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(B) construct, modernize, renovate, or ret-
rofit public school facilities, which may include 
seismic retrofitting for schools vulnerable to 
natural disasters; 
(C) carry out major repairs of public 
school facilities; 
(D) install furniture or fixtures with at 
least a 10-year life in public school facilities; 
(E) construct new public school facilities; 
(F) acquire and prepare sites on which 
new public school facilities will be constructed; 
(G) extend the life of basic systems and 
components of public school facilities; 
(H) reduce current or anticipated over-
crowding in public school facilities; 
(I) ensure the building envelopes of public 
school facilities are structurally sound, secure, 
and protects occupants and interiors from the 
elements; 
(J) improve energy and water efficiency to 
lower the costs of energy and water consump-
tion in public school facilities; 
(K) improve indoor air quality in public 
school facilities; 
(L) reduce or eliminate the presence of— 
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(i) toxins and chemicals, including 
mercury, radon, PCBs, lead, and asbestos; 
(ii) mold and mildew; or 
(iii) rodents and pests; 
(M) ensure the safety of drinking water at 
the tap and water used for meal preparation in 
public school facilities, which may include test-
ing of the potability of water at the tap for the 
presence of lead and other contaminants; 
(N) bring public school facilities into com-
pliance with applicable fire, health, and safety 
codes; 
(O) make public school facilities accessible 
to people with disabilities through compliance 
with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 794); 
(P) provide instructional program space 
improvements for programs relating to early 
learning (including early learning programs op-
erated by partners of the agency), special edu-
cation, science, technology, career and technical 
education, physical education, or the arts; 
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(Q) increase the use of public school facili-
ties for the purpose of community-based part-
nerships that provide students with academic, 
health, and social services; 
(R) ensure the health of students and staff 
during the construction or modernization of 
public school facilities; or 
(S) reduce or eliminate excessive classroom 
noise. 
(2) PROHIBITED USES.—A qualified local edu-
cational agency that receives covered funds may not 
use such funds for— 
(A) payment of routine and predictable 
maintenance costs and minor repairs; 
(B) any facility that is primarily used for 
athletic contests or exhibitions or other events 
for which admission is charged to the general 
public; 
(C) vehicles; or 
(D) central offices, operation centers, or 
other facilities that are not primarily used to 
educate students. 
(g) ANNUAL REPORT ON PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 
30 of each fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
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enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on the projects carried out with funds made avail-
able under this section. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, with respect to the fiscal year pre-
ceding the year in which the report is submitted, the 
following: 
(A) An identification of each qualified local 
educational agency that received an allocation 
under this section. 
(B) With respect to each such agency, a 
description of— 
(i) the demographic composition of 
the student population served by the agen-
cy, disaggregated by— 
(I) race; 
(II) the number and percentage 
of students counted under section 
1124(c) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6333(c)); and 
(III) the number and percentage 
of students who are eligible for a free 
or reduced price lunch under the 
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Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 
(ii) the population density of the geo-
graphic area served by the agency; 
(iii) the projects for which the agency 
used the allocation received under this sec-
tion; 
(iv) the demonstrable or expected ben-
efits of the projects; and 
(v) the estimated number of jobs cre-
ated by the projects. 
(C) The total dollar amount of all alloca-
tions received by local educational agencies 
under this section. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED
FUNDS.—The term ‘‘covered 
funds’’ means funds received under this section. 
(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’— 
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(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and 
(B) includes a public board of education or 
other public authority legally constituted within 
an outlying area for either administrative con-
trol or direction of, or to perform a service 
function for, public elementary schools or sec-
ondary schools in such outlying area. 
(4) PUBLIC
SCHOOL
FACILITIES.—The term 
‘‘public school facilities’’ means the facilities of a 
public elementary school or a public secondary 
school. 
(5) QUALIFIED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘‘qualified local educational agency’’ 
means a local educational agency that— 
(A) receives funds under part A of title I 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.); and 
(B) is located in a covered disaster area. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated $1,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2020 to carry out this section. 
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(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under 
paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 514. HOLD HARMLESS FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES SERVING MAJOR DISASTER AREAS. 
