,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #b1        
#bjba,mrs4 ,hinson introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to encourage local          
educational agencies to resume in-person
 instruction at elementary and secondary
 schools1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,reopen ,schools ,act4  #b4 ,grants 
to support in-person instruction        
,subsection 7c7 of section #cac of the  
,coronavirus ,response and ,relief      
,supplemental ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjba 7division ,m of ,public ,law      
#aaf-bfj7 is amended to read as follows3
  7c7 ,subgrants to local educational   
agencies  7#a7 ,in general ,from the    
allocation provided by the ,secretary   
under subsection 7b71 the ,state        
educational agency shall provide        
services and assistance to local        
educational agencies and non-public     

schools1 consistent with the provisions 
of this section4 ,each ,state shall     
allocate not less than #ij percent of   
the allocation awarded to the ,state    
under this section as subgrants to local
 educational agencies 7including charter
 schools that are local educational     
agencies7 in the ,state in proportion to
 the amount of funds such local         
educational agencies and charter schools
 that are local educational agencies    
received under part ,a of title ,i of   
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#fcaa et seq47 in the most recent fiscal
 year4 ,the ,state educational agency   
shall make such subgrants to local      
educational agencies as follows3 7,a7   
,one-third of funds shall be awarded not
 less than #ae calendar days after      
receiving an award from the ,secretary  
under this section4  7,b7 ,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 7including criteria for the     
,governor to carry out paragraph 7#b771 
that describes how the local educational
 agency will safely reopen schools with 
the physical presence of students1      
consistent with maintaining safe and    
continuous operations aligned with      
challenging ,state academic standards4  
7#b7 ,approval of plans ,the ,governor  
shall approve plans submitted under     
paragraph 7#a77;,b7 within #cj days     
after the plan is submitted1 subject to 
the following requirements3 7,a7 ,a     
local educational agency that provides  
in-person instruction for at least #ej  
percent of its students where the       
students physically attend school no    
less than #ej percent of each           
school-week1 as it was defined by the   
local educational agency prior to the   
coronavirus emergency1 shall have its   

plan automatically approved4  7,b7 ,a   
local educational agency that does not  
provide in-person instruction to any    
students where the students physically  
attend school in-person shall not be    
eligible to receive a subgrant under    
paragraph 7#a77;,b74  7,c7 ,a local     
educational agency that provides        
in-person instruction to at least some  
students where the students physically  
attend school in-person but does not    
satisfy the requirements in subparagraph
 7,a7 shall have its allocation reduced 
on a pro rata basis as determined by the
 ,governor4  7#c7 ,plan contents ,a     
school reopening plan submitted to a    
,governor under paragraph 7#a77;,b7     
shall include1 in addition to any other 
information necessary to meet the       
criteria determined by the ,governor--  
7,a7 a detailed timeline for when the   
local educational agency will provide   
in-person instruction1 including the    
goals and criteria used for providing   
full time in-person instruction to all  

students2  7,b7 a description of how    
many days of in-person instruction per  
calendar week the local educational     
agency plans to offer to students2 and  
7,c7 an assurance that the local        
educational agency will offer students  
as much in-person instruction as is safe
 and practicable1 consistent with       
maintaining safe and continuous         
operations aligned with challenging     
,state academic standards4  4