1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Helping Educators with Learning Preparation Act or the HELP Act . 2. Providing funds to aid schools in reopening and resuming instruction in response to the COVID–19 pandemic (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Education shall establish a grant program (in this section referred to as the Program ) to provide funds to States to assist local educational agencies with expenses related to reopening and resuming instruction during school year 2020–2021 arising from the COVID–19 pandemic. (b) State allocations From the funds made available under subsection (h) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall— (1) reserve three-quarters of 1 percent for allotments for the outlying areas, to be distributed among such outlying areas on the basis of their relative need, as determined by the Secretary, in accordance with the purpose of the Program; (2) reserve one-half of 1 percent for the Secretary of the Interior for schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, to be distributed among such schools on the basis of their relative need, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the purpose of the Program; and (3) from the remaining funds, allocate to each eligible State an amount equal to the sum of— (A) an amount that bears the same relationship to 20 percent of such funds as the number of individuals aged 5 through 17 in the State, as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data, bears to the number of those individuals in all such States, as so determined