiscal year 2021 and 

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1 ceding such a fiscal year, the average rate of 

2 total unemployment in the Nation (seasonally 

3 adjusted) for the period consisting of the most 

4 recent 3 consecutive months for which data for 

5 all States are published by the Bureau of Labor 

6 Statistics was less than or equal to 3.5 percent. 

7 (b) ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

8 (1) ALLOCATION TO OUTLYING AREAS AND BU9 REAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION.— 

10 (A) RESERVATION.—Subject to subsection 

11 (a)(3), from the amount made available under 

12 section 2(a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary 

13 shall reserve— 

(i) an amount equal to 1 14 ⁄2 of 1 percent 

15 for allocations to the outlying areas in ac16 cordance with subparagraph (B); and 

(ii) an amount equal to 1 17 ⁄2 of 1 per18 cent for allocations to programs operated 

19 or funded by the Bureau of Indian Edu20 cation in accordance with subparagraph 

21 (C). 

22 (B) OUTLYING AREAS.—From the amount 

23 made available under subparagraph (A)(i) for a 

24 fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each 

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1 portion to such amount as the amount the out2 lying area received under part A of title I of the 

3 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the pre5 ceding fiscal year bears to the amount all out6 lying areas received under such part for the 

7 preceding fiscal year. 

8 (C) PROGRAMS OPERATED OR FUNDED BY

9 THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION.—From 

10 the amount made available under subparagraph 

11 (A)(ii) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall, in 

12 consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, 

13 allocate to each program operated or funded by 

14 the Bureau of Indian Education a grant that 

15 bears the same proportion to such amount as 

16 the amount the program operated or funded by 

17 the Bureau of Indian Education received under 

18 part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec19 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 

20 et seq.) for the preceding fiscal year bears to 

21 the amount all programs operated or funded by 

22 the Bureau of Indian Education received under 

23 such part for the preceding fiscal year. 

24 (2) ALLOCATION TO STATE EDUCATIONAL

25 AGENCIES.—From the amount made available under 


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1 section 2(a) for a fiscal year remaining after the res2 ervation under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall 

3 allocate to each State educational agency that is eli4 gible under subsection (a) a grant that bears the 

5 same proportion to such amount as the amount the 

6 State educational agency received under part A of 

7 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

8 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the pre9 ceding fiscal year bears to the amount all State edu10 cational agencies received under such part for the 

11 preceding fiscal year. 

12 (c) RESERVATION BY STATE EDUCATIONAL AGEN13 CY.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts allocated to 

15 a State educational agency under subsection (b)(2) 

16 for a fiscal year, such State educational agency may 

17 reserve not more than 5 percent— 

18 (A) for administrative costs of carrying out 

19 subgrants under subsection (d); 

20 (B) for the costs of retaining or creating 

21 positions in the State educational agency re22 lated to the administration or support of early 

23 childhood, public elementary, public secondary, 

24 or public postsecondary education; and 


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1 (C) to implement evidence-based strategies 

2 to ensure that low-income students and minor3 ity children enrolled in schools assisted under 

4 this section are not served at disproportionate 

5 rates by ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperi6 enced teachers, as described in section 

7 1111(g)(1)(B) of the Elementary and Sec8 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

9 6311(g)(1)(B)). 

10 (2) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 

11 funds reserved by a State educational agency under 

12 paragraph (1) may be used by such State edu13 cational agency to carry out an activity described in 

14 paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 4(c). 

15 (d) SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN16 CIES.—Of the amounts allocated to a State educational 

17 agency under subsection (b)(2) for a fiscal year and re18 maining after such State educational agency reserves 

19 funds under subsection (c)(1), such State educational 

20 agency shall allocate to each local educational agency in 

21 the State a grant that bears the same proportion to such 

22 amount as the amount the local educational agency re23 ceived under part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec24 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) 

25 for the preceding fiscal year bears to the amount all local 


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1 educational agencies in the State received under such part 

2 for the preceding fiscal year. 

