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Put Students First Act of 2021

Introduced: February 3, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Feb 3, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Put Students First Act of 2021

This bill prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from providing certain FY2021 education funds or COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds to an elementary or secondary school that does not offer in-person instruction by April 30, 2021. A school must forfeit or return these funds if it does not offer in-person instruction by that date.

Additionally, the bill outlines the use of forfeited and returned funds. A state may regain eligibility for these funds if it submits an implementation plan to ED that provides students with school choice options. If a state does not submit an implementation plan, then the funds must be provided as grants to states with the highest percentage of schools offering in-person instruction.

What's happening now February 3, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 8
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Feb 12, 2021
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Feb 3, 2021
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Feb 3, 2021
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Feb 3, 2021
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Feb 3, 2021
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Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Feb 3, 2021
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Scott, Rick
Florida · Feb 3, 2021
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Feb 3, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 211: Put Students First Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-211/
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"S. 211: Put Students First Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-211/.
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S. 211, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-211/.
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