Fair Funding for Schools Act

To reauthorize the impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

12/13/2007--Introduced.
Fair Funding for Schools Act - Amends the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies (LEAs) for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their areas) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the formula for determining the payments due LEAs for federal ownership of property when appropriations for a fiscal year are insufficient to provide them with full compensation. Alters the formula for determining the payments due LEAs for eligible federally-connected children. Includes not only children in average daily attendance, but also those enrolled pursuant to a state open enrollment policy. Continues an LEA's eligibility for such payments while activities associated with military base closures and realignments or force structure changes or relocations are ongoing. Allows the calculation of such payments using current student counts instead of prior fiscal year data when LEAs experience a specified influx of new students due to federal activities. Alters the formula for determining the construction payments due LEAs that are eligible for other Impact Aid payments. Divides 80% of the construction funds evenly between LEAs impacted by military dependent children and LEAs impacted by children residing on Indian lands, with the remainder reserved for emergency repair and modernization grants to LEAs serving Indian lands or experiencing a specified influx of new students due to federal activities. Alters the formula for determining whether a state's plan for equalizing assistance to its LEAs will except it from the prohibition on state aid to LEAs being affected by Impact Aid payments. Requires new LEAs applying for Impact Aid to have boundaries established by state law and the authority to tax or receive an imputed local tax. Reauthorizes appropriations for the Impact Aid program.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
• and 7 Co-Sponsors
  • Nancy Boyda
  • Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
  • Rick Renzi
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2]
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Committees

• House Education and Labor
• 1 more
  • House Education and Labor
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
December 13, 2007

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• Feb 05, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
• Introduced on Dec 13, 2007.
• Dec 13, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2563)
• Dec 13, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Elementary and secondary education
• Armed forces
• Authorization
• Boundaries
• 29 more
• Budgets
• Building construction
• Coast guard
• Defense economics
• Defense policy
• Department of Education
• Education
• Educational equalization
• Elementary education
• Executive departments
• Impact aid
• Indian education
• Indian lands
• Indians
• Local taxation
• Military base closures
• Military bases
• Military dependents
• Minorities
• Natural resources
• Property tax
• Public lands
• School buildings
• School districts
• Secondary education
• State and local government
• State laws
• Student enrollment
• Taxation

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