$80 Million in COVID-19 Assistance Goes to K-12 Schools and Higher Education |
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Written by GOV Press Wisconsin |
Thursday, 18 June 2020 15:50 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/teaching-students-s5.jpg MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced more than $80 million in financial assistance to Wisconsin’s K-12 schools and higher education institutions on Wednesday. The governor announced more than $46 million to K-12 schools and $37 million to higher education partners to assist with the challenges faced relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $46.6 million for K-12 schools will come from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER Fund) established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and will prioritize students and districts that have the highest remote learning needs and have been the most significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The $37 million for higher education institutions will be distributed out of funding provided directly to Wisconsin under the CARES Act and can be used to reimburse necessary, unbudgeted expenditures made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In collaboration with the Governor’s Office, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction will be providing additional information about the funding process for K-12 schools. Wisconsin tribal colleges will receive $2 million in funding, with the remaining funding going to UW, technical college, and private, non-profit campuses in the state. A breakdown of the remaining $35 million in financial assistance to higher education institutions can be found here. The higher education distribution is based on the formula that the CARES Act used in providing direct aid to these institutions, largely based on the number of full-time equivalent Pell Grant recipients who were not enrolled exclusively in distance education prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2020 16:05 |
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