I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6809 
To award grants to assist public schools with the rising costs of fuel for 
school buses and energy for school buildings. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2008 
Mr. HODES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To award grants to assist public schools with the rising 
costs of fuel for school buses and energy for school buildings. 
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 ‘‘Energy for Schools 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
(a) GRANTS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
From the amounts appropriated under section 8, the Sec-
retary of Education shall award grants to State edu-
cational agencies for the purpose of awarding subgrants 
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to local educational agencies to assist public schools with 
the increased costs of fuel for school buses and energy for 
public school buildings in accordance with sections 5 and 
6. 
(b) GRANT APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under 
subsection (a), a State educational agency shall submit an 
application to the Secretary in such form, manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
SEC. 3. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
(a) SUBGRANTS
TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency 
that receives a grant under section 2 shall award 
subgrants to local educational agencies to assist pub-
lic schools with the increased costs of fuel for school 
buses and energy for public school buildings in ac-
cordance with sections 5 and 6. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—A State edu-
cational agency that receives a grant under section 
2 shall use not more than 5 percent of such grant 
for the administrative costs of carrying out the 
subgrant program. 
(b) SUBGRANT APPLICATION.—To receive a subgrant 
under subsection (a), a local educational agency shall sub-
mit an application to the State educational agency serving 
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such local educational agency in such form, manner, and 
containing such information as such State educational 
agency may require. 
SEC. 4. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
(a) GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
From the amounts appropriated under section 8, the Sec-
retary shall award grants to local educational agencies 
that did not receive a subgrant under section 3 to assist 
public schools with the increased costs of fuel for school 
buses and energy for public school buildings in accordance 
with sections 5 and 6. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under sub-
section (a), a local educational agency shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary in such form, manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require. 
SEC. 5. USES OF FUNDS. 
A local educational agency that receives a subgrant 
under section 3 or a grant under section 4, shall use such 
funds to assist public schools within the jurisdiction of 
such local educational agency— 
(1) to pay for the increase in the cost of fuel 
for school buses that serve such public schools; and 
(2) to pay for the increase in the cost of energy 
to heat, to cool, or to provide electricity to the build-
ings of such public schools. 
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SEC. 6. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. 
To the extent practicable, a local educational agency 
that receives a subgrant under section 3 or a grant under 
section 4 shall distribute the funds allotted to cover the 
increase in the cost of fuel for school buses to the public 
schools within the jurisdiction of such local educational 
agency proportionally, based on such local educational 
agency’s estimate of the total miles traveled by school 
buses that serve such public schools. 
SEC. 7. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary is authorized to prescribed regulations 
necessary to implement this Act. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘local educational 
agency’’ and ‘‘State educational agency’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) INCREASE
IN
THE
COST
OF
FUEL
FOR 
SCHOOL BUSES.—The phrase ‘‘increase in the cost 
of fuel for school buses’’ means the amount of in-
crease in the cost of fuel for school buses from the 
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