3 SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS. 

4 (a) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational 

5 agency that receives a subgrant under section 3(d) shall 

6 use not less than 90 percent of the subgrant funds for 

7 compensation and benefits and other expenses, such as 

8 support services, necessary to retain existing employees, 

9 to recall or rehire former employees, and to hire new em10 ployees, in order to provide early childhood, elementary, 

11 or secondary educational related services. 

12 (b) PERMISSIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—A local edu13 cational agency that receives a subgrant under section 

14 3(d) may use not more than 10 percent of such subgrant 

15 funds for any of the following: 

16 (1) Training, which may include high-quality 

17 residency, mentoring and induction programs, and 

18 professional development. 

19 (2) Salary increases to cover extended days or 

20 school years for instruction and enrichment to make 

21 up for students’ lost instructional time due to 

22 COVID–19 and to ensure all students have access to 

23 a well-rounded education and the supports needed to 

24 succeed. 


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1 (3) Salary increases to cover increased work2 days to provide intensive professional learning and 

3 educator planning opportunities, including through 

4 professional learning communities. 

5 (4) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), in6 centives, such as loan forgiveness, service scholarship 

7 programs, fee reimbursement for costs associated 

8 with obtaining advanced or additional teacher certifi9 cation, or increased salaries, for teachers to teach in 

10 high-need schools and in high-need fields such as 

11 special education. 

12 (5) To develop, maintain, or expand partnership 

13 programs with teacher preparation programs in in14 stitutions of higher education that target high-need 

15 fields, high-need schools, and diverse candidates to 

16 expand the pipeline into the teaching profession. 

17 (6) Developing teacher leadership roles in high18 need schools. 

19 (c) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—A local edu20 cational agency that receives a subgrant under section 

21 3(d) may not use such subgrant funds— 

22 (1) for general administrative expenses or for 

23 other support services expenditures (as such terms 

24 are defined on the date of the enactment of this Act 


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1 in the Common Core of Data of the National Center 

2 for Education Statistics); 

3 (2) to provide increased salaries or bonuses re4 lated to on-the-job performance; 

5 (3) directly or indirectly, to— 

6 (A) establish, restore, or supplement a 

7 rainy-day fund; 

8 (B) supplant State funds in a manner that 

9 has the effect of establishing, restoring, or 

10 supplementing a rainy-day fund; 

11 (C) reduce or retire debt obligations in12 curred by the State; or 

13 (D) supplant State funds in a manner that 

14 has the effect of reducing or retiring debt obli15 gations incurred by the State; 

16 (4) to meet the requirements under section 

17 1117 or 8501 of the Elementary and Secondary 

18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6320; 20 U.S.C. 

19 7881); or 

20 (5) to support private schools, through employ21 ment, services, vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, or 

22 savings accounts for students to attend private ele23 mentary or secondary schools, or other means. 


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1 SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency seek3 ing to receive a grant under this Act shall provide to the 

4 Secretary an application that includes the following: 

5 (1) An assurance that the State educational 

6 agency will develop and implement a monitoring plan 

7 that will enable the State educational agency to en8 sure that local educational agencies in such State 

9 comply with all applicable programmatic and fiscal 

10 requirements, including with the use of funds re11 quirements under section 4. 

12 (2) An assurance that the State educational 

13 agency will support local educational agencies in tar14 geting funding provided under this Act to high-need 

15 schools and to support subgroups of students, in16 cluding low-income students, students with disabil17 ities, English learners, minority children, students 

18 experiencing homelessness, children or youth in fos19 ter care, migrant children, students involved with 

20 the juvenile justice system, or children at risk for 

21 academic failure. 

22 (3) An assurance that the funds received under 

23 this Act will be used to supplement the level of Fed24 eral, State, and local public funds that would, in the 

25 absence of such Federal funds provided under this 


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1 Act, be used to support public elementary and public 

2 secondary education and not supplant such funds. 

