,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjah,mr4  
,crowley introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to direct the ,secretary of          
,education to establish a grant program 
for the construction of schools in      
overcrowded areas1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,school             
,overcrowding ,reduction ,act4  #b4     
,school construction grant program  7a7 
,establishment ,not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,education shall
 establish a program 7in this section   
referred to as the ,program7 under which
 the ,secretary may award grants1 on a  
competitive basis1 to qualifying local  
educational agencies in accordance with 
this section4  7b7 ,applications ,to be 
eligible for a grant under the ,program1
 a qualifying local educational agency  

shall submit to the ,secretary an       
application at such time1 in such form1 
and containing such information as the  
,secretary may require4  7c7 ,grant uses
 ,grant amounts awarded to a qualifying 
local educational agency under the      
,program shall be used for activities   
relating to the construction of a school
 facility4  7d7 ,priority of award ,in  
selecting qualifying local educational  
agencies to receive a grant under the   
,program1 the ,secretary shall give     
priority to agencies that demonstrate   
that grant amounts received will be used
 to construct a school facility in a    
location that is no more than two miles 
from a school served by the agency in   
which the average class size 7excluding 
special education classes exclusively   
serving children with disabilities as   
defined in section #fjb of the          
,individuals with ,disabilities         
,education ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #adja77  
exceeds #be students4  7e7              
,authorization of appropriations ,there 

is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out the ,program #aj1jjj1jjj1jjj  
for fiscal years #bjai through #bjbc4   
7f7 ,qualifying local educational agency
 defined ,in this section1 the term     
qualifying local educational agency     
means a local educational agency 7as    
that term is defined in section #haja of
 the ,elementary and ,secondary         
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja77 that--  7#a7 is a recipient of  
funds under title ,i of such ,act 7#bj  
,u4,s4,c4 #fcja et seq472 and  7#b7 has 
a service area with respect to which--  
7,a7 the aggregate average class size   
7excluding special education classes    
exclusively serving children with       
disabilities as defined in section #fjb 
of the ,individuals with ,disabilities  
,education ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #adja77  
exceeds #bc students2 or  7,b7 more than
 #bj percent of students are assigned to
 a class with more than #cj students4