I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8664 
To provide funds to local educational agencies for personal protective 
equipment for educators and other staff, and students. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2020 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois (for himself, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. MFUME, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. TAKANO, 
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. SOTO, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. BISHOP 
of Georgia, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. POCAN, Mr. VELA, Mr. DANNY 
K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SUOZZI, 
Ms. LEE of California, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. FUDGE, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. 
LARSON
of Connecticut, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 
CICILLINE, and Mr. SMITH of Washington) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide funds to local educational agencies for personal 
protective equipment for educators and other staff, and 
students. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PPE for Safe Schools 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PPE FOR SCHOOLS. 
(a) GRANTS TO STATES.— 
(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, shall make grants 
in the amount described in subparagraph (A) to 
each State educational agency with an approved 
application. 
(B) GRANT
AMOUNTS.—The amount of 
each grant under subparagraph (A) shall be al-
located by the Secretary to each State edu-
cational agency in the same proportion as the 
State educational agency received under part A 
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 
seq.) for the most recent fiscal year. 
(2) APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—To re-
ceive a grant under this section, a State edu-
cational agency shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary 
may reasonably require. 
(B) SECRETARIAL NOTIFICATIONS.— 
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(i) 
INVITING
APPLICATIONS.—The 
Secretary shall issue a notice inviting ap-
plications not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(ii) APPROVAL OR DENIAL.—The Sec-
retary shall approve or deny an application 
for a grant under this section not later 
than 30 days after receipt of the applica-
tion. 
(3) USES OF FUNDS.—A State educational that 
receives a grant under this Act— 
(A) shall use to not less than 98 percent 
of the grant to award subgrants to local edu-
cational agencies in the State in proportion to 
the amount of funds each such local educational 
agency received under part A of title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the most re-
cent fiscal year; and 
(B) may reserve up to 2 percent for ad-
ministrative costs and emergency needs with re-
spect to COVID–19, as determined by the State 
educational agency. 
(b) SUBGRANTS
TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES.— 
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(1) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a subgrant 
under this section, a local educational agency shall 
submit an application to the appropriate State edu-
cational agency at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the State educational 
agency may require. 
(2) USES OF FUNDS.—A local educational agen-
cy that receives a subgrant under this section shall 
use the subgrant for one or more of the following: 
(A) Purchasing supplies to sanitize and 
clean the facilities of, and the buses used by, 
the elementary schools and secondary schools 
served by such local educational agency. 
(B) Purchasing personal protective equip-
ment for educators and other staff, and stu-
dents. 
(C) Providing training on the use of the 
equipment and supplies described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B). 
(D) Hiring additional support staff for the 
cleaning and sanitization described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(c) REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
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sions of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate, the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives a report that 
includes— 
(1) the amount of each grant awarded under 
this Act, and the State educational agency receiving 
the grant; and 
(2) the percentage of students benefitting from 
funds awarded under this Act who are eligible for 
free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 
et seq.). 
(d) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 
amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$17,000,000,000, to remain available through fiscal year 
2021, to make grants under this section. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the terms ‘‘elemen-
tary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary 
school’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State’’, and ‘‘State educational 
agency’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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