,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hccd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bb1      
#bjbj,ms4 ,kendra ,s4 ,horn of ,oklahoma
 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4     
,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,thompson of  
,mississippi1 and ,mr4 ,san ,nicolas7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
provide premium pay to educators at     
public schools for each hour of         
in-person work4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,educators are 
,heroes ,act4  #b4 ,educator premium pay
  7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ae   
days after a local educational agency   
receives a grant under subsection 7b71  
the local educational agency1 for the   
duration of the emergency period1 shall 
provide to each educator for each hour  
that the educator works1 in-person at a 
public school served by the agency with 
premium pay equal to #be percent of the 
educator's wage per hour4  7b7 ,educator

 ,fund  7#a7 ,in general ,there is      
established in the ,treasury of the     
,united ,states a fund to be known as   
the 8,educator ,fund0 7referred to in   
this section as the 8,fund071 consisting
 of amounts appropriated to the fund    
under subsection 7c74  7#b7 ,fund       
administration ,the fund shall be       
administered by the ,secretary of       
,treasury1 in consultation with the     
,secretary of ,education4  7#c7 ,use of 
funds  7,a7 ,in general ,amounts in the 
,fund shall be available to award a     
grant to each local educational agency  
that applies for a grant under          
subparagraph 7,b71 for the purpose of   
providing premium pay under subsection  
7a74  7,b7 ,application ,any local      
educational agency seeking a grant under
 this subsection shall submit an        
application to the ,secretary of the    
,treasury at such time1 in such manner1 
and complete with such information as   
the ,secretary may require4  7c7        
,authorization and appropriations ,there

 is authorized to be appropriated1 and  
there is hereby appropriated1 such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this   
section1 to remain available until      
expended4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this    
,act3 7#a7 ,educator ,the term educator 
includes teachers and other staff4  7#b7
 ,emergency period ,the term emergency  
period means the period beginning on the
 date of enactment of this ,act1 and    
ending on the last day of the public    
health emergency first declared on      
,january #ca1 #bjbj1 by the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services under   
section #cai of the ,public ,health     
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7    
with respect to ,,covid-#ai4  7#c7      
,,esea terms ,the terms elementary      
school1 local educational agency1 other 
staff1 and secondary school have the    
meaning given such terms in section     
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7#d7 ,public school ,the term  
public school means a public elementary 

school or secondary school4