Congressional Record, Senate - July 23, 2020, S4474
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This is page S4474 of the Congressional Record, Senate, July 23, 2020, with interleaved columns. Under Statements on Introduced Bills, Mr. REED introduces S. 4303, a bill to improve State short-term compensation programs, which he calls the Workforce Retention Act. He argues that work sharing lets struggling companies reduce hours instead of their workforce while employees keep a portion of unemployment insurance benefits. The remarks warn against letting enhanced pandemic unemployment assistance expire, citing economist Mark Zandi, and describe a $100 million initiative in the CARES Act that grew out of the Layoff Prevention Act of 2020. The bill would extend federal financing for states with work sharing programs by two years.
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S4474 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 23, 2020
authorize appropriations for fiscal year for-dollar stimulus to the economy, provided temporary federal financing
2021 for military activities of the De- with each dollar of UI translating into for 100% of work sharing benefits paid
partment of Defense, for military con- $1.61 of economic activity. Cutting off to workers. According to the Depart-
struction, and for defense activities of $600 would slash the weekly income of ment of Labor, work sharing saved ap-
the Department of Energy, to prescribe 20 million households in half or more proximately 570,000 jobs in the wake of
military personnel strengths for such overnight. In a recent study, Ernie the Great Recession. Multiple studies
fiscal year, and for other purposes. Tedeschi, a former economist at the have found that communities that
f Department of Treasury, projects that adopted more robust work-sharing pro-
what will follow is a two percent de- grams weathered the recession with
STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED lower unemployment rates.
crease in the nation’s gross domestic
BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION Mark Zandi estimates that tem-
product and 1.7 million fewer jobs by
By Mr. REED: the end of this year. porary financing of work share offers a
S. 4303. A bill to improve State short- This is not surprising. If Senate Re- very high ‘‘bang for the buck’’ of $1.69
term compensation programs, and for publicans let the enhanced pandemic . . . making it a critical companion to
other purposes; to the Committee on unemployment assistance expire, it traditional UI benefits. It’s another
Finance. could tank consumer spending while win-win policy that has been field-test-
Mr. REED. Mr. President, with the increasing business closings that will ed and demonstrated to work well in
U.S. economy reeling, millions of fami- lead to even more unemployment. It more than 20 states across the country.
lies struggling, and COVID–19 cases could also further exacerbate this pub- Simply put, work sharing helps more
soaring in states around the country, lic health crisis by forcing more Amer- workers, businesses, and communities
this is exactly the wrong time to cut icans into desperate situations. stay afloat, and positions them for a
off or massively cut back unemploy- That is why I, along with Senator MI- stronger economic recovery.
ment insurance as Republicans are pro- CHAEL BENNET and Congressman DON The Workforce Retention Act that I
posing. BEYER, have proposed the Worker Re- am introducing today along with Sen-
Unemployment insurance is a finan- lief and Security Act. This legislation ators WHITEHOUSE, MERKLEY, and VAN
cial lifeline to tens of millions of would take politics out of the equation HOLLEN, enhances the program and en-
Americans. And it also provides a big and use ‘‘automatic stabilizers’’ based courages states with existing work
boost for small businesses . . . and on actual unemployment rates to en- share laws to utilize them more fre-
communities. Because in addition to sure the help goes where it is needed, quently. It incentivizes states without
helping those who’ve lost their jobs, it when it is needed, and expires when it work sharing laws to stop denying
effectively injects needed spending into is no longer needed—rather than leav- their businesses an easy and effective
local economies. Cars don’t run with- ing it up to Congress and an arbitrary way to retain employees. This legisla-
out fuel, and the economy won’t run date. tion is supported by the National Em-
without consumers. And look, it’s not just individuals ployment Law Center and the Eco-
The President failed to listen to pub- who are struggling. Businesses need nomic Policy Institute.
lic health experts and that hurt public help too. That is why I have backed the It builds off the $100 million initia-
health and the economy. He bipartisan RESTART Act and today I tive included in the CARES Act, stem-
downplayed the pandemic, derided the ming from my Layoff Prevention Act
am introducing the Workforce Reten-
science, and tried to force states to of 2020, by extending federal financing
tion Act, which would strengthen and
rush their re-openings. for states with permanent and tem-
expand work sharing programs that
Now he is failing to listen to eco- porary work sharing programs by two
many businesses are effectively using
nomic experts across the spectrum who years. It would incentivize states to
to keep their workers. This program is
widely agree that four months into this structure their work sharing laws to
a win-win that offers businesses in-
crisis, the jobs picture is worsening. reduce barriers to entry for companies
creased flexibility and payroll support,
. . . particularly for small businesses
Experts are once again warning the while keeping more Americans at-
that have been hard hit by this pan-
President and Republicans now is NOT tached to their jobs.
