(2) each local educational agency that receives 
funds from a subgrant under paragraph (1)(A) 
shall— 
(A) reserve not less than 20 percent of 
such funds to address learning loss through the 
implementation of evidence-based interventions, 
such as summer learning, extended day com-
prehensive afterschool programs, or extended 
school year programs, and ensure such inter-
ventions respond to students’ academic, social, 
and emotional needs and address the dispropor-
tionate impact of the coronavirus on the stu-
dent 
populations 
described 
in 
section 
1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(h)(1)(C)(ii)); and 
(B) using funds reserved under subpara-
graph (A), provide equitable services in the 
same manner as provided under section 1117 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6320) to students and 
teachers in non-public schools, as determined in 
consultation with representatives of non-public 
schools. 
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(b) PUBLIC CONTROL OF FUNDS.—Control of funds 
provided under subsection (a)(2)(B), and title to mate-
rials, equipment, and property purchased with such funds, 
shall be in a public agency, and a public agency shall ad-
minister such funds, materials, equipment, and property 
and shall provide such services (or may contract for the 
provision of such services with a public or private entity). 
SEC. 3. HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $39,584,570,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2023, for making allocations to in-
stitutions of higher education in accordance with the same 
terms and conditions that apply to the Higher Education 
Emergency Relief Fund of the Education Stabilization 
Fund for funding appropriated for fiscal year 2021, except 
that— 
(1) 91 percent of such funds shall be allocated 
to each institution of higher education as defined in 
section 101 or section 102(c) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002(c)), and 
shall be apportioned using the same formula used to 
apportion funds to each such institution under such 
Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund; 
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(2) 1 percent of such funds shall be allocated 
to institutions of higher education as defined in sec-
tion 102(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002(b)), and shall be apportioned using 
the same formula used to apportion funds to each 
such institution under such Higher Education Emer-
gency Relief Fund; 
(3) an institution shall solely determine which 
students receive emergency financial aid grants 
under this section; 
(4) an institution receiving an allocation— 
(A) under paragraph (1) shall use not less 
than 50 percent of such allocation to provide 
emergency financial aid grants to students; and 
(B) under paragraph (2) shall use 100 per-
cent of such allocation to provide emergency fi-
nancial aid grants to students; 
(5) an institution receiving an allocation under 
paragraph (1) shall use a portion of such allocation 
to— 
(A) implement evidence-based practices to 
monitor and suppress coronavirus in accordance 
with public health guidelines; and 
(B) conduct direct outreach to financial 
aid applicants about the opportunity to receive 
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a financial aid adjustment due to the recent un-
employment of a family member or independent 
student, or other circumstances, described in 
section 479A of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087tt); 
(6) notwithstanding paragraph (4)(A) or para-
graph (5), an institution receiving an allocation 
under paragraph (1) a portion of which is appor-
tioned according to a relative share (based on full- 
time equivalent enrollment or total number) of stu-
dents who were Pell grant recipients and who were 
exclusively enrolled in distance education courses 
prior to the qualifying emergency shall use 100 per-
cent of such portion to provide emergency financial 
aid grants to students; and 
(7) institutions required to remit payment to 
the Internal Revenue Service for the excise tax based 
on investment income of private colleges and univer-
sities under section 4968 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 for tax year 2019 shall not be subject 
to restrictions related to the amount of allocations or 
uses of funds applicable to such institutions under 
such Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. 
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SEC. 4. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND MAINTENANCE OF 
EQUITY. 
(a) STATE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 
funds under section 2, a State shall maintain sup-
port for elementary and secondary education, and 
for higher education (which shall include State fund-
ing to institutions of higher education and State 
need-based financial aid, and shall not include sup-
port for capital projects or for research and develop-
ment or tuition and fees paid by students), in each 
of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 at least at the propor-
tional levels of such State’s support for elementary 
and secondary education and for higher education 
relative to such State’s overall spending, averaged 
over fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019. 
(2) WAIVER.—For the purpose of relieving fis-
cal burdens incurred by States in preventing, pre-
paring for, and responding to the coronavirus, the 
Secretary of Education may waive any maintenance 
of effort requirements associated with the Education 
Stabilization Fund. 
(b) STATE MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY.— 
(1) HIGH-POVERTY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES.—As a condition of receiving funds under sec-
tion 2, a State educational agency shall not, in fiscal 
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year 2022 or 2023, reduce State funding (calculated 
on a per-pupil basis) for any high-poverty local edu-
cational agency in the State by an amount that ex-
ceeds the overall per-pupil reduction in State funds, 
if any, across all local educational agencies in such 
State in such fiscal year. 
(2) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES
WITH 
HIGHEST
SHARE
OF
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVAN-
TAGED STUDENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 
as a condition of receiving funds under section 2, a 
State educational agency shall not, in fiscal year 
2022 or 2023, reduce State funding for any local 
educational agency that is part of the 20 percent of 
local educational agencies in the State with the high-
est percentage of economically disadvantaged stu-
dents (based on the percentages of economically dis-
advantaged students served by all local educational 
agencies in the State on the basis of the most recent 
satisfactory data available from the Department of 
Commerce) below the level of funding provided to 
such local educational agencies in fiscal year 2019. 
(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY MAINTENANCE OF 
EQUITY FOR HIGH-POVERTY SCHOOLS.—As a condition 
of receiving funds under section 2, a local educational 
agency shall not, in fiscal year 2022 or 2023— 
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(A) the amount of any reduction in the 
total amount of State funds provided to all local 
educational agencies in the State in such fiscal 
year compared to the total amount of such 
funds provided to all local educational agencies 
in the State in the previous fiscal year; divided 
by 
(B) the aggregate number of children en-
rolled in all schools served by all local edu-
cational agencies in the State in the fiscal year 
for which the determination is being made. 
