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Reopen for Kids Act

USA117th CongressS-980| Senate 
| Updated: 3/25/2021
Bill Hagerty

Bill Hagerty

Republican Senator

Tennessee

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Reopen for Kids Act This bill prohibits a local educational agency (LEA) from receiving additional COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds while the LEA has remaining unobligated COVID-19 funds, unless the LEA submits and implements a plan to provide full-day, in-person instruction five days a week to all medically able students at its public schools. An LEA may amend its plan for in-person instruction if it determines there is a significant rise in COVID-19 cases in the area in which it serves. An LEA that fails to implement a plan within 14 days of approval must return funds to the state, and the state must return such funds to the Department of the Treasury.
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Timeline
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 25, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 25, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 25, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Education

AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthEducational facilities and institutionsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesTeaching, teachers, curricula

Reopen for Kids Act

USA117th CongressS-980| Senate 
| Updated: 3/25/2021
Reopen for Kids Act This bill prohibits a local educational agency (LEA) from receiving additional COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds while the LEA has remaining unobligated COVID-19 funds, unless the LEA submits and implements a plan to provide full-day, in-person instruction five days a week to all medically able students at its public schools. An LEA may amend its plan for in-person instruction if it determines there is a significant rise in COVID-19 cases in the area in which it serves. An LEA that fails to implement a plan within 14 days of approval must return funds to the state, and the state must return such funds to the Department of the Treasury.
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Timeline
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 25, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 25, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 25, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill Hagerty

Bill Hagerty

Republican Senator

Tennessee

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthEducational facilities and institutionsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesTeaching, teachers, curricula