II
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3914
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 29, 2010
Mrs. Murray (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Burris, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Conrad, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Begich, Mr. Levin, Mr. Webb, and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to complete payments under such title to local educational agencies eligible for such payments within 3 fiscal years.
Timely payments
Section 8010 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7710) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Timely payments
In general
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall pay a local educational agency the full amount that the agency is eligible to receive under this title for a fiscal year not later than September 30 of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year for which such amount has been appropriated if, not later than 1 calendar year following the fiscal year in which such amount has been appropriated, such local educational agency submits to the Secretary all the data and information necessary for the Secretary to pay the full amount that the agency is eligible to receive under this title for such fiscal year.
Payments With Respect to Fiscal Years in Which Insufficient Funds Are Appropriated
For a fiscal
year in which the amount appropriated under section 8014 is insufficient to pay
the full amount a local educational agency is eligible to receive under this
title, paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting is available to
pay the agency
for the agency is eligible to receive
each place it
appears.
.