{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D63BBE7C-0452-4E29-82C3-B2CA9036F979", "Thune, Smith Bill to Provide Financial Stability to Federally Impacted School Districts Unanimously Passes Senate", "2021-12-14", "2021", "2021-12", "Republican", "Senate", "SD", "John Thune", "T000250", "www.thune.senate.gov", "thune", "https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today issued the following statements after the Senate unanimously passed their Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act last night. This bipartisan legislation would allow school districts that participate in the Impact Aid Program to use previously reported student headcounts on their Impact Aid applications for the 2022-2023 school year due to ongoing, yet temporary, enrollment fluctuations stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s critical for school districts in South Dakota that participate in the Impact Aid Program to have the funding stability and certainty they need,\u201d said Thune. \u201cI\u2019m glad the Senate unanimously passed this important legislation to help ensure these schools have the necessary resources for next school year.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs the pandemic continues to hit many Minnesota school districts hard, it\u2019s important that districts receiving Impact Aid maintain reliable, stable funding so students can keep learning,\u201d said Smith. \u201cI\u2019m glad we could once again deliver on this and ensure that while the pandemic continues to affect school operations, our Impact Aid districts won\u2019t have to recalculate their student headcounts.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D63BBE7C-0452-4E29-82C3-B2CA9036F979"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3226550072431564, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}