oral, 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’s main web-based collection of information resources, grant applications, training slides, survey instruments, payment calculation tools, and other technical resources central to utilization of Impact Aid.
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act - Educational Provisions: Provides a high-level summary of provisions in the CARES Act related to K-12 education, college attendance and federal school loans, child care relief for families and frontline workers, and related agencies (e.g. AmeriCorps). The U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor produced this 2-page fact sheet (3/31/20).
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act - Summary of K-12 Education Provisions: Presents a one-page summary of CARES Act provisions and appropriations for state education agencies, institutions of higher education, and other education-related entities, by the Alliance for Excellent Education.
3 Key Ways School Districts Are Using CARES Act Funding to Support the Whole Child: Offered a November 2020 perspective on the status of the CARES Act’s $13.2-billion Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund to support school districts (including public schools, private schools, and charter schools) through the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog from Panorama Education offers examples of school system investments in personal protective equipment (PPE), summer learning, bridging the digital divide to improve access to distance learning, large-scale supports for student mental health and well-being, and incorporation of social-emotional learning (SEL) and equity in school reopening and recovery plans.
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund: Explains how the December 2020 CRRSA relief package added $54.3 billion to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund [ESSER II Fund] initially funded at $13.2-billion [ESSER Fund] in the March 2020 CARES Act. At this webpage, developed by ED’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education [OESE], education officials can find an ESSER II Fac