In the case of a local educational agency that serves 
a covered disaster area, the amount made available for 
such local educational agency under each of sections 1124, 
1124A, 1125, and 1125A of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333, 6334, 
6335, and 6337) for fiscal year 2018 shall be not less than 
the amount made available for such local educational 
agency under each of such sections for fiscal year 2017. 
SEC. 515. PARAPROFESSIONAL RECIPROCITY; DELAY. 
(a) AFFECTED PARAPROFESSIONAL.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘affected paraprofessional’’ means a 
paraprofessional who— 
(1) is displaced due to Hurricane Irma and re-
locates to a State that is different from the State in 
which such paraprofessional resided on September 5, 
2017; or 
(2) is displaced due to Hurricane Maria and re-
locates to a State that is different from the State in 
which such paraprofessional resided on September 
16, 2017. 
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(b) RECIPROCITY.—A local educational agency may 
consider an affected paraprofessional hired by such agency 
who does not meet the professional standards for para-
professionals described in section 1111(g)(2)(M) of the El-
ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(g)(2)(M)) in the State in which such agency 
is located to satisfy such requirements, for purposes of 
such section, for the 2017–2018 school year, if such para-
professional satisfied such requirements on or before— 
(1) in the case of an affected paraprofessional 
displaced by Hurricane Irma, September 5, 2017, in 
the State in which such paraprofessional resided on 
such date; or 
(2) in the case of an affected paraprofessional 
displaced by Hurricane Maria, September 16, 2017, 
in the State in which such paraprofessional resided 
on such date. 
SEC. 516. REGULATORY AND FINANCIAL RELIEF. 
(a) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsections (b) 
and (c), in providing any grant or other assistance, di-
rectly or indirectly, to an entity in a covered disaster area, 
the Secretary may, as applicable, waive or modify, in order 
to ease fiscal burdens, any requirement relating to the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Maintenance of effort. 
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(2) The use of Federal funds to supplement, 
not supplant, non-Federal funds. 
(3) Any non-Federal share or capital contribu-
tion required to match Federal funds provided under 
programs administered by the Secretary. 
(b) DURATION.—A waiver under this section shall be 
for the fiscal year 2018. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) RELATION TO IDEA.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to waive or modify any provi-
sion of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 
(2) MAINTENANCE
OF
EFFORT.—If the Sec-
retary grants a waiver or modification under this 
section waiving or modifying a requirement relating 
to maintenance of effort for fiscal year 2018, the 
level of effort required for fiscal year 2019 shall not 
be reduced because of the waiver or modification. 
SEC. 517. ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND 
YOUTHS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide as-
sistance to local educational agencies serving homeless 
children and youths displaced by a covered disaster, con-
sistent with section 723 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11433), including— 
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(1) identification and enrollment assistance; 
(2) assessment and school placement assistance; 
(3) transportation; 
(4) coordination of school services; 
(5) referrals for health and mental health; and 
(6) emergency services and supplies necessary 
to enable homeless children and youths to enroll, at-
tend, and succeed in school. 
(b) EXCEPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of providing as-
sistance under subsection (a), section 722(c) and 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 723 of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11432(c), 11433(b) and (c)) shall not apply. 
(2) DISBURSEMENT.— 
(A) DISBURSEMENT BY SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary shall disburse funding provided under 
subsection (a) to State educational agencies 
based on demonstrated need, as determined by 
the Secretary, and based on the number of 
homeless children and youths enrolled as a re-
sult of displacement by a covered disaster. 
(B) DISBURSEMENT
BY
STATE
EDU-
CATIONAL
AGENCY.—Each State educational 
agency receiving funding under subparagraph 
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(A) shall distribute funds that are appropriated 
under section 601 and available to carry out 
this section to local educational agencies based 
on demonstrated need and based on the number 
of homeless children and youths enrolled in the 
area served by the local educational agency as 
a result of displacement by a covered disaster, 
for the purposes of carrying out subtitle B of 
title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.). 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘homeless 
children and youths’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a). 
SEC. 518. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY IMPACT AID FOR DIS-
PLACED STUDENTS. 
