School Reopening and Spending Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-827
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-03-18
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Education programs funding

Educational facilities and institutions

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government information and archives

Infectious and parasitic diseases

State and local government operations

Teaching, teachers, curricula
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>School Reopening and Spending Transparency Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Education to establish and update monthly a public website to track state expenditures of certain COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) education relief funds. States must report on the operating status of their public elementary and secondary schools during the 2020-2021 school year for inclusion on the website. </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 827 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 18, 2021 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Grassley , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mr. Tillis , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Cramer , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Braun , Mr. Lee , Mr. Hagerty , Ms. Lummis , and Mr. Sasse ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain a public website tracking the expenditures by States of COVID–19 education relief funds.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Reopening and Spending Transparency Act . 2. Tracking COVID–19 education relief funds (a) In general The Secretary of Education shall establish and maintain a public website tracking the expenditures by States of COVID–19 education relief funds provided under the following: (1) The Education Stabilization Fund under title VIII of division B of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ). (2) The Education Stabilization Fund under title III of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ). (3) Part 1 of subtitle A of title II of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–2 ). (b) Update The Secretary of Education shall update the data on the public website described under subsection (a) monthly. (c) Report on operating status (1) In general Each State that receives COVID–19 education relief funds under any of the provisions described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) shall submit a report to the Secretary of Education on a monthly basis that includes the operating status of each public elementary school and secondary school in the State during the 2020–2021 school year, including, for each such school, the following: (A) The number of school days the school did not offer in-person instruction for any students enrolled in the school. (B) The number of days the school offered hybrid learning. (C) The number of days the school offered full-day, in-person instruction for all students enrolled in the school. (2) Publication The Secretary of Education shall publish the information submitted under paragraph (1) on the public website described under subsection (a) and shall update the information monthly.