SEC. 5. OUTLYING AREAS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $850,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Secretary of Education to 
allocate awards to the outlying areas on the basis of their 
respective needs, as determined by the Secretary, to be 
allocated not more than 30 calendar days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
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appropriated, $850,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Secretary of Education to allocate to the 
Secretary of the Interior for awards, which awards shall 
be determined and funds for such awards allocated by the 
Secretary of the Interior not more than 30 calendar days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, for programs oper-
ated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, for 
Bureau-funded schools (as defined in section 1141(3) of 
the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 
2021(3))), and for Tribal Colleges or Universities (as de-
fined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3))). 
SEC. 7. GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $19,250,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Kendall Demonstration Ele-
mentary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 
and Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Edu-
cation of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally, including to defray expenses 
associated with coronavirus (including lost revenue, reim-
bursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs 
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associated with a transition to distance education, faculty 
and staff trainings, and payroll) and to provide financial 
aid grants to students, which may be used for any compo-
nent of the student’s cost of attendance. 
SEC. 8. STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $91,130,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for Student Aid Administration with-
in the Department of Education to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
ally, including direct outreach to students and borrowers 
about financial aid, economic impact payments, means- 
tested benefits, and tax benefits for which they may be 
eligible. 
SEC. 9. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $35,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for Howard University to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
internationally, including to defray expenses associated 
with coronavirus (including lost revenue, reimbursement 
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for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated 
with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff 
trainings, and payroll) and to provide financial aid grants 
to students, which may be used for any component of the 
student’s cost of attendance. 
SEC. 10. NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $19,250,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the National Technical Institute 
for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the 
Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
internationally, including to defray expenses associated 
with coronavirus (including lost revenue, reimbursement 
for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated 
with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff 
training, and payroll) and to provide financial aid grants 
to students, which may be used for any component of the 
student’s cost of attendance. 
SEC. 11. INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
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appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Institute of Education 
Sciences established under part A of title I of the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9511 et 
seq.) to carry out research related to addressing learning 
loss caused by the coronavirus among the student popu-
lations described in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(h)(1)(C)(ii)) and to disseminate such findings to 
State educational agencies and local educational agencies 
and other appropriate entities. 
SEC. 12. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $15,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2024, for Program Administration within 
the Department of Education to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, 
and for salaries and expenses necessary to implement this 
Act. 
SEC. 13. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
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appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Education, as authorized by section 211 of the 
Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 
3422), to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 
salaries and expenses necessary for oversight, investiga-
tions, and audits of programs, grants, and projects funded 
under this Act to respond to coronavirus. 
SEC. 14. MODIFICATION OF REVENUE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
PROPRIETARY 
INSTITUTIONS 
OF 
HIGHER 
EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 487(a)(24) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(24)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘funds provided under this title’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Federal funds that are disbursed or delivered to or 
on behalf of a student to be used to attend such institution 
(referred to in this paragraph and subsection (d) as ‘Fed-
eral education assistance funds’)’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-FEDERAL REVENUE 
REQUIREMENT.—Section 487(d) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘Non- 
title IV’’ and inserting ‘‘Non-Federal’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘funds for 
a program under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 
education assistance funds’’. 
SEC. 15. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $135,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, under the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), as follows: 
(1) Forty percent shall be for grants, and rel-
evant administrative expenses, to State arts agencies 
and regional arts organizations that support organi-
zations’ programming and general operating ex-
penses to cover up to 100 percent of the costs of the 
programs which the grants support, to prevent, pre-
pare for, respond to, and recover from the 
coronavirus. 
(2) Sixty percent shall be for direct grants, and 
relevant administrative expenses, that support orga-
nizations’ programming and general operating ex-
penses to cover up to 100 percent of the costs of the 
programs which the grants support, to prevent, pre-
pare for, respond to, and recover from the 
coronavirus. 
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SEC. 16. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $135,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, under the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), as follows: 
(1) Forty percent shall be for grants, and rel-
evant administrative expenses, to State humanities 
councils that support humanities organizations’ pro-
gramming and general operating expenses to cover 
up to 100 percent of the costs of the programs 
which the grants support, to prevent, prepare for, 
respond to, and recover from the coronavirus. 
(2) Sixty percent shall be for direct grants, and 
relevant administrative expenses, that support hu-
manities organizations’ programming and general 
operating expenses to cover up to 100 percent of the 
costs of the programs which the grants support, to 
prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from 
the coronavirus. 
SEC. 17. INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out the Li-
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brary Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 9121 et 
seq.) as authorized under subtitle B of the Museum and 
Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9121 et seq.), including 
for administrative costs authorized under section 210C of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 9111), except that— 
(1) section 221(b)(3)(A) of the Library Services 
and Technology Act shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘$2,000,000’’ for ‘‘$680,000’’ and by substituting 
‘‘$200,000’’ for ‘‘$60,000’’; and 
(2) section 221(b)(3)(C) and subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 223 of such Act shall not apply 
to funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 18. COVID–19 RESPONSE RESOURCES FOR THE PRES-
ERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIVE 
AMERICAN LANGUAGES. 
(a) Section 816 of the Native American Programs 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) In addition to amounts otherwise available, there 
is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 to 
remain available until expended, to carry out section 
803C(g) of this Act.’’. 
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(b) Section 803C of the Native American Programs 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991b–3) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN 
LANGUAGE PRESERVATION
AND MAINTENANCE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the effective date of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall award grants to entities eligi-
ble to receive assistance under subsection (a) to ensure 
the survival and continuing vitality of Native American 
languages during and after the public health emergency 
declared by the Secretary pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect 
to the COVID–19 pandemic.’’. 
Æ 
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