(a) TEMPORARY EMERGENCY IMPACT AID AUTHOR-
IZED.— 
(1) AID TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
From amounts appropriated to carry out this sub-
title, the Secretary shall provide emergency impact 
aid to State educational agencies to enable the State 
educational agencies to make emergency impact aid 
payments to eligible local educational agencies and 
eligible BIA-funded schools to enable such eligible 
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local educational agencies and schools to provide for 
the instruction of students served by such agencies 
and schools. 
(2) AID
TO
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES 
AND
BIA-FUNDED
SCHOOLS.—A State educational 
agency shall make emergency impact aid payments 
to eligible local educational agencies and eligible 
BIA-funded schools in accordance with subsection 
(d). 
(3) 
STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES.—The 
State educational agency for Puerto Rico or the Vir-
gin Islands, as the case may be, shall carry out the 
activities of eligible local educational agencies that 
are unable to carry out this section, including any 
eligible local educational agency where the authori-
ties normally exercised by local educational agencies 
are exercised by the government of Puerto Rico or 
the Virgin Islands. 
(4) NOTICE
OF
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY.—Not 
later than 14 calendar days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the 
Federal Register a notice of the availability of funds 
under this section. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—A State 
educational agency that desires to receive emergency 
impact aid under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary, not later than 7 calendar 
days after the date by which an application under 
paragraph (2) must be submitted, in such manner, 
and accompanied by such information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require, including information 
on the total displaced student child count of the 
State provided by eligible local educational agencies 
in the State and eligible BIA-funded schools in the 
State under paragraph (2). 
(2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AND BIA- 
FUNDED
SCHOOLS.—An eligible local educational 
agency or eligible BIA-funded school that desires an 
emergency impact aid payment under this section 
shall submit an application to the State educational 
agency, not later than 14 calendar days after the 
date of the publication of the notice described in 
subsection (a)(4), in such manner, and accompanied 
by such information as the State educational agency 
may reasonably require, including documentation 
submitted quarterly for the 2017–2018 school year 
that indicates the following: 
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(A) In the case of an eligible local edu-
cational agency, the number of displaced stu-
dents enrolled in the public elementary schools 
and secondary schools (including the number of 
displaced students who are children with dis-
abilities) served by such agency for such quar-
ter. 
(B) In the case of an eligible BIA-funded 
school, the number of displaced students, in-
cluding the number of displaced students who 
are children with disabilities, enrolled in such 
school for such quarter. 
(3) DETERMINATION
OF
NUMBER
OF
DIS-
PLACED STUDENTS.—In determining the number of 
displaced students for a quarter under paragraph 
(2), an eligible local educational agency or eligible 
BIA-funded school shall include the number of dis-
placed students served— 
(A) in the case of a determination for the 
first quarterly installment, during the quarter 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) in the case of a determination for each 
subsequent quarterly installment, during the 
quarter immediately preceding the quarter for 
which the installment is provided. 
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(d) AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY IMPACT AID.— 
(1) AID TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount of emer-
gency impact aid received by a State edu-
cational agency for the 2017–2018 school year 
shall equal the sum of— 
(i) the product of the number of dis-
placed students (who are not children with 
disabilities), as determined by the eligible 
local educational agencies and eligible BIA- 
funded schools in the State under sub-
section (c)(2), times $6,000; and 
(ii) the product of the number of dis-
placed students who are children with dis-
abilities, as determined by the eligible local 
educational agencies and eligible BIA-fund-
ed schools in the State under subsection 
(c)(2), times $7,500. 
(B) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If the amount 
available under this section to provide emer-
gency impact aid under this subsection is insuf-
ficient to pay the full amount that a State edu-
cational agency is eligible to receive under this 
section, the Secretary shall ratably reduce the 
amount of such emergency impact aid. 
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(C) RETENTION OF STATE SHARE.—In the 
case of a State educational agency that has 
made a payment prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act to a local educational agency for the 
purpose of covering additional costs incurred as 
a result of enrolling a displaced student in a 
school served by the local educational agency, 
the State educational agency may retain a por-
tion of the payment described in paragraph 
(2)(B) that bears the same relation to the total 
amount of the payment under such paragraph 
as the sum of such prior payments bears to the 
total cost of attendance for all students in that 
local educational agency for whom the State 
educational agency made such prior payments. 
