Senator MARTIN proposed the following amendment (5202R004.KMM.SRM):

Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 3 in its entirety and inserting:

/ SECTION3. State agencies are authorized to expend federal funds in the Coronavirus Relief Fund if the expenditure is in compliance with the CARES Act. The Executive Budget Office is authorized to reimburse from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, up to the amounts listed below in each category, expenditures compliant with the CARES Act by the following sectors: state agencies, institutions of higher learning, counties, municipalities, special purpose districts, and public and private hospitals.

(A) Department of Employment and Workforce

Unemployment Trust Fund..$5 73,694,198

(B) State Department of Education

Academic Recovery Camps, Five Days of Academic Instruction

and Food Services$2 00,430,000

(C) Department of Administration

State and Local Government Expenditures..$2 43,000,000

(D) Department of Health and Environmental Control

Statewide Testing and Monitoring..$ 38,194,085

(E) Adjutant General- Emergency Management Division

Personal Protective Equipment Stockpile and Supply Chain.$ 1 5,123,703

(F) Department of Administration- Executive Budget Office

Hospital Relief Fund.$ 112,500,000

(G) Office of Regulatory Staff

Broadband Mapping and Planning, Infrastructure

and Mobile Hotspots.$ 45,000,000

(H) Department of Administration- Executive Budget Office

Grant Management Oversight and Compliance....$ 9,000,000 /

Amend the joint resolution further, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 4(A) and inserting:

/ SECTION4. (A) The Department of Employment and Workforce shall develop a methodology, in coordination with the Department of Administration and the grant manager procured through SECTION 1 1 of this act and Part II, Section 2 of Act 135 of 2020, to determine the amount of benefits paid from the Department of Employment and Workforce's Unemployment Trust Fund resulting from unemployment attributable to COVID-19. Once calculated, the Department of Administration shall reimburse the Unemployment Trust Fund in a cumulative amount not to exceed $573,694,198. /

Amend the joint resolution further, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 5(A) and (B) and inserting:

/ SECTION5. (A) The Department of Education is authorized to reimburse public school districts up to $1 0,800,000 for the additional cost of cafeteria workers' salaries and the cost of meals to students that are not reimbursed by the United States Department of Agriculture.

(B) The Department of Education is authorized to reimburse public school districts up to $ 189,630,000 for the cost of providing unbudgeted instructional support beyond the number of days and hours required by state law. The additional support is to focus on face-to-face instruction for (1) any at-risk students in kindergarten through third grade residing in the school district for Academic Recovery Camps in reading and mathematics during the summer and (2) students in 4K through eighth grade for five additional instructional days at the start of the school year. /

Amend the joint resolution further, as and if amended, by striking the first sentence in SECTION 9 and inserting:

/ SECTION9. The Executive Budget Office is authorized to establish a Hospital Relief Fund of up to $1 12,500,000. /

Amend the joint resolution further, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 11 in its entirety and inserting:

/ SECTION11. As directed in Act 135 of 2020, Part II, Section 2, the Department of Administration shall procure professional grant management services for oversight and compliance of funds received through the CARES Act and any other available source of federal COVID-19 relief funds. An amount up to $9,000,000 contained in SECTION 3(H) is authorized to enable the Department of Administration to fulfill this requirement. /