demic. Our bill also provides much-
the time to cut off unemployment in- Right now, business owners who want
needed federal grants to state unem-
surance. to keep their doors open are facing the
ployment agencies to improve imple-
Today, more than 31 million Ameri- prospect of having to let go some per-
mentation and administration.
cans—roughly one out of five workers— centage of their workforce because of States would also qualify under a
are collecting unemployment and thou- circumstances far beyond their control. new grant program for meeting certain
sands of businesses are shutting their Businesses that are particularly de- enrollment incentive benchmarks and
doors. More than 1.4 million workers pendent on foot traffic, such as the increasing the number of work share
filed for unemployment for the first hospitality and tourism industries, are claims as a percentage of their overall
time just last week. Those who pre- only looking at re-opening later this unemployment insurance weekly
dicted a quick V shaped recovery . . . year or early next year. In many cases, claims.
who misled Americans that the virus businesses are also set to lose out on This is a cost-effective job preserva-
would just disappear on its own were the considerable expense and time they tion program and we need to invest in
wrong. There will be no economic re- have put in to hire and train these ensuring it is accessible to help more
covery until we get the virus under workers. businesses, preserve more jobs, and
control. With work sharing, struggling com- save taxpayers billions of dollars in the
Congress needs to end the short- panies can reduce hours instead of long run.
sighted approach and start taking the their workforce and it helps employers Our economy can’t afford more of the
long view. We need a smarter, coordi- save money on rehiring costs, while same mistakes that have deepened this
nated, evidence-based approach that employees who participate in work crisis and steepened the economic
recognizes reality: things are bad. Cut- sharing keep their jobs and receive a climb back out. America controls its
ting off UI would make them exponen- portion of unemployment insurance own destiny, and we have the tools and
tially worse. benefits to make up for lost wages. Es- know-how to succeed. Other nations
But look: Hope is not lost. We have pecially in this pandemic, work sharing have fared much better during this cri-
the tools, the assets, the advantages to programs would allow businesses to re- sis because their elected leadership
turn things around. There are proven, tain their employees, easily putting
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took COVID more seriously. They en-
effective measures that we can take, them back on full-time status once couraged people to wear masks. Other
both on the public health front and the business picks up, and avoid having to heads of state didn’t taunt regions into
economic front. Let’s focus on the eco- lay them off in the first place. reopening before it was safe to do so.
nomic front: As part of the Middle Class Tax Re- And they invested in unemployment
Economist Mark Zandi of Moody’s lief and Job Creation Act, Congress en- insurance and economic stimulus.
Analytics notes that unemployment acted legislation that I authored, the Ending unemployment insurance in
benefits are the most effective dollar- Layoff Prevention Act of 2012, which the midst of a surging pandemic could
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July 23, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4475
make a desperate situation worse for shortage are particularly acute and have an ‘‘(B) For the second continuous year of em-
individuals and harm the economy. increased negative impact on teachers of ployment, $5,800.
Being jobless in these uncertain times color remaining in the field. ‘‘(C) For the third and fourth continuous
(4) A child’s access to high-quality early year of employment, $7,000.
and relying on unemployment is stress- ‘‘(D) For the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth,
childhood education is critical to supporting
ful enough. If Congress cuts benefits off positive outcomes, and early childhood edu- and ninth continuous year of employment,
too soon and tries to prematurely push cators— $8,700.
workers into unsafe environments, it (A) play an important role in setting the ‘‘(E) For the tenth continuous year of em-
will cost families, businesses, and com- foundation for future learning, and ployment, $11,600.
munities alike. (B) promote the development of vital ‘‘(F) For the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth,
It is beyond the pale that the Admin- skills, habits, and mindsets that children fourteenth, and fifteenth continuous year of
istration and Senate Republicans pur- need to be successful in school and in life. employment, $8,700.
(5) In 2015, the national median pay of ‘‘(G) For the sixteenth continuous year of
posely put off action for months. Ev-
early childhood educators was a mere $28,570, employment, $7,000.
eryone knew the virus was not going to with many early childhood educators relying ‘‘(H) For the seventeenth, eighteenth, nine-
disappear. It’s a perfect example of the on government assistance programs such as teenth, and twentieth continuous year of
Trump view of one set of rules that Medicaid, the supplemental nutrition assist- employment, $5,800.
provides benefits for him, and nothing ance program established under the Food ‘‘(2) FIRST YEAR.—For purposes of the first
for everyone else. Incompetence and and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et year of employment ending with or within a
willful avoidance is not a policy, and seq.), or the temporary assistance for needy taxable year, an individual must have been
it’s time for Republicans to stop draw- families program established under part A of so employed for a period of not less than 4
title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. months before the first day of such taxable
ing up new ways to seem like they’re year.
