The $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill signed into law by President Joe Biden includes about $130 billion for K-12 schools.
The Washington Post reports that the money is intended to help school districts reopen after many of them missed a year of in-person instruction because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Funds would be allocated to improve school building ventilation systems, reduce class sizes, acquire personal protective equipment and put social distancing into place.
Colleges and other higher-education institutions would receive almost $40 billion. That money could help support financial aid grants to prevent hunger, homelessness or other challenges for students during the pandemic.
Additional funds would go to child-care providers through the Child Care and Development Block Grant program. The bill also sets aside $1 billion for the Head Start program, which provides early-childhood education, health and nutrition services to low-income children and families.
