Stimulus package in toto. So.how much is being allocated to clean up building?

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Stimulus package...

_http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/HR1.pdf_

(http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/HR1.pdf)

pdf pg 170 (or there abouts)

I cannot count this high. So...how much money is being allocated to improve

school buildings? Is it $6 billion with $6 million for oversight? Also, a

new position being created (pg 395). National Health Information Technology

(HIT)Director. Reports directly to Daschle.

16 SCHOOL MODERNIZATION, RENOVATION, AND REPAIR

17 For carrying out section 9301 of this Act,

18 $14,000,000,000: Provided, That amount available under

19 section 9301 of this Act for administration and oversight

20 shall take the place of the set-aside under section 1106

21 of this Act.

22 HIGHER EDUCATION MODERNIZATION, RENOVATION,

23 AND REPAIR

24 For carrying out section 9302 of this Act,

25 $6,000,000,000: Provided, That amount available under

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1 section 9302 of this Act for administration and oversight

2 shall take the place of the set-aside under section 1106

3 of this Act.

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS SUBTITLE

5 SEC. 9301. 21ST CENTURY GREEN HIGH-PERFORMING PUB6

LIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

8 (1) The term ‘‘Bureau-funded school’’ has the

9 meaning given to such term in section 1141 of the

10 Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021).

11 (2) The term ‘‘charter school’’ has the meaning

12 given such term in section 5210 of the Elementary

13 and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

14 (3) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’—

15 (A) has the meaning given to that term in

16 section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary

17 Education Act of 1965, and shall also include

18 the Recovery School District of Louisiana and

19 the New Orleans Public Schools; and

20 ( includes any public charter school that

21 constitutes a local educational agency under

22 State law.

23 (4) The term ‘‘outlying area’’—

24 (A) means the United States Virgin Is25

lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com-

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1 monwealth of the Northern na Islands;

2 and

3 ( includes the freely associated states of

4 the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Fed5

erated States of Micronesia, and the Republic

6 of Palau.

7 (5) The term ‘‘public school facilities’’ includes

8 charter schools.

9 (6) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50

10 States, the District of Columbia, and the Common11

wealth of Puerto Rico.

12 (7) The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating

13 System’’ means the United States Green Building

14 Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental

15 Design green building rating standard referred to as

16 the LEED Green Building Rating System.

17 (8) The term ‘‘Energy Star’’ means the Energy

18 Star program of the United States Department of

19 Energy and the United States Environmental Pro20

tection Agency.

21 (9) The term ‘‘CHPS Criteria’’ means the

22 green building rating program developed by the Col23

laborative for High Performance Schools.

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1 (10) The term ‘‘Green Globes’’ means the

2 Green Building Initiative environmental design and

3 rating system referred to as Green Globes.

4 ( PURPOSE.—Grants under this section shall be for

5 the purpose of modernizing, renovating, or repairing pub6

lic school facilities, based on their need for such improve7

ments, to be safe, healthy, high-performing, and up-to8

date technologically.

9 © ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—

10 (1) RESERVATIONS.—

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—From the amount ap12

propriated to carry out this section, the Sec13

retary of Education shall reserve 1 percent of

14 such amount, consistent with the purpose de15

scribed in subsection (—

16 (i) to provide assistance to the out17

lying areas; and

18 (ii) for payments to the Secretary of

19 the Interior to provide assistance to Bu20

reau-funded schools.

21 ( ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT.—

22 The Secretary may, in addition, reserve up to

23 $6,000,000 of such amount for administration

24 and oversight of this section.

25 (2) ALLOCATION TO STATES.—

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1 (A) STATE-BY-STATE ALLOCATION.—Of

2 the amount appropriated to carry out this sec3

tion, and not reserved under paragraph (1),

4 each State shall be allocated an amount in pro5

portion to the amount received by all local edu6

cational agencies in the State under part A of

7 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu8

cation Act of 1965 for fiscal year 2008 relative

9 to the total amount received by all local edu10

cational agencies in every State under such part

11 for such fiscal year.

12 ( STATE ADMINISTRATION.—A State

13 may reserve up to 1 percent of its allocation

14 under subparagraph (A) to carry out its respon15

sibilities under this section, including—

16 (i) providing technical assistance to

17 local educational agencies;

18 (ii) developing, within 6 months of re19

ceiving its allocation under subparagraph

20 (A), a plan to develop a database that in21

cludes an inventory of public school facili22

ties in the State and the modernization,

23 renovation, and repair needs of, energy use

24 by, and the carbon footprint of such

25 schools; and

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1 (iii) developing a school energy effi2

ciency quality plan.

