I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6808 
To improve transparency relating to the expenditure of Federal emergency 
relief funds for elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 22, 2022 
Mr. GALLAGHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To improve transparency relating to the expenditure of Fed-
eral emergency relief funds for elementary and secondary 
schools, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Spending Every Nickel 
on Student Education Act’’ or the ‘‘SENSE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON EXPENDITURE OF ELEMEN-
TARY AND SECONDARY EMERGENCY RELIEF 
FUNDS. 
(a) LEA REPORTS.—On an annual basis, in accord-
ance with subsection (d), each local education agency that 
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received funds under section 2001 of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2; 20 U.S.C. 3401 
note) shall submit to the State in which the agency is lo-
cated a report on the expenditure of such funds during 
the preceding year. Each report shall— 
(1) describe the purposes for which the local 
educational agency expended such funds during the 
year covered by the report; 
(2) indicate whether such expenditures are con-
sistent with the plan submitted by the agency pursu-
ant to the interim final requirement of the Depart-
ment of Education titled ‘‘American Rescue Plan 
Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency 
Relief Fund, LEA ARP ESSER Plans’’ (86 Fed. 
Reg. 21198; April 22, 2021) and, if such expendi-
tures are not consistent with that plan, provide an 
explanation for the inconsistency; and 
(3) provide the information required under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) in a format and level of de-
tail that is consistent with the State and Federal re-
quirements applicable to the plans described in para-
graph (2). 
(b) STATE REPORTS.—On an annual basis, not later 
than 90 days after receiving the reports from local edu-
cational agencies under subsection (a), each State shall— 
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(1) compile the reports; 
(2) transmit the compiled reports to the Sec-
retary of Education; and 
(3) make the reports available on a publicly ac-
cessible website of the State in a format that is 
downloadable, searchable, and sortable. 
(c) POSTING BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall make each report received from a State under 
subsection (b) available on a publicly accessible website of 
the Department of Education. 
(d) ANNUAL SUBMITTAL AND TERMINATION.— 
(1) ANNUAL
SUBMITTAL
DATE.—The reports 
required under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
each year on a date determined by the Secretary of 
Education that is at least 30 days before funds are 
allocated to States under part A of title I of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary and Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the next school year. 
(2) TERMINATION
OF
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(A) FINAL REPORT.—After the date speci-
fied in subparagraph (B), a local educational 
agency shall submit a final report in accordance 
with subsection (a). Following the submission of 
such final report, the requirement of a local 
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educational agency to submit further reports 
under subsection (a) shall terminate. 
(B) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date specified 
in this subparagraph is the earlier of— 
(i) the date on which the local edu-
cational agency has obligated all funds re-
ceived by the agency under section 2001 of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 
(Public Law 117–2; 20 U.S.C. 3401 note); 
or 
(ii) the date by which the local edu-
cational agency is required to obligate such 
funds in accordance with such section. 
(e) ENFORCEMENT.—A local educational agency that 
does not submit a report required under subsection (a) 
by the date determined by the Secretary under subsection 
(d)(1), shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds under 
part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the next 
year for which such funds are allocated. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘local 
educational agency’’ and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 8101 if the Elementary ad Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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