Congress Approves Second Round of Emergency Assistance for Non-Public Schools

President Biden signed a new round of COVID relief into law March 11. The massive $1.9 trillion legislation includes $2.75 billion for the Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (EANS) program. EANS was established by Congress in December as part of the previous COVID relief bill.

This second round of EANS is similar to the first round, except for the important difference that the second round of EANS does not permit reimbursements. This will pose a challenge to State Education Agencies (SEA), many of which are planning to use the reimbursement approach for first round EANS funds.

Clarification on other points may be needed in the coming days as well, stay tuned to CAPE Outlook for more information.