Grants under part A of title II of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1022 et seq.), at the request of 
the grantee— 
(1) to assist States and local educational agen-
cies to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers in 
a school district located in a disaster area in which 
a presidentially declared disaster has been declared; 
and 
(2) to assist institutions of higher education, lo-
cated in such area, to recruit and retain faculty nec-
essary to prepare teachers and provide professional 
development. 
SEC. 203. AUTHORIZED USES OF TRIO, GEAR-UP, PART A OR 
B OF TITLE III, AND OTHER GRANTS. 
(a) MODIFICATIONS
OF
ALLOWABLE
USE
OF 
FUNDS.—The Secretary is authorized to modify the re-
quired and allowable uses of funds under chapters 1 and 
2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11 et seq., 1070a– 
21 et seq.), under part A or B of title III of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq., 1060 et seq.), and under any 
other competitive grant program, at the request of an af-
fected institution or other grantee, with respect to affected 
institutions and other grantees located in a disaster area 
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in which a presidentially declared disaster has been de-
clared. 
(b) PROHIBITION AGAINST NEW AUTHORIZATION OF 
CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, OR IMPROVEMENT OF FA-
CILITIES.—The Secretary may not, under the authority of 
this section, authorize any new construction, renovation, 
or improvement of classrooms, libraries, laboratories, or 
other instructional facilities that is not authorized under 
the institution’s grant award under part A or B of title 
III, or under part A or B of title V, of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq., 1060 et seq., 
1101 et seq., 1102 et seq.). 
SEC. 204. FINANCIAL AID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may authorize fi-
nancial aid administrators to make an adjustment, in ac-
cordance with section 479A(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087tt(a)), with respect to the 
calculation of the expected student or parent contribution 
for an affected student, or for a student or a parent who— 
(1) resides or is employed in a disaster area in 
which a presidentially declared disaster has been de-
clared; or 
(2) resided or was employed in a disaster area 
in which a presidentially declared disaster was de-
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clared on the date of the occurrence of the presi-
dentially declared disaster. 
(b) ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION.—A financial aid 
administrator shall adequately document the need for the 
adjustment. 
SEC. 205. EXPANDING INFORMATION DISSEMINATION RE-
GARDING ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL PELL 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make special 
efforts, in conjunction with State efforts, to notify affected 
students and, if applicable, their parents or guardians who 
qualify for means-tested Federal benefit programs, of 
their potential eligibility for a maximum Federal Pell 
Grant, and shall disseminate such informational materials 
as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(b) 
MEANS-TESTED
FEDERAL
BENEFIT
PRO-
GRAM.—For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘means- 
tested Federal benefit program’’ means a mandatory 
spending program of the Federal Government, other than 
a program under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), in which eligibility for the program’s 
benefits, or the amount of such benefits, are determined 
on the basis of income or resources of the individual or 
family seeking the benefit, and may include such programs 
as the supplemental security income program under title 
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XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program established 
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.), the school lunch program established under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1751 et seq.), the temporary assistance for needy families 
program established under part A of title IV of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), and the special sup-
plemental nutrition program for women, infants, and chil-
dren established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), and other programs identified 
by the Secretary. 
SEC. 206. PROCEDURES. 
(a) REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS INAPPLICABLE.— 
Sections 482(c) and 492 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089(c), 1098a), section 437 of the Gen-
eral Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232), and sec-
tion 553 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply 
to this title. 
(b) NOTICE OF WAIVERS, MODIFICATIONS, OR EX-
TENSIONS.—Notwithstanding section 437 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 
553 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary shall 
make publicly available the waivers, modifications, or ex-
tensions granted under this title. 
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(c) CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.—The Secretary is not re-
quired to exercise any waiver or modification authority 
under this title on a case-by-case basis. 
(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall, not later than 1 
year after granting any waiver or modification authorized 
under this section, submit a report to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 
the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives describing the waivers or modifications 
granted. 
SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) AFFECTED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘af-
fected individual’’ means an individual who has ap-
plied for or received student financial assistance 
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
and— 
(A) who is an affected student; or 
(B) whose primary place of employment or 
residency is in a disaster area in which a presi-
dentially declared disaster has been declared. 