(2) AID
TO
ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES AND ELIGIBLE BIA-FUNDED SCHOOLS.— 
(A) QUARTERLY INSTALLMENTS.—A State 
educational agency shall provide emergency im-
pact aid payments under this section on a quar-
terly basis for the 2017–2018 school year by 
such dates as determined by the Secretary. 
Such quarterly installment payments shall be 
based on the number of displaced students re-
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ported under subsection (c)(2) and in the 
amount determined under subparagraph (B). 
(B) PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—Each quarterly 
installment payment under subparagraph (A) 
shall equal 25 percent of the sum of— 
(i) the number of displaced students 
(who are not children with disabilities) re-
ported by the eligible local educational 
agency or eligible BIA-funded school for 
such quarter (as determined under sub-
section (c)(2)) times $6,000; and 
(ii) the number of displaced students 
who are children with disabilities reported 
by the eligible local educational agency or 
eligible BIA-funded school for such quarter 
(as determined under subsection (c)(2)) 
times $7,500. 
(C) TIMELINE.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a timeline for quarterly reporting on the 
number of displaced students in order to make 
the appropriate disbursements in a timely man-
ner. 
(D) INSUFFICIENT
FUNDS.—If, for any 
quarter, the amount available under this section 
to make payments under this subsection is in-
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sufficient to pay the full amount that an eligible 
local educational agency or eligible BIA-funded 
school is eligible to receive under this section, 
the State educational agency shall ratably re-
duce the amount of such payments. 
(3) DISPLACED
STUDENTS.—Subject to the 
succeeding sentence, an eligible local educational 
agency or eligible BIA-funded school receiving emer-
gency impact aid payments under this section shall 
use the payments to provide services and assistance 
to public elementary schools and secondary schools 
served by such agency, or to such BIA-funded 
school, that enrolled a displaced student. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZED USES.—The authorized uses 
of funds are the following: 
(A) Paying the compensation of personnel, 
including teacher aides, in schools enrolling dis-
placed students. 
(B) Identifying and acquiring curricular 
material, including the costs of providing addi-
tional classroom supplies, and mobile edu-
cational units and leasing sites or spaces. 
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(C) Basic instructional services for such 
students, including tutoring, mentoring, or aca-
demic counseling. 
(D) Reasonable transportation costs. 
(E) Health and counseling services. 
(F) Education and support services. 
(2) PROVISION
OF
SPECIAL
EDUCATION
AND 
RELATED
SERVICES
AND
EARLY
INTERVENTION 
SERVICES.—In the case of a displaced student who 
is a child with a disability or an infant or toddler 
with a disability, any payment made on behalf of 
such student to an eligible local educational agency 
shall be used to pay for special education and re-
lated services (as such terms are defined in section 
602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1401)) or early intervention services 
for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their 
families described in part C of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1431 et seq.), as applicable, consistent with such 
Act. 
(f) RETURN OF AID.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY OR 
ELIGIBLE
BIA-FUNDED
SCHOOL.—An eligible local 
educational agency or eligible BIA-funded school 
that receives an emergency impact aid payment 
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under this section shall return to the State edu-
cational agency any payment provided to the eligible 
local educational agency or school under this section 
that the eligible local educational agency or school 
has not obligated by the end of the 2017–2018 
school year in accordance with this section. 
(2) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—A State 
educational agency that receives emergency impact 
aid under this section, shall return to the Sec-
retary— 
(A) any aid provided to the agency under 
this section that the agency has not obligated 
by the end of the 2017–2018 school year in ac-
cordance with this section; and 
(B) any payment funds returned to the 
State educational agency under paragraph (1). 
(g) LIMITATION ON USE OF AID AND PAYMENTS.— 
Aid and payments provided under this section shall only 
be used for expenses incurred during the 2017–2018 
school year. 
(h) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—A State edu-
cational agency that receives emergency impact aid under 
this section may use not more than 1 percent of such aid 
for administrative expenses. An eligible local educational 
agency or eligible BIA-funded school that receives emer-
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gency impact aid payments under this section may use not 
more than 2 percent of such payments for administrative 
expenses. 
