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Download full textRebecca R. Skinner; Isobel Sorenson; Kyle D. Shohfi – Congressional Research Service, 2024
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress enacted several programs that provided federal funds specifically to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus in elementary and secondary education, or provided funds that could be used for that purpose. These programs include the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2023
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers several veterans' educational assistance programs for servicemembers and veterans and their family members. The GI Bills are the most well-known and popular veterans' educational assistance programs. The VA estimated that it provided $10.2 billion in benefits to over 800,000 participants in…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, Student Financial Aid, Access to Education
Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2022
Veterans' educational assistance programs provide financial assistance to individuals, whose eligibility is based on their or a family member's experience in the uniformed services, while they are enrolled in approved programs of education. The GI Bills--particularly the Post-9/11 GI Bill--are the most popular veterans' educational assistance…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Veterans
Alexandra Hegji – Congressional Research Service, 2024
In early 2020, in response to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump Administration declared a public health emergency under the Public Health Service Act, a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act, and a nationwide emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Congress and the U.S.…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, COVID-19, Pandemics, Debt (Financial)
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Government Employees, Public Agencies, Emergency Programs
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Fountain, Joselynn H.; Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2023
From March 2020 through March 2021, three laws providing federal funding for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education were enacted in response to the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic declared by President Trump on March 13, 2020. The second of these laws provided a higher amount of funding than the first, and the third…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, COVID-19, Pandemics
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Dortch, Cassandria; Fountain, Joselynn H.; Nyhof, Emma C. – Congressional Research Service, 2020
On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency, beginning March 1, 2020. On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136) was signed into law. Included in the act was the Education Stabilization Fund (ESF), which was created "to prevent, prepare for,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Federal Legislation, Educational Finance, Emergency Programs
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Fountain, Joselynn H.; Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2022
From March 2020 through March 2021, three laws provided increasing levels of federal funding for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education primarily through the Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) in response to the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic as declared by President Trump on March 13, 2020. On March 27, 2020,…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, COVID-19, Pandemics
Scott, Andrew P.; Jones, Katie; Smole, David P.; Labonte, Marc; Aussenberg, Randy Alison; Lewis, Kevin M.; Billings, Kara Clifford; Lindsay, Bruce R.; Boyle, Conor F.; Lowry, Sean; Colello, Kirsten J.; Lynch, Karen E.; Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.; Marples, Donald J.; Davis, Patricia A.; McCarty, Maggie; Dilger, Robert Jay; Mitchell, Alison; Dortch, Cassandria; Myers, Elizabeth A.; Driessen, Grant A.; Perkins, David W.; Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.; Perl, Libby; Fernandez, Bernadette; Peterman, David Randall; Forsberg, Vanessa C.; Rosso, Ryan J.; Fountain, Joselynn H.; Sherlock, Molly F.; Gravell, Jane G.; Skinner, Rebecca R.; Hahn, Jim; Stoltzfus, Emilie; Halchin, L. Elaine; Tang, Rachel Y.; Hegji, Alexandra; Topoleski, John J.; Isaacs, Katelin P.; Whittaker, Julie M. – Congressional Research Service, 2021
Since March 2020, a number of laws have been enacted to provide relief to people and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. These include the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA; P.L. 116-127) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136), both enacted in March 2020; the Consolidated…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Pandemics
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Government Employees, Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Technicians
Granovskiy, Boris; Hegji, Alexandra – Congressional Research Service, 2019
The majority of federal assistance for disaster management is made available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as authorized under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act: P.L. 93-288). The public assistance available under the Stafford Act largely provides funds for disaster relief…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Federal Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2020
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Technicians, Emergency Programs
Dragoo, Kyrie E.; James, Nathan; Duff, Johnathan H.; Reese, Shawn; Hegji, Alexandra – Congressional Research Service, 2021
In the United States, more than 70 million students are enrolled in public elementary and secondary (K-12) schools or degree-granting postsecondary institutions. School and campus safety and security for these students encompasses many issues, including violence prevention and response, school climate, and the physical and mental health of the…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, School Safety, School Security, Grants
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2020
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Professional Personnel, Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Technicians
Dragoo, Kyrie E.; James, Nathan; Duff, Johnathan H.; Reese, Shawn; Hegji, Alexandra – Congressional Research Service, 2022
In the United States, more than 70 million students are enrolled in public elementary and secondary (K-12) schools or degree-granting postsecondary institutions. School and campus safety and security for these students encompasses many issues, including violence prevention and response, school climate, and the physical and mental health of the…
Descriptors: School Safety, School Security, Federal Aid, Grants
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