To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6890
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Arkansas
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Federal aid to education
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricanes
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Louisiana
Midwest (U.S.)
Mississippi
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Storms
Texas
Tornadoes

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: 
Amends the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, title IV of division B of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, with respect to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.
 
 
Extends through FY2009 the authority of the Secretary of Education, in providing any grant or other assistance to an entity in a state which in 2005 suffered a major disaster related to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, to waive or modify, in order to ease fiscal burdens, any elementary and secondary education assistance requirement relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) use of federal funds to supplement, not supplant, non-federal funds; or (3) any non-federal share or capital contribution required to match federal funds.

action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 
Amends the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, title IV of division B of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, with respect to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.
 
Extends through FY2009 the authority of the Secretary of Education, in providing any grant or other assistance to an entity in a state which in 2005 suffered a major disaster related to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, to waive or modify, in order to ease fiscal burdens, any elementary and secondary education assistance requirement relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) use of federal funds to supplement, not supplant, non-federal funds; or (3) any non-federal share or capital contribution required to match federal funds.
 
Protects local educational agencies that serve areas in which a major disaster has been declared in 2008 related to severe storms, tornadoes, or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, from experiencing a FY2009 reduction of school improvement funds under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

action_date: 2008-09-25
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House of Representatives on September 22, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, title IV of division B of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, with respect to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.
 
Extends through FY2009 the authority of the Secretary of Education, in providing any grant or other assistance to an entity in a state which in 2005 suffered a major disaster related to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, to waive or modify, in order to ease fiscal burdens, any elementary and secondary education assistance requirement relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) use of federal funds to supplement, not supplant, non-federal funds; or (3) any non-federal share or capital contribution required to match federal funds.
 
Protects local educational agencies that serve areas in which a major disaster has been declared in 2008 related to severe storms, tornadoes, or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, from experiencing a FY2009 reduction of school improvement funds under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

action_date: 2008-10-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House of Representatives on September 22, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, title IV of division B of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, with respect to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.
 
Extends through FY2009 the authority of the Secretary of Education, in providing any grant or other assistance to an entity in a state which in 2005 suffered a major disaster related to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, to waive or modify, in order to ease fiscal burdens, any elementary and secondary education assistance requirement relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) use of federal funds to supplement, not supplant, non-federal funds; or (3) any non-federal share or capital contribution required to match federal funds.
 
Protects local educational agencies that serve areas in which a major disaster has been declared in 2008 related to severe storms, tornadoes, or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, from experiencing a FY2009 reduction of school improvement funds under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-08
text: Became Public Law No: 110-366.
action_date: 2008-10-08
text: Became Public Law No: 110-366.
action_date: 2008-10-08
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-10-08
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-09-26
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9551)
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9551)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8525-8526)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8525-8526)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6890.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8525-8527)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Mrs. Davis (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-366