ovides additional strategies for higher education institutions (IHEs) and communities as they work to reopen for in-person instruction safely and equitably. To access the accompanying 6/4/21 press release click here.
COVID-19 Resources for Schools, Students and Families: Presents selected information resources to assist both K-12 schools and higher education institutions to disseminate critical information about the disease and its potential transmission to students, families, staff and community members. ED regularly updates this page as more information and resources become available. Readers are invited to send questions on which the Department can be helpful to: firstname.lastname@example.org.
Comprehensive Center Network COVID-19 Education Resources: Offers a repository for education resources related to COVID-19. Additional resources and further curation are updated by Westat under a grant from the Department of Education's Office of Program and Grantee Support Services [PGSS] within the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education [OESE].
Resources for Education Providers and Families: Presents information about specific resources, organized by topical areas and intended audience, curated by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education [ED-OESE]. Resources include websites, webinars, guidance documents, practice briefs and tools created by OESE, its technical assistance centers and other partners across the Department and government to support K-12 education programs. In the wake of the COVID-19 national public health emergency, this collection includes topical pages about Safe School Environments and Social Emotional and Behavioral Support. These pages provide resources to support district leaders, school leaders, and educators in creating welcoming, safe, and supportive learning environments.
Continuity of Learning During COVID-19: Offers information, tools, and resources to help educators, parents and families, and related service providers meet the educational, behavioral, and emotional needs of children and youth with disabilities through remote and virtual learning. This dedicated webpage of the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) provides a searchable database of resources and information for educators, parents and families, and related service providers to support students with disabilities. The webpage also links to the National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) and the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA) repositories for resources addressing continuity of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Types of Impact Aid: Impact Aid Basic Support payments are distributed to school districts through a formula based on the number of students served who meet certain "federal connection" qualifications. Generally, school districts receive payments if they educate students who have a parent who works for the federal government or who live on federal property. Federally connected students include those who:
- Have a parent in the United States military;
- are Native American;
- live on federal property, including an Indian reservation or in public housing; or
- have a parent who works on federal property.
School districts are eligible to receive Basic Support Payments if at least 400 of their students, or 3 percent of their enrollment, are federally connected. (The 1,124 school districts that received Basic Support payments in 2014 educated over 8.6 million students, nearly 870,000 of whom are federally connected.) There are five types of Impact Aid: Basic Support Payments, Payments for Property, Disability Payments, Department of Defense Supplemental Impact Aid Payments, and Construction Payments.
Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act: Signed into law 12/4/20 as Public Law 116-211, provides that, due to the disruptions caused by COVID–19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2022 may use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 2021 application.
Impact Aid Grant System - Resources: This is the Department of Education’