Put Students First Act of 2021

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 3 February 2021

   Introduced

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

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 February 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 3 February 2021 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 February 2021

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 February 2021

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 3 February 2021

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Sponsors

• Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
• Rick Scott · R · Sponsor
• Joni Ernst · R · Sponsor
• Kevin Cramer · R · Sponsor
• Bill Hagerty · R · Sponsor
• Marsha Blackburn · R · Sponsor
• Steve Daines · R · Sponsor
• Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
• Tim Scott · R · Cosponsor
• · sshr00 · Standing

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