Title: A resolution designating September 30, 2020, as "Impact Aid Recognition Day" to recognize and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Impact Aid program.
Policy area: Education

Summary:
This resolution designates September 30, 2020, as Impact Aid Recognition Day to recognize the 70th anniversary of the Impact Aid Program. The program provides funding to local educational agencies that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or to those that have experienced increased expenditures due to enrollment of federally connected children (e.g., children living on Indian lands or military bases).

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 775 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 775

 Designating September 30, 2020, as ``Impact Aid Recognition Day'' to 
 recognize and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of 
                        the Impact Aid program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 2020

    Mr. Crapo (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
    Schumer, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
Barrasso, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
   Thune, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Daines, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
    Tester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
Duckworth, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Menendez) 
 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating September 30, 2020, as ``Impact Aid Recognition Day'' to 
 recognize and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of 
                        the Impact Aid program.

Whereas September 30, 2020, marks the 70th anniversary of the date on which 
        President Harry S Truman signed the Act of September 30, 1950 (commonly 
        known as the ``Impact Aid Act'') (64 Stat. 1100; chapter 1124), which 
        established the Impact Aid program;
Whereas the community served by the Impact Aid program considers the Impact Aid 
        program to be the ``original'' Federal elementary and secondary 
        education program;
Whereas the Impact Aid program is administered by the Secretary of Education;
Whereas the Impact Aid program reimburses local educational agencies for the 
        loss of revenue and other costs associated with the presence of tax-
        exempt Federal property within the boundaries of those local educational 
        agencies;
Whereas payments under the Impact Aid program are dispersed directly to local 
        educational agencies, which allocate those payments based on local 
        context and needs to provide a quality education to the students served 
        by those local educational agencies;
Whereas, in 2020, nearly 880,000 children, including children of individuals in 
        the uniformed services (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United 
        States Code), children residing on Indian lands, children in low-rent 
        public housing, and children of civilians working or living on Federal 
        land, are ``federally connected children'' who are served by local 
        educational agencies that are eligible for basic support payments under 
        the Impact Aid program;
Whereas there are 4,800,000 acres of federally owned land within the boundaries 
        of local educational agencies for which those local educational agencies 
        are eligible to receive Federal property payments under the Impact Aid 
        program;
Whereas, in fiscal year 2020, $1,486,112,000 will be provided under the Impact 
        Aid program to more than 1,100 local educational agencies that together 
        enroll more than 10,000,000 students;
Whereas, in 1965, Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), which amended the Act of September 30, 
        1950 (commonly known as the ``Impact Aid Act'') (64 Stat. 1100; chapter 
        1124);
Whereas, in 1994, Congress passed the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 
        (Public Law 103-382; 108 Stat. 3518), which repealed the Act of 
        September 30, 1950 (commonly known as the ``Impact Aid Act'') (64 Stat. 
        1100; chapter 1124), and codified the Impact Aid program in the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);
Whereas Congress has continued to demonstrate support for the Impact Aid program 
        by reauthorizing that program 16 times between 1950 and 2020;
Whereas, to formalize and energize the broad, bipartisan support for the Impact 
        Aid program, the Senate Impact Aid Coalition was established in 1996 and 
        the House Impact Aid Coalition was established in 1995; and
Whereas the Federal obligation on which the Impact Aid program is based is the 
        same in September 2020 as it was when the Impact Aid program was 
        established 70 years before, in September 1950: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates September 30, 2020, as ``Impact Aid 
        Recognition Day'' to recognize the 70th anniversary of the 
        establishment of the Impact Aid program; and
            (2) recognizes the importance of--
                    (A) the Impact Aid program under title VII of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 7701 et seq.); and
                    (B) the objective of that program to ensure that 
                all children educated in federally impacted school 
                districts receive a high-quality education and have 
                access to the opportunities needed to reach their full 
                potential.
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