HR 771
107th Congress
House
Education
Alaska
Authorization
Building construction
Charter schools
Commerce
Construction costs
Construction industries
Construction workers
Department of Education
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education of disadvantaged children
Educational finance
Educational surveys
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary schools
Employee selection
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Schools for the 21st Century Act
Introduced: February 28, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Apr 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Apr 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 28, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 28, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Federal School Construction Act of 2001 - Schools for the 21st Century Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise and reauthorize provisions for school infrastructure improvement. Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants for the construction, repair, renovation, and modernization of public school facilities to eligible local educational agencies in specified categories based on numbers of students enrolled, and to set maximum award amounts for each such category. Requires reservation of one percent of program funds to provide assistance to schools operated predominantly for Native American or Alaska Native students.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited tax credit for holders of qualified public school modernization bonds. Repeals a restriction on zone academy bond holders.
Amends the General Education Provisions Act to apply certain labor standards on construction projects financed under such public school modernization bond program and specified zone academy bond provisions.
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish provisions concerning local employment and training activities related to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Cosponsors
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