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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4158 
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish a program of energy 
assistance grants to local educational agencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 27, 2005 
Mr. BACA (for himself, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. SALAZAR, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. FORD, Mr. 
CARDOZA, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. REYES, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
SERRANO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. OWENS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. HIGGINS, and Mrs. JONES of 
Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish a program 
of energy assistance grants to local educational agencies. 
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 ‘‘School Energy Crisis 
Relief Act’’.
SEC. 2. SCHOOL ENERGY GRANTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
of Energy shall establish a program to make grants to 
eligible local educational agencies that have experienced 
the highest percentage increase or expenditure increase in 
transportation and heating fuel costs (including costs in-
curred by eligible local educational agencies or by entities 
under contract to provide transportation to such entities) 
among all local educational agencies in the State for a spe-
cific time period during the 2005–2006 school year, in 
comparison to the same time period during the 2004–2005 
school year. 
(b) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a local educational agency shall be eligible 
for a grant under this section if it is among the top 
10 percent of all local educational agencies in its 
State for numbers or percentages of children count-
ed under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6333(c)). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a State with 
fewer than 50 school districts, a local educational 
agency shall be eligible for a grant under this section 
if it is among the highest among all local educational 
agencies in its State for numbers or percentages of
children counted under section 1124(c) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6333(c)). 
(c) STATE ALLOCATION.—Each State shall receive, 
in the aggregate, an amount based on— 
(1) the population of children between ages 5 
and 17 of the State according to the most recent 
Census, in comparison to all other States; and 
(2) the regional cost of transportation and heat-
ing fuel, in comparison with the average national 
cost, as determined by the most recent statistical 
data from the Energy Information Administration. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts provided under this 
section to eligible local educational agencies may be used 
to pay for the cost of transportation or heating fuel pur-
chased by the eligible local educational agencies or for 
transportation fuel purchased by entities under contract 
to provide transportation services to such agencies. 
(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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