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School Reopening and Spending Transparency Act

Introduced: March 18, 2021 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Mar 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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School Reopening and Spending Transparency Act

This bill requires the Department of Education to establish and update monthly a public website to track state expenditures of certain COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) education relief funds. States must report on the operating status of their public elementary and secondary schools during the 2020-2021 school year for inclusion on the website.

What's happening now March 18, 2021

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

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Republican 9
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 18, 2021
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Mar 18, 2021
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Mar 18, 2021
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 18, 2021
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Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Mar 18, 2021
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Mar 18, 2021
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Mar 18, 2021
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Scott, Rick
Florida · Mar 18, 2021
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Mar 18, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 827: School Reopening and Spending Transparency Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-827/
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"S. 827: School Reopening and Spending Transparency Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-827/.
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S. 827, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-827/.
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