“This funding is necessary to ensure our local schools have the resources they need to provide every child with a quality education,” Jones said.  “Impact Aid provides funding to schools that lose taxable property due to the tax exempt status of federal buildings and facilities located in our nation’s communities.  With the number of military installations in Eastern North Carolina, our local schools would suffer a significant educational disadvantage without support from Impact Aid.”
 
 Impact Aid is part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the major law that guides federal education spending.  The bill passed by the House would renew Impact Aid and make changes to the program to allow funds to be distributed in a more equal fashion.

More than 1,600 districts nationally are affected by a federal presence, including military installations, tribal lands, low-rent housing, or national parks.

H.R. 3616 passed the House of Representatives by voice vote on May 15, 2000.