Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act

Bill: 117-hr-6126
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2021-12-02
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government information and archives

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Property tax

State and local taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act</strong></p> <p>This bill revises the Impact Aid Program application process for FY2023.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the Impact Aid Program to use the student count or federal property valuation data from their FY2022 program applications, as applicable, for their FY2023 program applications. The program provides funding to LEAs 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).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6126 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 2, 2021 Mr. Courtney (for himself and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To provide that, due to the disruptions caused by COVID–19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2023 may use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 2022 application.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act . 2. Impact Aid Program Due to the public health emergency directly relating to COVID–19 and notwithstanding sections 7002(j) and 7003(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7702(j) , 7703(c)), a local educational agency desiring to receive a payment under section 7002 or 7003 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 7702 , 7703) for fiscal year 2023 that also submitted an application for such payment for fiscal year 2022 shall, in the application submitted under section 7005 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 7705 ) for fiscal year 2023— (1) with respect to a requested payment under section 7002 of such Act— (A) use the data described in section 7002(j) of such Act relating to calculating such payment that was submitted by the local educational agency in the application for fiscal year 2022; or (B) use the data relating to calculating such payment for the fiscal year required under section 7002(j) of such Act; and (2) with respect to a requested payment under section 7003 of such Act— (A) use the student count data relating to calculating such payment that was submitted by the local educational agency in the application for fiscal year 2022, provided that payments for fiscal year 2023 shall be calculated by the Secretary using the expenditures and rates described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of section 7003(b)(1)(C) of such Act that would otherwise apply for fiscal year 2023; or (B) use the student count data relating to calculating such payment for the fiscal year required under section 7003(c) of such Act.