,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdfi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #be1     
#bjbc ,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself and ,ms4 
,hassan7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
authorize the ,department of ,education1
 in coordination with other relevant    
,federal agencies1 to include a         
longitudinal component on the impact of 
the ,,covid-#ai pandemic on student     
outcomes and well-being on an existing  
longitudinal educational study4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,assessing ,children's ,academic    
,development and the ,emotional and     
,mental health ,implications of         
,,covid-#ai ,act of #bjbc or the        
,,academic ,act of #bjbc 4  #b4         
,interagency longitudinal component on  
the impact of the ,,covid-#ai pandemic  
on student outcomes and well-being  7a7 
,authorization of component  7#a7 ,in   

general ,not later than #b years after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,education1 in            
coordination with the heads of other    
relevant ,federal agencies1 shall       
include in a prekindergarten through    
grade #ab longitudinal educational study
 that was authorized before the date of 
enactment of this ,act and that is      
active on such date of enactment1 to the
 extent practicable and appropriate1 a  
longitudinal component on the impact of 
the ,,covid-#ai pandemic and the        
associated school closures1 remote      
learning1 and other factors1 on student 
outcomes and well-being4  7#b7 ,impacts 
7,a7 ,in general ,the longitudinal      
component authorized under paragraph    
7#a7 shall include the impact on        
students'-- 7i7 academic achievement1   
including any learning loss2  7ii7      
social and emotional well-being2  7iii7 
mental health2  7iv7 behavioral health2 
and  7v7 physical health4  7,b7 ,,hipaa 
compliance ,the longitudinal component  

authorized under paragraph 7#a7 shall   
comply with the regulations promulgated 
under section #bfd7;c7 of the ,health   
,insurance ,portability and             
,accountability ,act of #aiif4  7#c7    
,study on specific subgroups  7,a7 ,in  
general ,the longitudinal component     
authorized under paragraph 7#a7 shall   
examine the impact on specific subgroups
 of students 7except as provided in     
subparagraph 7,b771 including on each of
 those subgroups described in section   
#aaaa7;b77#b77;,b77xi7 of the           
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#fcaa7;b77#b77;,b77xi77 and on each of  
the following3  7i7 ,status as a student
 with a parent who is a member of the   
armed forces 7as defined in section     
#aja7;a77#d7 of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code7 on active duty 7as       
defined in section #aja7;d77#a7 of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code7 or serves  
on full-time ,national ,guard duty 7as  
defined in section #aja7;d77#e7 of title

 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code74  7ii7     
,status as a homeless child or youth1 as
 defined in section #gbe7b7 of the      
,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless ,assistance 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aadcd;a7#b774      
7iii7 ,status as a child in foster care4
 ,in this clause1 the term foster care  
means #bd-;hour substitute care for     
children placed away from their parents 
and for whom the agency under part ,e of
 title ,,iv of the ,social ,security    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fgj et seq47 has   
placement and care responsibility4 ,this
 includes1 but is not limited to1       
placements in foster family homes1      
foster homes of relatives1 group homes1 
emergency shelters1 residential         
facilities1 child care institutions1 and
 preadoptive homes4 ,a child is in      
foster care in accordance with this     
definition regardless of whether the    
foster care facility is licensed and    
payments are made by the ,state1        
,tribal1 or local agency for the care of
 the child1 whether adoption subsidy    

payments are being made prior to the    
finalization of an adoption1 or whether 
there is ,federal matching of any       
payments that are made4  7iv7 ,status as
 a neglected1 delinquent1 or at-risk    
student1 as described in part ,d of     
title ,i of the ,elementary and         
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fdba et seq474  7v7         
,students from different grade levels4  
7,b7 ,exception ,the requirement under  
subparagraph 7,a7 to examine the impact 
on a specific subgroup of students shall
 not be required in the case in which   
the number of students in a subgroup is 
insufficient to yield statistically     
reliable information or the results     
would reveal personally identifiable    
information about an individual student4
  7#d7 ,national representation ,the    
longitudinal component authorized under 
paragraph 7#a7 shall be nationally      
representative and include different    
geographic areas1 including rural and   
urban localities4  7b7 ,privacy laws ,in

 carrying out this section1 the         
,secretary of ,education1 in            
coordination with the heads of other    
relevant ,federal agencies1 shall act in
 accordance with section #ddd of the    
,general ,education ,provisions ,act    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #abcb;g1 commonly known  
as the ,family ,educational ,rights and 
,privacy ,act of #aigd74  7c7 ,release  
of summary of findings ,not later than  
#a year after the end of the data       
collection under the longitudinal       
component authorized under subsection   
7a77#a71 the ,secretary of ,education   
shall release a preliminary summary of  
findings from the longitudinal component
 to the public4