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This bill establishes the "Safe School Reopening Grant Program" in the Department of Education to assist public schools in the purchase of air filtration systems and ultraviolet cleaning products to disinfect school facilities and reduce the transmission of COVID-19. Under the bill, a school district, charter school, or renaissance school could apply to the Commissioner of Education for a grant. When awarding grants, the commissioner may give preference to applicants who experienced the greatest fiscal distress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, or who require additional funding to meet the health and safety standards necessary to resume in-person instruction. The bill requires all grant monies to be exclusively used to purchase air filtration systems and ultraviolet cleaning products. If the commissioner determines that a grant recipient has used the monies for an unauthorized purpose, the public school would be required to repay the amount of the grant to the department according to a repayment schedule established by the commissioner. The bill appropriates $10 million from the General Fund to the Department of Education to support the costs of the program.

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Patrick Diegnan (D)*,  Nellie Pou (D)*,  Kristin Corrado (R), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee (on 11/05/2020)

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