601 et seq.), and struggling to provide for
helping people and come to the table their own families. ‘‘(3) LIMITATION BASED ON TOTAL NUMBER OF
with solid ideas that actually do some- (6) Studies have demonstrated that well- SCHOOL YEARS.—In the case of any individual
thing meaningful. qualified, experienced teachers are the single who has been employed in any position de-
It is my hope that we can proceed in most important school-based element con- scribed in subsection (a)(2) for a total of
a bipartisan manner on another round tributing to a child’s academic achievement more than 20 school years, the applicable
of coronavirus legislation. This next and success. amount shall be reduced to zero.
relief bill must include extended and (7) In 2016, the average teacher salary in ‘‘(c) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—
public elementary schools and secondary ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any tax-
enhanced unemployment insurance able year beginning after 2021, each of the
schools was only $58,950, which is on average
benefits tied to economic and health dollar amounts in subsection (b)(1) shall be
21.4 percent less than other college graduates
conditions, and expanded work sharing, working in non-teaching fields, and with increased by an amount equal to—
to keep families, businesses, and states many teachers struggling with large ‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
solvent through this crisis. I urge my amounts of student loan debt. ‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-
colleagues to join us in supporting (8) An experienced, well-qualified edu- mined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar
these needed initiatives. cation workforce must also be reflective of year by substituting ‘calendar year 2020’ for
the diversity of the student body across race, ‘calendar year 2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii)
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. ethnicity, and disability. thereof.
BALDWIN, and Ms. SMITH): (9) Experienced, well-qualified school lead- ‘‘(2) ROUNDING.—If any increase determined
S. 4314. A bill to amend the Internal ers and school-based mental health service under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $100,
providers are essential for providing strong such increase shall be rounded to the nearest
Revenue Code of 1986 to address the multiple of $100.
educational opportunities and services for
teacher and school leader shortage in ‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENTING, NOT SUPPLANTING,
students and promoting teacher retention
early childhood, elementary, and sec- through improved professional supports and STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATION FUNDS.—
ondary education, and for other pur- teaching conditions. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational
poses; to the Committee on Finance. SEC. 4. REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT FOR TEACHER
agency or local educational agency shall not
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask AND SCHOOL LEADER RETENTION. reduce or adjust any compensation, or any
unanimous consent that the text of the (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart C of part IV of assistance provided through a loan forgive-
ness program, to an employee of the State
bill be printed in the RECORD. subchapter A of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by educational agency or local educational
There being no objection, the text of agency who serves in any position described
the bill was ordered to be printed in inserting after section 36B the following new
section: in subsection (a)(2) due to the individual’s
the RECORD, as follows: eligibility for the credit under this section.
‘‘SEC. 36C. TEACHER AND SCHOOL LEADER RE-
S. 4314 TENTION CREDIT.
‘‘(2) METHODOLOGY.—Upon request by the
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Secretary of Education, a State educational
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—
resentatives of the United States of America in agency or local educational agency shall rea-
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an indi-
Congress assembled, sonably demonstrate that the methodology
vidual who is employed in a position de-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. used to allocate amounts for compensation
scribed in paragraph (2) during a school year
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Retaining and for loan forgiveness to the employees de-
ending with or within the taxable year, there
Educators Takes Added Investment Now scribed in paragraph (1) at qualifying schools
shall be allowed as a credit against the tax
Act’’ or the ‘‘RETAIN Act’’. or qualifying early childhood education pro-
imposed by this subtitle for the taxable year
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. grams ensures that employees at each quali-
an amount equal to the applicable amount
The purpose of this Act is to create a re- fying school or qualifying early childhood
(as determined under subsection (b)).
fundable tax credit for early childhood edu- education program in the State or served by
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE POSITIONS.—The positions de-
cators, teachers, early childhood education the local educational agency, respectively,
scribed in this paragraph shall consist of the
program directors, school leaders, and receive the same amount of State or local
following:
school-based mental health services pro- funds for compensation and loan forgiveness
‘‘(A) An eligible early childhood educator.
viders in early childhood, elementary, and that the qualifying school or qualifying
‘‘(B) An eligible early childhood education
secondary education settings that rewards early childhood education program would re-
program director.
retention based on the time spent serving ceive if the credit under this section had not
‘‘(C) An eligible early childhood education
high-need students. been enacted.
