I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8334 
To provide premium pay to educators at public schools for each hour of 
in-person work. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 
Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CARSON 
of Indiana, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. SAN NICOLAS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide premium pay to educators at public schools for 
each hour of in-person work. 
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 ‘‘Educators are Heroes 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EDUCATOR PREMIUM PAY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after a 
local educational agency receives a grant under subsection 
(b), the local educational agency, for the duration of the 
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emergency period, shall provide to each educator for each 
hour that the educator works, in-person at a public school 
served by the agency with premium pay equal to 25 per-
cent of the educator’s wage per hour. 
(b) EDUCATOR FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund to be known 
as the ‘‘Educator Fund’’ (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Fund’’), consisting of amounts appropriated 
to the fund under subsection (c). 
(2) FUND ADMINISTRATION.—The fund shall be 
administered by the Secretary of Treasury, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Education. 
(3) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund 
shall be available to award a grant to each local 
educational agency that applies for a grant 
under subparagraph (B), for the purpose of 
providing premium pay under subsection (a). 
(B) APPLICATION.—Any local educational 
agency seeking a grant under this subsection 
shall submit an application to the Secretary of 
the Treasury at such time, in such manner, and 
complete with such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated, and there is hereby ap-
propriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this section, to remain available until expended. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) EDUCATOR.—The term ‘‘educator’’ includes 
teachers and other staff. 
(2) EMERGENCY
PERIOD.—The term ‘‘emer-
gency period’’ means the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act, and ending on the 
last day of the public health emergency first de-
clared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 319 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with 
respect to COVID–19. 
(3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘other staff’’, 
and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meaning given such 
terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) 
PUBLIC
SCHOOL.—The 
term 
‘‘public 
school’’ means a public elementary school or sec-
ondary school. 
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