S.Amdt. 2970

SA 2970. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. IMPACT AID ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

(a) Certain Heavily Impacted Local Educational Agencies.--
Section 7003(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i)(IV)(aa), by striking ``35'' and
inserting ``20''; and
(2) in the matter preceding item (aa) of subparagraph
(D)(i)(II), by striking ``35'' and inserting ``20''.
(b) Agencies Affected by Privatization or Closure of
Military Housing.--Section 7003(b)(2)(G) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)(G))
is amended--
(1) in clause (i), by striking ``clause (iii)'' and
inserting ``clause (iv)'';
(2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
(3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
``(iii) Special rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of this section, a local educational agency that was eligible
for, and received, a basic support payment under this
paragraph for fiscal year 2024 through the application of
clause (i) shall remain eligible for a basic support payment
under this paragraph for fiscal year 2025 and any succeeding
fiscal year. The amount of a payment under this clause shall
be calculated in accordance with clause (ii).''.
(c) Determination of Weighted Student Units for Purposes of
the Federal Impact Aid Program.--Section 7003(a)(2)(C)(ii) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7703(a)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ``100,000'' and
inserting ``85,000''.
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