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SEC. 513. ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES FOR THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT 
OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Funds made available under this sec-
tion shall be for the purpose of supporting the immediate 
recovery and long-term improvements to public school fa-
cilities in covered disaster areas. 
(b) ALLOCATIONS.— 
(1) QUALIFIED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY 
ALLOCATIONS.—From the total amount appro-
priated to carry out this section for each fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall allocate to each qualified local 
educational agency that has a plan approved by the 
Secretary under subsection (c) for such fiscal year, 
an amount that bears the same relation to such total 
amount appropriated as the number of children, 
aged 5 to 17, inclusive, from families with incomes 
below the poverty level (weighted for the relative 
construction costs for the State in which the local 
educational agency is located) served by the qualified 
local educational agency for the most recent fiscal 
year for which data are available bears to all chil-
dren, aged 5 to 17, inclusive, from families with in-
comes below the poverty level served by all qualified 
local educational agencies for the most recent fiscal 
year for which data are available. 
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(2) ADMINISTRATIVE RESERVATION.—A quali-
fied local educational agency may reserve not more 
than 5 percent of the allocation received under para-
graph (1) for administrative expenses associated 
with carrying out this section. 
(3) 
DIGITAL
LEARNING
RESERVATION.—A 
qualified local educational agency may reserve not 
more than 10 percent of the allocation received 
under paragraph (1) to improve or provide digital 
learning, including to leverage existing public pro-
grams or public-private partnerships to expand ac-
cess to high-speed broadband sufficient for digital 
learning. 
(c) QUALIFIED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY 
PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an 
allocation under this section, a qualified local edu-
cational agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan 
that— 
(A) describes how the qualified local edu-
cational agency will use the allocation to make 
long-term improvements to public school facili-
ties; 
(B) identifies the period of time, and at 
what levels, the qualified local educational agen-
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cy will maintain fiscal effort for the activities 
supported by the allocation after the qualified 
local educational agency no longer receives the 
allocation; and 
(C) includes such other information as the 
Secretary may require. 
(2) APPROVAL
AND
DISAPPROVAL.—The Sec-
retary shall have the authority to approve or dis-
approve a qualified local educational agency plan 
submitted under paragraph (1). 
(3) PUBLICATION REQUIRED.—A qualified local 
educational agency that receives an allocation under 
this section shall make the plan submitted by such 
qualified local educational agency under paragraph 
(1) available to the public, including by posting the 
information on a publicly accessible website of the 
State in which such qualified local educational agen-
cy is located. 
(d) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of receiving an allo-
cation under this section, a qualified local educational 
agency shall agree to the following: 
(1) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—The qualified 
local educational agency shall provide an assurance 
to the Secretary that the combined fiscal effort per 
student or the aggregate expenditures of the quali-
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fied local educational agency with respect to the ac-
tivities supported by the allocation under this section 
for fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year for 
which the allocation is received will be not less than 
90 percent of the combined fiscal effort or aggregate 
expenditures by the qualified local educational agen-
cy for such purposes for the year preceding the fiscal 
year for which the allocation is received. 
(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The quali-
fied local educational agency shall use an allocation 
under this section only to supplement the level of 
Federal, State, and local public funds that would, in 
absence of such allocation, be made available for the 
activities supported by the allocation, and not to 
supplant such funds. 
(e) FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.— 
(1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after receiving an allocation under this section, a 
qualified local educational agency shall submit to the 
Secretary a comprehensive 10-year facilities master 
plan. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The facilities master plan re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall include, with re-
spect to all public school facilities of the qualified 
local educational agency, a description of— 
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(A) the extent to which public school facili-
ties meet students’ educational needs and sup-
port the agency’s educational mission and vi-
sion; 
(B) the physical condition of the public 
school facilities; 
(C) the current health, safety, and environ-
mental conditions of the public school facilities, 
including— 
(i) indoor air quality; 
(ii) the presence of hazardous and 
toxic substances and chemicals; 
(iii) the safety of drinking water at 
the tap and water used for meal prepara-
tion, including the level of lead and other 
contaminants in such water; 
(iv) energy and water efficiency; 
(v) excessive classroom noise; and 
(vi) other health, safety, and environ-
mental conditions that would impact the 
health, safety, and learning ability of stu-
dents; 
(D) how the local educational agency will 
address any conditions identified under sub-
paragraph (C); 
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(E) the impact of current and future stu-
dent enrollment levels on the design of current 
and future public school facilities, as well as the 
financial implications of such enrollment levels; 
and 
(F) the dollar amount and percentage of 
funds the local educational agency will dedicate 
to capital construction projects as well as main-
tenance and operations related to maintaining 
public school facilities. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the facili-
ties master plan required under paragraph (1), the 
qualified local educational agency shall consult with 
teachers, principals and other school leaders, custo-
dial and maintenance staff, emergency first respond-
ers, school facilities directors, students and families, 
community residents, and Indian Tribes and Tribal 
organizations (as applicable). 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZED USE.—A qualified local edu-
cational agency that receives covered funds may use 
such funds to— 
(A) develop the facilities master plan re-
quired under subsection (e); 
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