KIDS Success Act
Bill: H.R.2520 | Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty (R-SD)
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Kids In-Person Determines School Success Act or the KIDS Success Act
This bill requires each local educational agency (LEA) that received federal COVID-19 relief funds to, within 60 days, submit a report to the Department of Education (ED). The bill also requires ED to assess the impact of school closures due to COVID-19.
Specifically, the LEA must report on each elementary or secondary school that did not reopen for full-time, in-person learning as of April 5, 2021. The report must include the reasons why the school did not reopen in accordance with specified guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the expected date for return to full-time, in-person learning. In addition, the report must include the total amount of federal COVID-19 relief funds received by the LEA.
Upon receiving the information from LEAs, ED must assess and report on the effects of school closures due to COVID-19. The assessment must include (1) the long-term effects of extended e-learning and hybrid learning on students, and (2) the effect of closures on student absenteeism and disciplinary changes.

To assess the impact of school closures due to COVID-19, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Kids In-Person Determines School 
Success Act'' or the ``KIDS Success Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS AND ASSESSMENT ON IMPACT OF SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO 
              COVID-19.

    (a) LEA Information Collection.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, each local educational agency that 
received funds under section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (Public Law 117-2) shall submit to the Secretary of Education a 
report that includes the following:
            (1) With respect to each unopened school in the 
        jurisdiction of such agency--
                    (A) an explanation of the reasons such school has 
                not opened for full-time, in-person learning in 
                accordance with the guidance of the Centers for Disease 
                Control titled ``Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools 
                through Phased Prevention'', as updated on March 19, 
                2021; and
                    (B) the expected date on which students are 
                expected to return to such school for full-time, in-
                person learning.
            (2) The total amount of Federal COVID-19 relief funds 
        received by the local educational agency in the preceding 12 
        months.
            (3) Such other information as the Secretary of Education 
        may require.
    (b) Assessment and Report.--
            (1) Assessment.--Using the information received from local 
        educational agencies under subsection (a) and other available 
        research and information, the Secretary of Education shall 
        conduct an assessment of the effects of school closures due to 
        COVID-19, including--
                    (A) the long-term effects of extended e-learning 
                and hybrid learning on students;
                    (B) the effect of such closures on student 
                absenteeism and disciplinary changes; and
                    (C) any other effects the Secretary determines to 
                be relevant.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit 
        to Congress a report on the results of the assessment conducted 
        under paragraph (1).
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``unopened school'' means an elementary school 
        or secondary school that is not open for full-time, in-person 
        learning as of April 5, 2021.
            (2) The terms ``elementary school'', ``local educational 
        agency'', and ``secondary school'' have the meanings given 
        those terms in section 8101 if the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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