provider. ‘‘(e) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Secretary
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. ‘‘(D) An eligible teacher. of Education and the Secretary of Health
Congress finds the following: ‘‘(E) An eligible paraprofessional. and Human Services shall provide the Sec-
(1) The shortage of experienced, qualified ‘‘(F) An eligible school-based mental retary with such information as is necessary
early childhood educators and elementary health services provider. for purposes of determining whether an early
school and secondary school teachers is a na- ‘‘(G) An eligible school leader. childhood education program or an elemen-
tional problem that compromises the aca- ‘‘(b) APPLICABLE AMOUNT.—
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tary school or secondary school satisfies the
demic outcomes and long-term success of ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec- requirements for a qualifying early child-
students. tion, the applicable amount shall be an hood education program or a qualifying
(2) The shortage is the result of many fac- amount determined based on the number of school, respectively.
tors including low pay, frequent turnover in school years for which the individual has ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
school leadership, poor teaching conditions, been continuously employed in any position tion—
and inadequate teacher supports. described in subsection (a)(2), as follows: ‘‘(1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘ele-
(3) The shortage is worse in high-poverty ‘‘(A) Subject to paragraph (2), for the first mentary school’, ‘local educational agency’,
areas where the factors contributing to the year of employment, $5,800. ‘secondary school’, and ‘State educational
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S4476 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 23, 2020
agency’ have the meanings given the terms nonclassroom setting) to students in a quali- (2) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec- fying school, and amended by striking ‘‘and 36B, 168(k)(4)’’ and
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). ‘‘(B) meets applicable State certification inserting ‘‘36B, and 36C’’.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION and licensure requirements, including any (3) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title
PROGRAM DIRECTOR.—The term ‘eligible early requirements for certification obtained 31, United States Code, is amended by insert-
childhood education program director’ through alternative routes to certification, ing ‘‘36C,’’ after ‘‘36B,’’.
means an employee or officer of a qualifying in the State in which such school is located (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments
early childhood education program who is re- and in the subject area in which the indi- made by this section shall apply to taxable
sponsible for the daily instructional leader- vidual is the teacher of record. years beginning after December 31, 2020.
ship and managerial operations of such pro- ‘‘(9) QUALIFYING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDU- SEC. 5. DEVELOPING INTERAGENCY DATA SE-
gram. CATION PROGRAM.— RIES.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying The Secretary of Labor, in coordination
PROVIDER.—The term ‘eligible early child- early childhood education program’ means with the Secretary of Treasury, the Sec-
hood education provider’ means an indi- an early childhood education program, as de- retary of Education, and the Secretary of
vidual— fined in section 103 of the Higher Education Health and Human Services, shall—
‘‘(A) who— Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003), that, regardless of (1) develop and publish on the Internet
‘‘(i) has an associate’s degree or higher de- setting— website of the Bureau of Labor Statistics a
gree in early childhood education or a re- ‘‘(i) serves children who receive services data series that captures—
lated field, or for which financial assistance is provided in (A) the average base salary of teachers in
‘‘(ii) is enrolled during the taxable year in accordance with the Child Care and Develop- elementary schools and secondary schools,
a program leading to such an associate’s or ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 disaggregated by—
higher degree and is making satisfactory et seq.), the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et (i) employment in public elementary
progress toward such degree, and seq.), or the child and adult care food pro- schools and secondary schools that receive
‘‘(B) who is responsible for the daily in- gram established under section 17 of the assistance under part A of title I of the Ele-
structional leadership and managerial oper- Richard B. Russell National School Lunch mentary and Secondary Education Act of
ations of a qualifying early childhood edu- Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), and 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.),
cation program in a home-based setting. ‘‘(ii) participates in a State tiered and (ii) employment in public elementary
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCA- transparent system for measuring program schools and secondary schools that do not re-
TOR.—The term ‘eligible early childhood edu- quality. ceive such assistance, and
cator’ means an individual— ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding sub- (iii) geographic region, and
‘‘(A) who— paragraph (A), an early childhood program (B) the average base salary of early child-
‘‘(i) has an associate’s degree or higher de- that does not satisfy the requirements of hood educators, disaggregated by highest
gree in early childhood education or a re- subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be deemed to be a level of degree attained, and
lated field, or qualifying early childhood education pro- (2) update the data series under paragraph
‘‘(ii) is enrolled during the taxable year in gram until September 30, 2021, if the pro- (1) on an annual basis.
a program leading to such an associate’s or gram— f
higher degree and is making satisfactory ‘‘(i) satisfies all requirements of subpara-
progress toward such degree, graph (A) except for clause (ii) of such sub- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS
‘‘(B) who has credentials or a license under paragraph, and
State law for early childhood education, as ‘‘(ii)(I) meets the Head Start program per-
applicable, and formance standards described in section SENATE RESOLUTION 657—SUP-
‘‘(C) whose primary responsibility is for 641A(a) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. PORTING THE GOALS AND
the learning and development of children in 983a(a)), if applicable, or IDEALS OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS,
a qualifying early childhood education pro- ‘‘(II) is accredited by a national accreditor AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
gram during the taxable year. of early learning programs as of the date of (‘‘BIPOC’’) MENTAL HEALTH
‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE PARAPROFESSIONAL.—The enactment of the Retaining Educators Takes
Added Investment Now Act.
