Kids in Classes Act

Payments to parents when schools close

This bill would require each local educational agency (LEA) to set up a failure-to-open direct payment plan by the beginning of the first school year that begins after enactment to be eligible for funds under this part. If a public school that receives funds under this part fails for more than 3 days in a school year because of a public health emergency or a collective bargaining action, you would receive direct payments. Payments would equal the school's per-student, per-day share of funds under this part multiplied by the number of days the school is closed, and would be made each closed day when practicable. You would have to show receipts that the money was spent on qualified educational expenses (for example, curriculum and curricular materials, books, technology, tutoring, private school tuition, testing fees, diagnostic tools, or educational therapies for students with disabilities), or return unused amounts to the LEA within 30 days after the school reopens.