3 (4) An assurance that the State educational 

4 agency and local educational agencies in such State 

5 will provide the reports required under section 7. 

6 (5) An assurance that the State educational 

7 agency will provide the local educational agencies in 

8 such State with the technical assistance and support 

9 needed to help avoid unanticipated spending cliffs. 

10 (6) An assurance that the State educational 

11 agency will take action to ensure that low-income 

12 students and minority children enrolled in schools 

13 assisted under this section are not served at dis14 proportionate rates by ineffective, out-of-field, or in15 experienced teachers, as described in section 

16 1111(g)(1)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary 

17 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(g)(1)(B)). 

18 (7) An assurance the State educational agency 

19 will meet the maintenance of effort and equity re20 quirements under section 6. 

21 (b) NO FURTHER INFORMATION OR ASSURANCES.— 

22 The Secretary may not require information or assurances 

23 in addition to the information and assurances required 

24 under subsection (a) and section 6 unless such information 


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1 or assurance is necessary to determine compliance with 

2 this Act. 

3 SEC. 6. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND EQUITY. 

4 (a) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY MAINTENANCE OF

5 EFFORT.—As a condition of receiving a grant under this 

6 Act for a fiscal year, a State educational agency shall pro7 vide to the Secretary an assurance that such State edu8 cational agency will, in such fiscal year, provide support 

9 for public elementary and public secondary education, in10 cluding current and capital spending, that bears the same 

11 proportion to the overall State budget for such fiscal year 

12 as the average amount of such support for school years 

13 2017–2018 and 2018–2019 bears to the average overall 

14 State budget for the fiscal years applicable to such school 

15 years. 

16 (b) MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY.— 

17 (1) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY MAINTE18 NANCE OF EQUITY FOR HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDU19 CATIONAL AGENCIES.—As a condition of receiving a 

20 grant under this Act for a fiscal year, a State edu21 cational agency shall provide to the Secretary an as22 surance that if any per-pupil reduction in State 

23 funding occurs in such fiscal year for any high-need 

24 local educational agency in the State, it shall not be 


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1 more than the overall per-pupil reduction in State 

2 funds. 

3 (2) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY MAINTE4 NANCE OF EQUITY FOR SCHOOLS WITH HIGHEST

5 SHARE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STU6 DENTS.—As a condition of receiving a grant under 

7 this Act for a fiscal year, a State educational agency 

8 shall provide to the Secretary an assurance that the 

9 State educational agency will not reduce State fund10 ing below fiscal year 2019 levels for the 20 percent 

11 of local educational agencies in the State with the 

12 highest share of economically disadvantaged stu13 dents. 

14 (3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY MAINTE15 NANCE OF EQUITY FOR HIGH-POVERTY SCHOOLS.— 

16 As a condition of receiving a subgrant under this 

17 Act for a fiscal year, a local educational agency shall 

18 provide to the State educational agency an assur19 ance that— 

20 (A) if any per-pupil reduction in local edu21 cational agency funding occurs in such fiscal 

22 year for any high-poverty school served by the 

23 local educational agency, it shall not be more 

24 than the overall per-pupil reduction in local 

25 educational agency funds; and 


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1 (B) the local educational agency will not 

2 reduce staffing in any high-poverty school in an 

3 amount that is greater than— 

4 (i) the total reduction in staffing in all 

5 schools served by the local educational 

6 agency, divided by 

7 (ii) the total enrollment in such local 

8 educational agency. 

9 SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

10 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually for 

13 each subsequent year for which funds are made 

14 available under this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

15 a report to the Committee on Health, Education, 

16 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee 

17 on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 

18 Education and Labor of the House of Representa19 tives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives that includes the following 

21 information: 

22 (A) The outlying areas to which the Sec23 retary allocated funds under this Act. 