3 © GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL

4 AGENCIES.—From the amount allocated to a

5 State under subparagraph (A), each local edu6

cational agency in the State that meets the re7

quirements of section 1112(a) of the Elemen8

tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

9 shall receive an amount in proportion to the

10 amount received by such local educational agen11

cy under part A of title I of that Act for fiscal

12 year 2008 relative to the total amount received

13 by all local educational agencies in the State

14 under such part for such fiscal year, except that

15 no local educational agency that received funds

16 under part A of title I of that Act for such fis17

cal year shall receive a grant of less than

18 $5,000.

19 (D) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 1122©(3)

20 of the Elementary and Secondary Education

21 Act of 1965 shall not apply to subparagraph

22 (A) or ©.

23 (3) SPECIAL RULES.—

24 (A) DISTRIBUTIONS BY SECRETARY.—The

25 Secretary of Education shall make and dis-

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1 tribute the reservations and allocations de2

scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) not later than

3 30 days after the date of the enactment of this

4 Act.

5 ( DISTRIBUTIONS BY STATES.—A State

6 shall make and distribute the allocations de7

scribed in paragraph (2)© within 30 days of

8 receiving such funds from the Secretary.

9 (d) USE IT OR LOSE IT REQUIREMENTS.—

10 (1) DEADLINE FOR BINDING COMMITMENTS.—

11 Each local educational agency receiving funds under

12 this section shall enter into contracts or other bind13

ing commitments not later than 1 year after the

14 date of the enactment of this Act (or not later than

15 9 months after such funds are awarded, if later) to

16 make use of 50 percent of such funds, and shall

17 enter into contracts or other binding commitments

18 not later than 2 years after the date of the enact19

ment of this Act (or not later than 21 months after

20 such funds are awarded, if later) to make use of the

21 remaining funds. In the case of activities to be car22

ried out directly by a local educational agency (rath23

er than by contracts, subgrants, or other arrange24

ments with third parties), a certification by the

25 agency specifying the amounts, planned timing, and

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1 purpose of such expenditures shall be deemed a

2 binding commitment for purposes of this subsection.

3 (2) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNCOMMITTED

4 FUNDS.—A State shall recover or deobligate any

5 funds not committed in accordance with paragraph

6 (1), and redistribute such funds to other local edu7

cational agencies eligible under this section and able

8 to make use of such funds in a timely manner (in9

cluding binding commitments within 120 days after

10 the reallocation).

11 (e) ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS.—A local edu12

cational agency receiving a grant under this section shall

13 use the grant for modernization, renovation, or repair of

14 public school facilities, including—

15 (1) repairing, replacing, or installing roofs, in16

cluding extensive, intensive or semi-intensive green

17 roofs, electrical wiring, plumbing systems, sewage

18 systems, lighting systems, or components of such

19 systems, windows, or doors, including security doors;

20 (2) repairing, replacing, or installing heating,

21 ventilation, air conditioning systems, or components

22 of such systems (including insulation), including in23

door air quality assessments;

24 (3) bringing public schools into compliance with

25 fire, health, and safety codes, including professional

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1 installation of fire/life safety alarms, including mod2

ernizations, renovations, and repairs that ensure

3 that schools are prepared for emergencies, such as

4 improving building infrastructure to accommodate

5 security measures;

6 (4) modifications necessary to make public

7 school facilities accessible to comply with the Ameri8

cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101

9 et seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

10 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), except that such modifica11

tions shall not be the primary use of the grant;

12 (5) asbestos or polychlorinated biphenyls abate13

ment or removal from public school facilities;

14 (6) implementation of measures designed to re15

duce or eliminate human exposure to lead-based

16 paint hazards through methods including interim

17 controls, abatement, or a combination of each;

18 (7) implementation of measures designed to re19

duce or eliminate human exposure to mold or mil20

dew;

pg 395

‘‘© OTHER AREAS FOR CONSIDER15

ATION.—In making recommendations under

16 subparagraph (A), the HIT Policy Committee

17 may consider the following additional areas:

18 ‘‘(i) The appropriate uses of a nation19

wide health information infrastructure, in20

cluding for purposes of—

21 ‘‘(I) the collection of quality data

22 and public reporting;

23 ‘‘(II) biosurveillance and public

24 health;

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1 ‘‘(III) medical and clinical re2

search; and

3 ‘‘(IV) drug safety.

4

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