ERIC Number: ED663839
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Sep-17
Pages: 30
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Frequently Asked Questions: Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (EANS) Program as Authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSA Act) and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act). Updated. [OESE-2021-17]
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education
The purpose of this document is to answer frequently asked questions related to the Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (EANS) program under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSA Act), Pub. L. No. 116-260 (December 27, 2020) (CRRSA EANS) and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act), Pub. L. No. 117-2 (March 11, 2021) (ARP EANS). The ARP Act extends the EANS program authorized under section 312(d) of the CRRSA Act. Under the EANS program, each Governor of the 50 States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as well as the Mayor of the District of Columbia may apply to the Department for a formula grant for the purpose of providing emergency services or assistance to non-public schools in the wake of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Because the CRRSA Act and ARP Act establish a separate EANS program for which eligible non-public schools may apply to an SEA to receive services or assistance, a local educational agency (LEA) is not required to provide equitable services to students and teachers in non-public schools under the CRRSA Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER II Fund), the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER II Fund), or the ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ARP ESSER Fund). However, equitable services requirements continue to apply to the ESSER I and GEER I programs under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act.
Descriptors: Private Schools, Educational Finance, Financial Support, COVID-19, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Pandemics, Emergency Programs, Resource Allocation, Program Administration, State Departments of Education, Eligibility, Low Income Students
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. 400 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC 20202. Tel: 202-401-0113; Fax: 202-205-0310; Web site: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/index.html
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Department of Education (ED)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: American Rescue Plan Act 2021; Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act 2020
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