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1 (C) The amounts allocated to each outlying 

2 area under this Act. 

3 (D) The programs operated or funded by 

4 the Bureau of Indian Education to which the 

5 Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 

6 the Interior, allocated funds. 

7 (E) The programs operated or funded by 

8 the Bureau of Indian Education to which the 

9 Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 

10 the Interior, did not allocate funds. 

11 (F) The amount allocated to each program 

12 operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian 

13 Education. 

14 (G) The amount allocated to each State 

15 educational agency under this Act. 

16 (H) A summary of the reports the Sec17 retary received under subsections (b) and (c). 

18 (2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make 

19 each report submitted under paragraph (1) publicly 

20 available on the website of the Department of Edu21 cation. 

22 (b) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORTING.— 

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1 cational agency that receives a grant under this Act shall 

2 submit a report to the Secretary that includes the fol3 lowing information: 

4 (1) The number and percentage of educator 

5 and other staff positions that are eliminated or left 

6 unfilled in the State (as reported on the annual re7 port card under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 

8 1111(h) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h))), included 

10 in the aggregate and disaggregated by: 

11 (A) High-poverty local education agencies 

12 and schools compared to low-poverty local edu13 cation agencies and schools. 

14 (B) Local educational agencies and schools 

15 serving the highest number and percentage of 

16 minority children compared to local education 

17 agencies and schools serving the fewest number 

18 and percent of minority children. 

19 (2) The number and percentage of teaching po20 sitions that are eliminated or left unfilled in the 

21 State (as reported on the annual report card under 

22 paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1111(h) of the Ele23 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

24 U.S.C. 6311(h))), included in the aggregate and 


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1 disaggregated by the following characteristics of the 

2 teacher who previously held the position: 

3 (A) Race and ethnicity. 

4 (B) Certification status (full-certification 

5 or provisional certification). 

6 (C) Teachers in the first 2 years of teach7 ing. 

8 (D) Teachers with 3 or more years of 

9 teaching experience. 

10 (E) If determined appropriate by the State 

11 educational agency, the most recent effective12 ness rating with respect to such teacher. 

13 (3) The percentage of funds under this Act re14 served under section 3(c) and how such funds were 

15 spent. 

16 (4) A summary of the activities for which the 

17 subgrants were used in the State. 

18 (5) A summary of how the State educational 

19 agency ensured State funding for the 20 percent of 

20 local educational agencies in the State with the high21 est share of economically disadvantaged students re22 mained at or above fiscal year 2019 levels. 

23 (6) A summary of how the State educational 

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1 come students, students with disabilities, English 

2 learners, minority children, students experiencing 

3 homeless, children and youth in foster care, migrant 

4 children, students involved with the juvenile justice 

5 system, and children at risk for academic failure. 

6 (7) The amount allocated by the State edu7 cational agency to each local educational agency. 

8 (8) A description of grant outcomes, including 

9 the extent to which teacher shortages in high-need10 fields in high-needs schools remain. 

11 (9) A summary of the reports the State edu12 cational agency received under subsection (d). 

13 (c) FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 60 

14 days after a State educational agency receives funds under 

15 this Act, and annually for each subsequent year for which 

16 funds are made available under this Act thereafter, such 

17 State educational agency shall submit to the Secretary the 

18 following: 

19 (1) The number of full-time equivalent employ20 ees by category prior to receiving the funds under 

21 this Act and the number of full-time equivalent em22 ployees by category after receiving such funds. 

23 (2) The most current applicable maintenance of 

24 effort data available to demonstrate compliance with 

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1 (3) The most current maintenance of equity 

2 data available to demonstrate compliance with sec3 tion 6(b). 

4 (4) A summary of development and implemen5 tation of a monitoring plan that will enable the 

6 State educational agency to ensure that its local 

7 educational agencies comply with all applicable pro8 grammatic and fiscal requirements. 