(2) AFFECTED INSTITUTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘affected in-
stitution’’ means an institution of higher edu-
cation that— 
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(i) is located in a disaster area in 
which a presidentially declared disaster has 
been declared; and 
(ii) has temporarily ceased operations 
as a consequence of a presidentially de-
clared disaster, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(B) LENGTH
OF
TIME.—In determining 
eligibility for assistance under this title, the 
Secretary, using consistent, objective criteria, 
shall determine the time period for which an in-
stitution of higher education is an affected in-
stitution. 
(C) SPECIAL
RULE.—An organizational 
unit of an affected institution that is not im-
pacted by the disaster that is the subject of a 
presidentially declared disaster may not be con-
sidered as part of such affected institution for 
purposes of receiving assistance under this title. 
(3) AFFECTED STUDENT.—The term ‘‘affected 
student’’ means an individual who was enrolled or 
accepted for enrollment at an affected institution on 
the date of the occurrence of the presidentially de-
clared disaster affecting such institution. 
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(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001); and 
(B) means an institution described in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1) (A), (B)). 
TITLE 
III—PREKINDERGARTEN 
STUDENTS, 
SCHOOLS, 
AND 
CHILD CARE CENTERS 
SEC. 301. AGREEMENTS TO EXTEND CERTAIN DEADLINES 
OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES 
EDUCATION ACT TO FACILITATE THE PROVI-
SION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO CHIL-
DREN WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may enter into an 
agreement described in subsection (b) with an eligible enti-
ty to extend certain deadlines under the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act related to providing special 
education and related services, including early intervention 
services, to individuals adversely affected by a presi-
dentially declared disaster. 
(b) TERMS
OF AGREEMENTS.—An agreement re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is an agreement with an eligible 
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entity made in accordance with subsection (e) that may 
extend the applicable deadlines under 1 or more of the 
following sections: 
(1) Section 611(e)(3)(C)(ii) of the Individuals 
with 
Disabilities 
Education 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1411(e)(3)(C)(ii)), by extending for not more than 
an additional 60 days, the 90 day deadline for devel-
oping a State plan for the high cost fund. 
(2) Section 611(e)(3)(C)(iii) of the Individuals 
with 
Disabilities 
Education 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1411(e)(3)(C)(iii)), by extending for not more than 
an additional 60 days, the 30 day deadline for public 
availability of the final State plan. 
(3) Section 612(a)(15)(C) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1412(a)(15)(C)), by extending for not more 
than an additional 60 days, the deadline for submis-
sion of the annual report to the Secretary and the 
public regarding the progress of the State and of 
children with disabilities in the State toward meeting 
the performance goals established under section 
612(a)(15)(A) 
of 
such 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1412(a)(15)(A)). 
(4) Section 612(a)(16)(D) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1412(a)(16)(D)), by extending for not more 
than an additional 60 days, the deadline for making 
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available reports regarding the participation in as-
sessments and the performance on such assessments 
of children with disabilities, but only if the eligible 
entity provides a justification for similarly extending 
the deadline for such reports concerning children 
without disabilities. 
(5) Section 614(a)(1)(C)(i)(I) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1414(a)(1)(C)(i)(I)), by extending for not 
more than an additional 30 days— 
(A) the 60 day deadline for the initial eval-
uation to determine whether a child is a child 
with a disability for purposes of the provision of 
special education and related services to such 
child; or 
(B) the State timeframe described in such 
section for such evaluation. 
(6) Section 616(b)(2)(C)(ii)(II) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1416(b)(2)(C))(ii)(II)), by extending for not 
more than an additional 60 days, the deadline for 
reporting to the Secretary on the performance of the 
State under the State’s performance plan. 
(7) Section 641(e)(1)(D) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1441(e)(1)(D)), by extending for not more 
than an additional 60 days, the deadline for submis-
sion to the Governor of a State and the Secretary 
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of the report on the status of early intervention pro-
grams for infants and toddlers with disabilities and 
their families operated within the State. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed— 
(1) as permitting the waiver of— 
(A) any applicable Federal civil rights law; 
(B) any student or family privacy protec-
tions, including provisions requiring parental 
consent for evaluations and services; 
(C) any procedural safeguards required 
under section 615 or section 639 of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1415, 1439); or 
(D) any requirements not specified in sub-
section (b); or 
(2) as removing the obligation of the eligible en-
tity to provide a child with a disability or an infant 
or toddler with a disability and their families— 
(A) a free appropriate public education 
under part B of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act; or 
(B) early intervention services under part 
C of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.). 
