Sec. 3. Grants for school repair, renovation, and construction
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Part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7241 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term charter school has the meaning given the term in section 5210. The term CHPS Criteria means the green building rating criteria developed by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools. The term early learning facility means a public facility that— serves children who are not yet in kindergarten; and is under the jurisdiction of a local educational agency.
The term Energy Star means the Energy Star program of the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. The term Green Globes means the Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating system. The term high-need local educational agency has the meaning given the term in section 2102(3)(A). The term LEED Green Building Rating System means the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system.
The term Living Building Challenge means the Living Building Challenge building certification program. The term public school facility means a public elementary or secondary school facility, including a public charter school facility or an existing facility planned for adaptive reuse as a public charter school facility. The term rural local educational agency means a local educational agency that meets the eligibility requirements under— section 6211(b) for participation in the program described in subpart 1 of part B of title VI; or section 6221(b) for participation in the program described in subpart 2 of part B of title VI.
The term State means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. From the funds appropriated under subsection
(i)for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 1 percent to provide assistance to the outlying areas and for payments to the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education. Funds allocated under this paragraph shall be reserved by the Secretary for distribution among the outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior on the basis of their relative need for public elementary school and secondary school repair, renovation, and construction, as determined by the Secretary. From the funds appropriated under subsection
(i)for a fiscal year that are not reserved under paragraph
(1)for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each State educational agency serving a State an amount that bears the same relation to the funds as the amount the State received under part A of title I for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made bears to the amount all States received under such part for such preceding fiscal year, except that no such State educational agency shall receive less than 0.5 percent of the amount allocated under this subsection. Except as provided in subparagraph (D), each State educational agency may reserve not more than 1 percent of the State educational agency's allocation under subsection
(b)for the purposes of administering the distribution of grants under this subsection and awarding grants under subparagraph (C)(v). The State educational agency shall use a portion of the funds reserved under subparagraph (A)— to provide technical assistance to local educational agencies; and to establish or support a State-level database of public school facility inventory, condition, design, and utilization, which shall include for each school facility— the age of the facility; the total square footage of the facility that is used for academic or technical classroom instruction; and the year of the last major renovation of the facility. The State educational agency may use a portion of the funds reserved under subparagraph
(A)for— developing a statewide public school educational facility master plan; developing policies, procedures, and standards for high-quality, energy efficient public school facilities; supporting interagency collaboration that will lead to broad community use of public school facilities, and school-based services for students served by high-need local educational agencies or rural local educational agencies; helping to defray the cost of issuing State bonds to finance public elementary school and secondary school repair, renovation, and construction; and awarding grants to State-operated or State-supported schools, such as a State school for the deaf or for the blind, to enable such schools to carry out school repair, renovation, and construction activities in accordance with subsection (d). If the State educational agency transfers funds to a State entity described in paragraph (2)(A), the State educational agency shall transfer to such State entity not less than 75 percent of the amount reserved under subparagraph
(A)for the purpose of carrying out the activities described in subparagraph (C). Of the funds allocated to a State educational agency under subsection
(b)that are not reserved under paragraph (1), the State educational agency shall distribute 100 percent of such funds to local educational agencies or, if the State educational agency is not responsible for the financing of public school facilities, the State educational agency shall transfer such funds to the State entity responsible for the financing of public school facilities (referred to in this section as the State entity ) for distribution by such State entity to local educational agencies in accordance with this paragraph, to be used, consistent with subsection (d), for public elementary school or secondary school repair, renovation, and construction. The State educational agency or State entity shall carry out a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies for public elementary school or secondary school repair, renovation, and construction. Of the total amount available for distribution to local educational agencies under this paragraph, the State educational agency or State entity, shall, in carrying out the grant competition— award to high-need local educational agencies, in the aggregate, not less than an amount which bears the same relationship to such total amount as the aggregate amount such high-need local educational agencies received under part A of title I for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made bears to the aggregate amount received for such preceding fiscal year under such part by all local educational agencies in the State; award to rural local educational agencies in the State, in the aggregate, not less than an amount which bears the same relationship to such total amount as the aggregate amount such rural local educational agencies received under part A of title I for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made bears to the aggregate amount received for such preceding fiscal year under such part by all local educational agencies in the State; and award the remaining funds to local educational agencies in the State that did not receive a grant award under clause
(i)or (ii), including to high-need local educational agencies and rural local educational agencies that did not receive a grant award under clause
