Title: Unmask Our Kids Act of 2022
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Unmask Our Kids Act of 2022
This bill places restrictions on federal funding to any preschool, kindergarten, or elementary or secondary school with respect to mask mandates.
Specifically, the bill prohibits a preschool, kindergarten, or elementary or secondary school from receiving federal funds if it (1) mandates that students wear face masks while on school grounds or engaged in school-sponsored activities, or (2) limits participation in school activities for students who choose to not wear a face mask on school grounds or while engaged in school-sponsored activities.
The Department of Education must require each application for federal assistance submitted by an educational agency to attest that all of its schools have rescinded any face mask mandate.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3604 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3604

 To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to any preschool, 
 kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school that has a face 
                             mask mandate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 9, 2022

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to any preschool, 
 kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school that has a face 
                             mask mandate.

    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 ``Unmask Our Kids Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO RESCIND SCHOOL FACE MASK MANDATES TO RECEIVE 
              FEDERAL FUNDING.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``elementary school'', 
``local educational agency'', ``Secretary'', and ``State educational 
agency'' have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
    (b) Requirement To Rescind School Mask Mandates To Receive Federal 
Funding.--No Federal funds shall be made available to any preschool, 
kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school that--
            (1) mandates that students wear face masks while on school 
        grounds or engaged in school-sponsored activities; or
            (2) limits participation in school activities for students 
        who voluntarily elect not to wear a face mask on school grounds 
        or while engaged in school-sponsored activities.
    (c) Ensuring Compliance.--The Secretary shall require each 
application for Federal assistance submitted to the Secretary by a 
State educational agency or local educational agency to attest that all 
preschools, kindergartens, elementary schools, and secondary schools 
receiving Federal funds served by the agency have rescinded any face 
mask mandate.
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