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(d) DURATION
OF
AGREEMENT.—An agreement 
under this section shall terminate at the conclusion of the 
impacted school year. 
(e) REQUEST TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT.—To 
enter into an agreement under this section, an eligible en-
tity shall submit a request to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require. 
SEC. 302. HEAD START AND CHILD CARE AND DEVELOP-
MENT BLOCK GRANT. 
(a) HEAD START.— 
(1) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, GUIDANCE, AND 
RESOURCES.—From the amount made available for 
Head Start in this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall provide training and technical 
assistance, guidance, and resources through the ap-
propriate regional offices of the Administration for 
Children and Families (and may provide training 
and technical assistance, guidance, and resources 
through other regional offices of the Administration, 
at the request of such offices that administer af-
fected Head Start agencies and Early Head Start 
entities) to Head Start agencies and Early Head 
Start entities in disaster areas in which a presi-
dentially declared disaster has been declared, and to 
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affected Head Start agencies and Early Head Start 
entities, to assist the agencies and entities involved 
to address the mental and physical health needs of 
infants, toddlers, and young children affected by a 
presidentially declared disaster. Such training and 
technical assistance may be provided by contract or 
cooperative agreement with qualified national, re-
gional, or local providers. 
(2) WAIVER.—For such period of not longer 
than 1 year after the date of the occurrence of a 
presidentially declared disaster, and to such extent 
as the Secretary considers appropriate, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services— 
(A) may waive section 640(b) of the Head 
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(b)) for Head Start 
agencies located in a disaster area in which a 
presidentially declared disaster has been de-
clared, and other affected Head Start agencies 
and Early Head Start entities; and 
(B) shall waive requirements of docu-
mentation for individuals adversely affected by 
a presidentially declared disaster who partici-
pate in a Head Start program or an Early 
Head Start program funded under the Head 
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). 
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(b) CHILD
CARE
AND
DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK 
GRANT.— 
(1) CHILD
CARE
AND
DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK 
GRANT ACT OF 1990.—For such period of not longer 
than 1 year after the date of the occurrence of a 
presidentially declared disaster, and to such extent 
as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may waive, 
for any affected State, and any State serving signifi-
cant numbers of individuals adversely affected by a 
presidentially declared disaster, provisions of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.)— 
(A) relating to Federal income limitations 
on eligibility to receive child care services for 
which assistance is provided under such Act; 
(B) relating to work requirements applica-
ble to eligibility to receive child care services for 
which assistance is provided under such Act; 
(C) relating to limitations on the use of 
funds under section 658G of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 9858e); 
(D) preventing children designated as evac-
uees from receiving priority for child care serv-
ices provided under such Act, except that chil-
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dren residing in a State and currently receiving 
services shall not lose such services to accom-
modate evacuee children; and 
(E) relating to any non-Federal or capital 
contribution required (including copayment or 
other cost sharing by parents receiving child 
care assistance) to match Federal funds pro-
vided under programs administered by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services. 
(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE.— 
The Secretary may provide assistance to States for 
the purpose of providing training, technical assist-
ance, and guidance to eligible child care providers 
(as defined in section 658P of the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858n)) who are licensed and regulated, as applica-
ble, by the States, to enable such providers to pro-
vide child care services for children and families de-
scribed in paragraph (1). Such training and tech-
nical assistance may be provided through inter-
mediary organizations, including those with dem-
onstrated experience in providing training and tech-
nical assistance to programs serving school-age chil-
dren up to age 13, involved in reinstituting child 
care services on a broad scale in disaster areas in 
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which a presidentially declared disaster has been de-
clared. 
SEC. 303. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) AFFECTED
HEAD
START
AGENCIES
AND 
EARLY HEAD START ENTITIES.—The term ‘‘affected 
Head Start agencies and Early Head Start entities’’ 
means a Head Start agency receiving a significant 
number of children from a disaster area in which a 
presidentially declared disaster has been declared. 
(2) AFFECTED
STATE.—The term ‘‘affected 
State’’ means a State affected by a presidentially de-
clared disaster. 
(3) CHILD
WITH
A
DISABILITY.—The term 
‘‘child with a disability’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 602(3) of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(3)). 
