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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6002 

To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a grant program for the 

construction of schools in overcrowded areas, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2018 

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

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a grant 

program for the construction of schools in overcrowded 

areas, 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 ‘‘School Overcrowding 

5 Reduction Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Edu9 cation shall establish a program (in this section referred 

10 to as the ‘‘Program’’) under which the Secretary may 


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1 award grants, on a competitive basis, to qualifying local 

2 educational agencies in accordance with this section. 

3 (b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under 

4 the Program, a qualifying local educational agency shall 

5 submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 

6 such form, and containing such information as the Sec7 retary may require. 

8 (c) GRANT USES.—Grant amounts awarded to a 

9 qualifying local educational agency under the Program 

10 shall be used for activities relating to the construction of 

11 a school facility. 

12 (d) PRIORITY OF AWARD.—In selecting qualifying 

13 local educational agencies to receive a grant under the 

14 Program, the Secretary shall give priority to agencies that 

15 demonstrate that grant amounts received will be used to 

16 construct a school facility in a location that is no more 

17 than two miles from a school served by the agency in 

18 which the average class size (excluding special education 

19 classes exclusively serving children with disabilities as de20 fined in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities 

21 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401)) exceeds 25 students. 

22 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Program 

24 $10,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2019 through 2023. 


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1 (f) QUALIFYING LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘qualifying local edu3 cational agency’’ means a local educational agency (as that 

4 term is defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and 

5 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) 

6 that— 

7 (1) is a recipient of funds under title I of such 

8 Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); and 

9 (2) has a service area with respect to which— 

10 (A) the aggregate average class size (ex11 cluding special education classes exclusively 

12 serving children with disabilities as defined in 

13 section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities 

14 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401)) exceeds 23 

15 students; or 

16 (B) more than 20 percent of students are 

17 assigned to a class with more than 30 students. 

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