1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1065, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 242, after line 9, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 14. FEDERAL FUNDS DIRECTED TO SCHOOLS.
1.4(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any federal funds for state agency
1.5administrative purposes received by the Department of Education that would otherwise be
1.6retained for state agency administrative purposes under the CARES act or the American
1.7Rescue Plan Act must be distributed to school districts, charter schools, cooperative units,
1.8and American Indian Tribal contract schools.
1.9(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any discretionary federal funds received
1.10under the CARES Act or the American Rescue Plan Act that, as of the effective date of this
1.11act, have not been formally allocated by the executive branch to school districts, charter
1.12schools, cooperative units, or American Indian Tribal contract schools, including the 9.5
1.13percent of funds commonly referred to as the ESSER I, ESSER II, and ESSER III funds,
1.14must be allocated according to paragraph (c).
1.15(c) Each school district, charter school, cooperative unit, and American Indian Tribal
1.16contract school must receive an aid amount equal to:
1.17(1) the ratio of the number of pupils enrolled in the district, charter school, or cooperative
1.18unit during the fall of 2020 to the total number of pupils enrolled statewide during the fall
1.19of 2020; times
1.20(2) the total amount of administrative aid calculated in paragraphs (a) and (b).
1.21(d) Any amount of federal funds already received by and paid to the Department of
1.22Education under paragraph (a) are canceled and returned to the fund from which they were
1.23appropriated.
2.1(e) The amounts necessary to pay the aid under this section are appropriated from their
2.2respective special reserve accounts in the special revenue fund for this purpose and must
2.3be paid to school districts, charter schools, cooperative units, and American Indian Tribal
2.4contract schools according to the timelines, reimbursement procedures, and reporting
2.5requirements established by the commissioner of education."
2.6Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.7Amend the title accordingly