Protecting Every Student Act

Bill: 117-hr-2417
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2021-04-08
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Census and government statistics

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health promotion and preventive care

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Every Student Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Education to distribute unobligated COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds to states based on the number of children aged 5 to 17 in each state.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2417 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 2021 Mr. Luetkemeyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To distribute certain unobligated COVID–19 relief funds to States on the basis of the number of school-aged children in each State.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Every Student Act . 2. Use of unobligated relief funds Any Federal funds made available to the Secretary of Education on an emergency or supplemental basis to prevent, prepare for, or respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which as of the date of enactment of this Act, remain unobligated shall be distributed to each State on the basis of the number of children aged 5 through 17 in such State counted in the most recent census data approved by the Secretary of Education, as compared to the number of such children in all States.