Washington, D.C.—Tuesday night, the House of Representatives passed an amendment by Rep. Mike Bost that secured additional Impact Aid Program funding for the Mascoutah School District.  The amendment helps address the district’s loss of eligibility for heavily impacted aid, a program that funds schools on federal property with large numbers of military children. Impact Aid compensates local schools for “substantial and continuing financial burden” resulting from federal activities, such as educating children of military service members.  The federal government provides compensation because local governments are unable to collect property or other taxes from residents.  Mascoutah was recently informed by the United States Department of Education that it was losing eligibility for heavily impacted aid, despite the fact that more than 50 percent of students are connected to Scott Air Force Base.