Federal COVID Education Funding

Overview

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has passed two significant stimulus bills that include funding for education. In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was enacted, and in December 2020, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act provided an additional $900 billion in funding for education.

Information on the education funding streams from these stimulus bills is provided on this page: the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, ESSER II Fund, Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund and school nutrition.

COVID Education Funding Areas

Listed alphabetically:

• 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21stCCLC)

• Connecting Colorado Schools Grant

• Curricula & Instructional Programming

• EANS (Emergency Assistance to Non-public Schools)

• EANS I Application (GEER)

• EANS II Application (ARP)

• ESSER I Fund

• ESSER II Fund

• ESSER III Fund (ARP)

• ESSER III Requirements (ARP)

• ESSER ELO (Expanded Learning Opportunities)

• ESSER Engagement

• ESSER Monitoring

• ESSER Public Data Reports

• ESSER State Reserve Fund

• ETAG (ESSER Transportation Assistance Grant)

• GEER

• High-Impact Tutoring Program (HITP)

• Homeless Children & Youth Grant (ARP)

• IDEA Fund (ARP)

• Learning & Transparency Technical Assistance Program

• Mentor Grant Program

• Nutrition Funding

• Rural Coaction Program

• Rural Program Development

• Safe Schools Reopening Grant