To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide hold-harmless payment amounts for impact-aid payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 14, 1995
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide hold-harmless payment amounts for impact-aid payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property. Provides that no eligible local educational agency shall receive less than 85 percent of the preceding year's amount in such a payment for any fiscal year. Provides for ratable reductions and increases in certain types of impact-aid payments in specified circumstances.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Referred to the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Opportunities, 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.
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