(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a local educational agency (as defined 
in section 602(19) of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(19)) if 
such agency serves a disaster area in which a 
presidentially declared disaster has been de-
clared; 
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(B) a State educational agency (as defined 
in section 602(32) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1401(32)) if such agency serves a disaster area 
in which a presidentially declared disaster has 
been declared; or 
(C) a State interagency coordinating coun-
cil established under section 641 of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1441) if such council serves a dis-
aster area in which a presidentially declared 
disaster has been declared. 
(5) INDIVIDUAL ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY A 
PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTER.—The term 
‘‘individual adversely affected by a presidentially de-
clared disaster’’ means an individual who, on the 
date of the occurrence of a presidentially declared 
disaster, was living, working, or attending school in 
such disaster area. 
(6) INFANT
OR
TODDLER
WITH
A
DIS-
ABILITY.—The term ‘‘infant or toddler with a dis-
ability’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
632(5) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1432(5)). 
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TITLE 
IV—EMERGENCY 
PLAN-
NING FOR CHILD CARE CEN-
TERS 
SEC. 401. DISASTER PLANS. 
Each State that receives funds under the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858 et seq.) shall develop a disaster plan, as rec-
ommended by the National Commission on Children and 
Disasters, that includes guidelines for evacuation, reunifi-
cation, temporary operating standards, and special needs 
populations. 
SEC. 402. ADDRESSING CHILD CARE SERVICES AND FACILI-
TIES. 
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall encourage States and local govern-
ments to address child care services and facilities in the 
State and local governments’ response and recovery plans, 
exercises, and training, as recommended by the National 
Commission on Children and Disasters. 
TITLE V—HEALTH CARE 
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN 
SEC. 501. MEDICAID AND CHIP DISASTER GUIDANCE. 
(a) GUIDANCE TO STATES.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall provide guidance to Di-
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rectors of State Medicaid programs established under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) 
and to Directors of State Children’s Health Insurance 
Programs (commonly referred to as ‘‘CHIP’’) established 
under title XXI of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) 
regarding the requirements under section 1902(a)(16) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(16)), relating 
to the furnishing of medical assistance to individuals who 
are residents of the State but are absent therefrom, and 
the application of such requirements to CHIP programs 
under subparagraph (B) of section 2107(e)(1) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1) (as added by subsection (d))). 
(b) STATE GUIDANCE TO PROVIDERS.—Based on the 
guidance provided pursuant to subsection (a), each State, 
as a condition of receipt of Federal payments under sec-
tion 1903(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396b(a)), shall develop and disseminate to providers of 
items and services for which payment is available under 
the State’s Medicaid or CHIP program, disaster guidance 
for such providers to ensure continued access to health 
care items and services under the Medicaid and CHIP pro-
grams for low-income children affected by a major disaster 
and displaced from their home State. Such guidance shall 
be entitled ‘‘Disaster Guidance for Medicaid and CHIP 
Providers’’ and shall include a description of the proce-
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dures established by the State to facilitate the furnishing 
of health care services to children (as defined for purposes 
of the State Medicaid and CHIP programs, respectively) 
who are present in the State and are eligible for medical 
assistance under the Medicaid program of another State 
or child health assistance under the CHIP program of an-
other State. To the extent practicable, the guidance devel-
oped and disseminated pursuant to this subsection shall 
include the model process for the coordination of the en-
rollment, retention, and coverage under such programs of 
children who, because of migration of families, emergency 
evacuations, natural or other disasters, public health 
emergencies, educational needs, or otherwise, frequently 
change their State of residency or otherwise are tempo-
rarily located outside of the State of their residency re-
quired by section 213 of the Children’s Health Insurance 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 1396 
note). 
(c) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the date on which every State with a Med-
icaid or CHIP program has developed the Disaster Guid-
ance for Medicaid and CHIP Providers required under 
subsection (b), the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall submit to Congress a report on the guidance 
developed by States for providers under such programs, 
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including information regarding the State procedures in 
effect to facilitate the furnishing of health care services 
to children who are present in the State and are eligible 
for medical assistance under the Medicaid program of an-
other State or child health assistance under the CHIP pro-
gram of another State. 
(d) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
2107(e)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397gg(e)(1)), is amended— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(B) 
through (L) as subparagraphs (C) through (M), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) Section 1902(a)(16) (relating to the 
furnishing of medical assistance to individuals 
who are residents of the State but are absent 
therefrom).’’. 
Æ 
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