(i)or (ii). In awarding competitive grants under this paragraph, a State educational agency or State entity shall take into account the following criteria: The percentage of children served by the local educational agency who are between 5 to 17 years of age, inclusive, and who are from families with incomes below the poverty line. The need of a local educational agency for school repair, renovation, and construction, as demonstrated by the condition of the public school facilities of the local educational agency or the local educational agency's need for such facilities. The extent to which a local educational agency will make use, in the repair, renovation, or construction to be undertaken, of green practices that are certified, verified, or consistent with any applicable provisions of— the LEED Green Building Rating System; Energy Star; the CHPS Criteria; the Living Building Challenge; Green Globes; or an equivalent program adopted by the State or another jurisdiction with authority over the local educational agency. The fiscal capacity of a local educational agency to meet the needs of the local educational agency for repair, renovation, and construction of public school facilities without assistance under this section, including the ability of the local educational agency to raise funds through the use of local bonding capacity and otherwise. The likelihood that a local educational agency will maintain, in good condition, any public school facility whose repair, renovation, or construction is assisted under this section. In the case of a local educational agency that proposes to fund a repair, renovation, or construction project for a public charter school, the extent to which the public charter school lacks access to funding for school repair, renovation, and construction through the financing methods available to other public schools or local educational agencies in the State. A State educational agency or State entity shall require local educational agencies to match funds awarded under this paragraph. The amount of a match described in clause
(i)may be established by using a sliding scale that takes into account the relative poverty of the population served by the local educational agency. With respect to funds made available under this section that are used for school repair, renovation, and construction, the following rules shall apply: School repair, renovation, and construction shall be limited to 1 or more of the following: Upgrades, repair, construction, or replacement of public elementary school or secondary school building systems or components to improve the quality of education and ensure the health and safety of students and staff, including— repairing, replacing, or constructing early learning facilities at public elementary schools (including renovation of existing facilities to serve children under 5 years of age); repairing, replacing, or installing roofs, windows, doors, electrical wiring, plumbing systems, or sewage systems; repairing, replacing, or installing heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems (including insulation); and bringing such public schools into compliance with fire and safety codes. Public school facilities modifications necessary to render public school facilities accessible in order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq. ) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794 ). Improvements to the environmental conditions of public elementary school or secondary school sites, including asbestos abatement or removal, and the reduction or elimination of human exposure to lead-based paint, mold, or mildew. Measures designed to reduce or eliminate human exposure to classroom noise and environmental noise pollution. Modifications necessary to reduce the consumption of electricity, natural gas, oil, water, coal, or land. Upgrades or installations of educational technology infrastructure to ensure that students have access to up-to-date educational technology. Measures that will broaden or improve the use of public elementary school or secondary school buildings and grounds by the community in order to improve educational outcomes. No funds received under this section may be used for— payment of maintenance costs in connection with any projects constructed in whole or part with Federal funds provided under this section; purchase or upgrade of vehicles; improvement or construction of stand-alone facilities whose purpose is not the education of children, including central office administration or operations or logistical support facilities; purchase of information technology hardware, including computers, monitors, or printers; stadiums or other facilities primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events for which admission is charged to the general public; or purchase of carbon offsets. A local educational agency or State-operated or State-supported school shall use Federal funds subject to this subsection only to supplement the amount of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from non-Federal sources for school repair, renovation, and construction. Each local educational agency that receives funds under subsection (c)(2) shall ensure that, if the local educational agency carries out repair, renovation, or construction through a contract, any such contract process ensures the maximum number of qualified bidders, including small, minority, and women-owned businesses, through full and open competition. Each local educational agency receiving funds under subsection (c)(2)— shall provide an opportunity for public comment, and ensure that parents, educators, and all other interested members of the community in which the school to be assisted is located have the opportunity to consult, on the use of the funds received under such subsection; shall provide the public with adequate and efficient notice of the opportunity described in paragraph
(1)in a widely read and distributed medium; and shall provide the opportunity described in paragraph
(1)in accordance with any applicable State and local law specifying how the comments may be received and how the comments may be reviewed by any member of the public. Each local educational agency receiving funds under subsection (c)(2) shall submit a report to the State educational agency, at such time as the State educational agency may require, describing the use of such funds for school repair, renovation, and construction. Each State educational agency receiving funds under subsection
(b)shall submit to the Secretary, at such time as the Secretary may require, a report on the use of funds received under this section and made available to local educational agencies (and, if applicable, to State-operated or State-sponsored schools) for school repair, renovation, and construction. If a State educational agency does not apply for an allocation of funds under subsection
(b)for a fiscal year, or does not use the State educational agency's entire allocation for such fiscal year, then the Secretary may reallocate the amount of the State educational agency's allocation (or the remainder thereof, as the case may be) for such fiscal year to the remaining State educational agencies in accordance with subsection (b). There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020. The Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics shall conduct a study of the condition of public school facilities in the United States. In conducting the study, the Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics shall— estimate the costs needed to repair and renovate all public elementary schools and secondary schools in the United States to good overall condition; and measure recent expenditures of Federal, State, local, and private funds for public elementary school and secondary school repair, renovation, and construction costs in the United States. In conducting the study, the Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics shall examine trends in expenditures of Federal, State, local, and private funds since fiscal year 2001 for repair, renovation, and construction activities for public elementary schools and secondary schools in the United States, including examining the differences between the types of schools assisted, and the types of repair, renovation, and construction activities conducted, with those expenditures. The Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics shall prepare and submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study. . The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5618 the following: Subpart 22—School facilities Sec. 5621. Grants for school repair, renovation, and construction. Sec. 5622. National Center for Education Statistics study. .
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