9 (d) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORTING.— 

10 Not later than 1 year after a local educational agency re11 ceives a subgrant under section 3(d), and annually for 

12 each subsequent year for which funds are made available 

13 under this Act thereafter, such local educational agency 

14 shall submit a report to the State educational agency that 

15 includes the following: 

16 (1) A list of the activities for which such 

17 subgrant funds were used. 

18 (2) A description of the outcomes from the use 

19 of such subgrant funds. 

20 (3) A summary of how the local educational 

21 agency sought to preserve or improve the number of 

22 teacher and support staff positions in the local edu23 cational agency’s highest poverty schools. 

24 (4) The per-pupil expenditures (which shall in25 clude actual personnel expenditures, including staff 


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1 salary differentials for years of employment, and ac2 tual nonpersonnel expenditures) of State and local 

3 education funds for each school served by the agency 

4 for the preceding fiscal year, disaggregated by each 

5 quartile of students attending the school based on 

6 student level of poverty and by each major racial or 

7 ethnic group in the school, for the preceding fiscal 

8 year. 

9 (5) A description of how the local educational 

10 agency sought to protect the highest poverty schools 

11 from reductions-in-force or hiring freezes. 

12 (6) A description of how low-income and minor13 ity children are not served at disproportionate rates 

14 by ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers. 

15 (7) A description of how the local educational 

16 agency allocated funding to high-need schools to 

17 support subgroups of students, including low-income 

18 students, students with disabilities, English learners, 

19 minority children, students experiencing homeless20 ness, children or youth in foster care, migrant chil21 dren, students involved with the juvenile justice sys22 tem, and children at risk for academic failure. 

23 (8) The number of full-time equivalent employ24 ees by category prior to receiving the subgrant and 


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1 the number of full time equivalent employees by cat2 egory after receiving the subgrant. 

3 SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STU6 DENT.—The term ‘‘economically disadvantaged stu7 dent’’ means a student eligible for a free or reduced 

8 price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National 

9 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). 

10 (2) EDUCATION JOBS FUND.—The term ‘‘Edu11 cation Jobs Fund’’ means the fund established 

12 under section 2(a). 

13 (3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘English learn14 er’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, 

15 ‘‘paraprofessional’’, ‘‘professional development’’, 

16 ‘‘school leader’’, ‘‘specialized instructional support 

17 personnel’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State educational 

18 agency’’, and ‘‘well-rounded education’’ have the 

19 meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the 

20 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

21 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

22 (4) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN23 CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 

24 means a local educational agency that has a percent25 age of economically disadvantaged students that is 


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1 greater than the median percentage of economically 

2 disadvantaged students for all local educational 

3 agencies in the State. 

4 (5) HIGH-POVERTY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high5 poverty school’’ means, with respect to a school 

6 served by a local educational agency, a school that 

7 serves a higher percentage of economically disadvan8 taged students than the school that serves the me9 dian amount of economically disadvantaged students 

10 served by such local educational agency. 

11 (6) OVERALL PER-PUPIL REDUCTION IN LOCAL

12 EDUCATIONAL AGENCY FUNDS.—The term ‘‘overall 

13 per-pupil reduction in local educational agency 

14 funds’’ means, with respect to a fiscal year— 

15 (A) the total reduction in local educational 

16 agency funds in such fiscal year provided to all 

17 schools served by such local educational agency, 

18 divided by 

19 (B) the total student enrollment in such 

20 schools served by such local educational agency 

21 for each school year applicable to such fiscal 

22 year. 

23 (7) OVERALL PER-PUPIL REDUCTION IN STATE

24 FUNDS.—The term ‘‘overall per-pupil reduction in 

25 State funds’’ means, with respect to a fiscal year— 


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1 (A) the total reduction in State funds in 

2 such fiscal year provided to all local educational 

3 agencies in the State, divided by 

4 (B) the total student enrollment in such 

5 local educational agencies in the State for each 

6 school year applicable to such fiscal year. 

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