S.Amdt. 1201

SA 1201. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for
himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms.
Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr.
Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide
for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 2001, add the following:
(i) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--

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(1) In general.--The State shall make subgrants to local
educational agencies under this subsection as follows:
(A) One-third of funds shall be awarded not less than 15
calendar days after receiving an award from the Secretary
under this section.
(B) The remaining two-thirds of funds shall be awarded only
after the local educational agency submits to the Governor
and the Governor approves a comprehensive school reopening
plan based on criteria determined by the Governor in
consultation with the State educational agency (including
criteria for the Governor to carry out paragraph (2)), that
describes how the local educational agency will safely reopen
schools with the physical presence of students, consistent
with maintaining safe and continuous operations aligned with
challenging State academic standards.
(2) Approval of plans.--The Governor shall approve plans
submitted under paragraph (1)(B) within 30 days after the
plan is submitted, subject to the following requirements:
(A) A local educational agency that offers an option for
in-person instruction for at least 50 percent of its students
where the students may physically attend school no less than
50 percent of each school-week, as it was defined by the
local educational agency prior to the coronavirus emergency,
shall have its plan automatically approved.
(B) A local educational agency that does not provide an
option for in-person instruction to any students where the
students physically attend school in-person shall not be
eligible to receive a subgrant under paragraph (1)(B).
(C) A local educational agency that offers an option for
in-person instruction to at least some students where the
students may physically attend school in-person but does not
satisfy the requirements in subparagraph (A) shall have its
allocation reduced on a pro rata basis as determined by the
Governor.
(3) Plan contents.--A school reopening plan submitted to a
Governor under paragraph (1)(B) shall include, in addition to
any other information necessary to meet the criteria
determined by the Governor--
(A) a detailed timeline for when the local educational
agency will offer an option for in-person instruction,
including the goals and criteria used for providing an option
for full time in-person instruction to all students;
(B) a description of how many days of in-person instruction
per calendar week the local educational agency plans to offer
to students; and
(C) an assurance that the local educational agency will
offer students an option to receive as much in-person
instruction as is safe and practicable, consistent with
maintaining safe and continuous operations aligned with
challenging State academic standards.
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