(i) SPECIAL FUNDING RULE.—In calculating funding 
under section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703) for an eligible 
local educational agency that receives an emergency im-
pact aid payment under this section, the Secretary shall 
not count displaced students served by such agency for 
whom an emergency impact aid payment is received under 
this section, nor shall such students be counted for the 
purpose of calculating the total number of children in av-
erage daily attendance at the schools served by such agen-
cy as provided in section 8003(b)(3)(B)(i) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 7703(b)(3)(B)(i)). 
(j) TREATMENT OF STATE AID.—A State shall not 
take into consideration emergency impact aid payments 
received under this section by a local educational agency 
in the State in determining the eligibility of such local edu-
cational agency for State aid, or the amount of State aid, 
with respect to free public education of children. 
SEC. 519. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this subtitle, an amendment made 
by this subtitle, or the application of such provision or 
amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be 
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unconstitutional, the remainder of this subtitle, the 
amendments made by this subtitle, and the application of 
the provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall 
not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 520. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out sections 512, 517, and 
518. 
SEC. 521. SUNSET PROVISION. 
Except as provided in sections 513 and 516, the pro-
visions of this subtitle shall be effective for the period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 
on August 1, 2018. 
Subtitle C—Higher Education 
Disaster Relief 
SEC. 531. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) AFFECTED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘af-
fected individual’’ means an individual who has ap-
plied for or received student financial assistance 
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) and— 
(A) who is an affected student; or 
(B) whose primary place of employment or 
residency was— 
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(i) as of September 5, 2017, in a cov-
ered disaster area due to Hurricane Irma; 
or 
(ii) as of September 16, 2017, in a 
covered disaster area due to Hurricane 
Maria. 
(2) AFFECTED INSTITUTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘affected in-
stitution’’ means an institution of higher edu-
cation that— 
(i) is located in an area affected by a 
covered disaster; and 
(ii) has temporarily ceased operations 
as a consequence of a covered disaster, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(B) LENGTH
OF
TIME.—In determining 
eligibility for assistance under this subtitle, the 
Secretary, using consistent, objective criteria, 
shall determine the time period for which an in-
stitution of higher education is an affected in-
stitution. 
(C) SPECIAL
RULE.—An organizational 
unit of an affected institution that is not im-
pacted by a covered disaster shall not be consid-
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ered as part of such affected institution for pur-
poses of receiving assistance under this subtitle. 
(3) AFFECTED STUDENT.—The term ‘‘affected 
student’’ means an individual who was enrolled or 
accepted for enrollment on— 
(A) September 5, 2017, at an affected in-
stitution that closed due to Hurricane Irma; or 
(B) September 16, 2017, at an affected in-
stitution that closed due to Hurricane Maria. 
(4) CANCELLED
ENROLLMENT
PERIOD.—The 
term ‘‘cancelled enrollment period’’ means any pe-
riod of enrollment at an affected institution during 
the academic year 2017–2018, during which stu-
dents were unable to attend such institution. 
(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ means— 
(A) an institution covered by the definition 
of such term in section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); and 
(B) an institution described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1)(A), (B)). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
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treated as a loan and collected from the applicant in 
accordance with subsection (g) and the policies and 
procedures under subsection (i)(2). 
(g) REPAYMENT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE EM-
PLOYMENT.—In the event that any recipient of a grant 
under this section fails or refuses to comply with the em-
ployment obligation in the agreement under subsection (f), 
the sum of the amounts of any such grant received by 
such recipient shall, upon a determination of such a failure 
or refusal in such employment obligation, be treated as 
a loan, and shall be subject to repayment, together with 
interest thereon accruing from the date of the grant 
award, in accordance with terms and conditions specified 
by the Governor through policies and procedures under 
subsection (i)(2). 
(h) EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Governor shall estab-
lish categories of extenuating circumstances under 
which a recipient of grant assistance under this sec-
tion who is unable to fulfill all or part of the recipi-
ent’s employment obligation under subsection (f) 
may be excused from fulfilling that portion of the 
employment obligation. 
(2) CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT.—If a recipient 
of grant assistance under this section is continuously 
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