; and (B) is located in a covered disaster area. (i) Authorization of appropriations (1) In general There are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020 to carry out this section. (2) Availability Funds appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. 514. Hold harmless for local educational agencies serving major disaster areas In the case of a local educational agency that serves a covered disaster area, the amount made available for such local educational agency under each of sections 1124, 1124A, 1125, and 1125A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6333 , 6334, 6335, and 6337) for fiscal year 2018 shall be not less than the amount made available for such local educational agency under each of such sections for fiscal year 2017. 515. Paraprofessional reciprocity; delay (a) Affected paraprofessional In this subsection, the term affected paraprofessional means a paraprofessional who— (1) is displaced due to Hurricane Irma and relocates to a State that is different from the State in which such paraprofessional resided on September 5, 2017; or (2) is displaced due to Hurricane Maria and relocates to a State that is different from the State in which such paraprofessional resided on September 16, 2017. (b) Reciprocity A local educational agency may consider an affected paraprofessional hired by such agency who does not meet the professional standards for paraprofessionals described in section 1111(g)(2)(M) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(g)(2)(M) ) in the State in which such agency is located to satisfy such requirements, for purposes of such section, for the 2017–2018 school year, if such paraprofessional satisfied such requirements on or before— (1) in the case of an affected paraprofessional displaced by Hurricane Irma, September 5, 2017, in the State in which such paraprofessional resided on such date