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Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

Introduced: January 30, 2019 Introduced by: Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov

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Dec 21, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.

Dec 21, 2020

Committee on Ways and Means discharged.

Dec 21, 2020

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-684, Part I.

Feb 26, 2019

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 20.

Feb 26, 2019

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jan 30, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

Jan 30, 2019

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2019

This bill provides financial assistance in FY2020-FY2029 for long-term improvements to public school facilities by allocating funds to states for school facility improvements, awarding need-based grants to local education agencies, restoring school infrastructure tax credit bonds, and providing assistance for repair of school foundations affected by pyrrhotite.

The bill specifies allowable uses of grant funds, including making major repairs of public school facilities and making public school facilities accessible to disabled individuals.

The bill requires local education agencies to adopt certain green practices (environmental standards) and use products made in the United States (Buy America).

The Department of Education must establish a clearinghouse to disseminate information to assist schools in initiating, developing, and financing energy efficiency projects, distributed generation projects, and energy retrofitting projects.

The bill increases funding through FY2024 for the Impact Aid Construction program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

What's happening now December 21, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.

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