US Congress House Bill 2593 (Prior Session Legislation)

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October 22 2009 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Children’s School Investment Act - Amends the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies [LEAs] for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their areas) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to LEAs that: (1) were eligible for Impact Aid in the prior fiscal year due to federally-connected children; and (2) are experiencing an enrollment increase of at least 250 or 10% consisting of certain federally-connected children whose arrival is due to military base closures and realignments or global rebasing, force structure changes or reductions, or actions initiated by the Secretary of Defense. Requires such grants to be used: (1) to construct new schools or expand existing schools to accommodate the influx of students; (2) repair or upgrade academic facilities; or (3) lease, with the Secretary's approval, buildings or portions of buildings from a private entity for additional school space.

Military Children's School Investment Act

Rep Edwards, Chet	Rep Jenkins, Lynn	Rep Kissell, Larry	Rep McIntyre, Mike
Rep Moran, Jerry	Rep Terry, Lee	Rep Tiahrt, Todd	Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A.
Rep Forbes, J. Randy	Rep Etheridge, Bob	Rep Carter, John R.	Rep Bishop, Timothy H.
Rep Costello, Jerry F.	Rep Dicks, Norman D.	Rep Gonzalez, Charles A.	Rep Reyes, Silvestre
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D.	Rep Sarbanes, John P.	Rep Smith, Adam	Rep Wittman, Robert J.

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-10-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2009-06-08		Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2009-05-21		Referred to House Armed Services
2009-05-21		Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-05-21		Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN02593:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr2593ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr2593ih.pdf