AWARENESS MONTH IN JULY 2020
term ‘eligible paraprofessional’ means an in-
dividual— ‘‘(10) QUALIFYING SCHOOL.—The term ‘quali- Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr.
‘‘(A) who is a paraprofessional, as defined fying school’ means— MENENDEZ, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. HARRIS,
in section 3201 of the Elementary and Sec- ‘‘(A) a public elementary school or sec- Mr. WYDEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr.
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7011), ondary school that— CARDIN, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. ROSEN, Ms.
‘‘(B) who meets the applicable State pro- ‘‘(i) is in the school district of a local edu-
SMITH, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR,
fessional standards and qualifications pursu- cational agency that is eligible for assist-
ance under part A of title I of the Elemen- Mr. CASEY, and Ms. WARREN) submitted
ant to section 1111(g)(2)(M) of such Act (20
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 the following resolution; which was re-
U.S.C. 6311(g)(2)(M)),
‘‘(C) whose primary responsibilities involve U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), or ferred to the Committee on Health,
working or assisting in a classroom setting, ‘‘(ii) is served or operated by an edu- Education, Labor, and Pensions:
and cational service agency that is eligible for S. RES. 657
‘‘(D) who is employed in a qualifying such assistance, or Whereas July 2020 is ‘‘BIPOC Mental
school or a qualifying early childhood edu- ‘‘(B) an elementary school or secondary Health Awareness Month’’;
cation program. school that is funded by the Bureau of Indian Whereas the goals of BIPOC Mental Health
‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL Education and that is in the school district Awareness Month (formerly known as ‘‘Mi-
HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDER.—The term ‘eligi- of a local educational agency that is eligible nority Mental Health Awareness Month’’)
ble school-based mental health services pro- for such assistance.’’. are—
vider’ means an individual— (b) W-2 REPORTING OF CONTINUOUS EMPLOY- (1) to recognize disparities in the incidence
‘‘(A) described in section 4102(6) of the Ele- MENT FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS AT QUALIFYING
of mental health-related challenges faced by
mentary and Secondary Education Act of EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR Black, indigenous, and people of color (re-
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7112(6)), and QUALIFYING SCHOOLS.—Section 6051(a) of the ferred to in this preamble as ‘‘BIPOC’’) com-
‘‘(B) who is employed in a qualifying Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by munities;
school or a qualifying early childhood edu- striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (16), (2) to raise awareness of the systemic driv-
cation program. by striking the period at the end of para- ers of those disparities;
‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE SCHOOL LEADER.—The term graph (17) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by in- (3) to educate patients, caregivers, and the
‘eligible school leader’ means a principal, as- serting after paragraph (17) the following family members of individuals who may be
sistant principal, or other individual who new paragraph: in need of care on the importance of recog-
is— ‘‘(18) in the case of an employee who is em- nizing the signs of mental illness, seeking
‘‘(A) an employee or officer of a qualifying ployed in a position described in subsection evaluation and accepting diagnosis, receiv-
school, and (a)(2) of section 36C, the number of school ing and adhering to mental health treat-
‘‘(B) responsible for the daily instructional years for which such employee has been con- ment, and counseling;
leadership and managerial operations in the tinuously employed in any such position.’’. (4) to highlight the necessity of culturally
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qualifying school. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— informed and culturally effective mental
‘‘(8) ELIGIBLE TEACHER.—The term ‘eligible (1) The table of sections for subpart C of health services to increase receptivity to
teacher’ means an individual who— part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of sub- treatment among communities of color and
‘‘(A) is an elementary school or secondary title A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the social and cultural stigma as-
school teacher who, as determined by the is amended by inserting after the item relat- sociated with mental health services;
State or local educational agency, is a teach- ing to section 36B the following: (5) to underscore the need to dismantle the
er of record who provides direct classroom ‘‘Sec. 36C. Teacher and school leader reten- barriers to access faced by individuals who
teaching (or classroom-type teaching in a tion credit.’’. seek mental health care services; and
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