A bill to provide for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Bill: 109-s-1764
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Education
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal aid to education
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Paraprofessional school personnel
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Teacher salaries
Teaching materials
Texas
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Provides for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Katrina to the Department of Education, upon the Secretary of Education's request, to assist educational agencies serving such students in paying for costs of personnel, operations, and materials and equipment.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) determine an immediate need for such assistance before requesting such a funds transfer; and (2) obligate certain funds for an additional year as emergency funding to meet the students' educational needs.
 
Shortens the period for certain advance notifications to Congress under the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005, in particular the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2005.

action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Provides for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Katrina to the Department of Education, upon the Secretary of Education's request, to assist educational agencies serving such students in paying for costs of personnel, operations, and materials and equipment.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) determine an immediate need for such assistance before requesting such a funds transfer; and (2) obligate certain funds for an additional year as emergency funding to meet the students' educational needs.
 
Shortens the period for certain advance notifications to Congress under the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005, in particular the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10387-10388; text as passed Senate: CR S10388)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10387-10388; text as passed Senate: CR S10388)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate