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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4898 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a competitive 
program to make emergency preparedness planning and implementation 
grants to local educational agencies and districts located in areas under 
a high threat of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or public health 
emergencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2010 
Ms. RICHARDSON (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. 
CLARKE, and Ms. KILROY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on Homeland Security and Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 
a competitive program to make emergency preparedness 
planning and implementation grants to local educational 
agencies and districts located in areas under a high 
threat of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or public 
health emergencies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Elementary and Sec-
ondary School Emergency Preparedness Planning Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) There is an immediate need for comprehen-
sive and coordinated emergency preparedness plan-
ning support for local educational agencies and dis-
tricts nationwide. 
(2) Local educational agencies and districts his-
torically have had limited roles in the emergency 
preparedness planning process administered by other 
agencies and districts, have not received priority 
consideration in that process, and have had minimal 
access to funds allocated to emergency preparedness. 
(3) Grants made under section 3 will enable 
local educational agencies and districts to take an 
active role in emergency planning and give them ac-
cess to the broad range of skills and expertise of the 
many other agencies or dsitricts involved in emer-
gency planning and preparedness. 
SEC. 3. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMER-
GENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish a competitive program to make 
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grants for emergency preparedness planning and imple-
mentation to local educational agencies and districts lo-
cated in areas under a high threat of terrorist attacks, 
natural disasters, or public health emergencies. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may only award a 
grant under this section to a local educational agency or 
district that— 
(1) is located near a place that is under a high 
threat of— 
(A) terrorist attacks, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
(B) natural disasters, as determined by the 
Secretary, acting through the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency; 
or 
(C) public health emergencies, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; and 
(2) submits an application at such time, in such 
form, and with such information and assurances as 
the Secretary may require, including— 
(A) assurances that such local educational 
agency or district will use such grant amounts 
to carry out the activities in subsection (e); and 
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(B) a budget and timeline for carrying out 
such activities. 
(c) PRIORITY.— 
(1) INITIAL
PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall give priority 
to local educational agencies and districts located in 
areas with higher population densities and that are 
under a higher threat of terrorist attacks, natural 
disasters, or public health emergencies than other 
local educational agencies and districts eligible under 
subsection (b). 
(2) FURTHER PRIORITY.—Among the priority 
local educational agencies and districts described in 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give further pri-
ority to local educational agencies and districts that 
have in the past demonstrated the ability to formu-
late and implement effective emergency preparedness 
plans. 
(d) GRANT AMOUNT.—Amounts awarded under this 
section shall not exceed $500,000 per local educational 
agency or district per fiscal year. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A local educational 
agency or district receiving a grant under this 
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