Hello Folks,

I hope your summers are starting off well! I just wanted to forward along
COE's announcement from yesterday regarding the new Coronavirus Child Care
and Education Relief Act that has been proposed by Senator Patty Murray
(D-WA) and colleagues! Keep up the great work advocating for our programs
with your elected officials!!

Have a wonderful rest of your week,

Eric


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Dear Colleague:

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented challenges for TRIO students and staff.
Students and families are facing significant disruption as COVID-19 closes
schools, and unemployment and poverty skyrocket. Without action, we could
see a lost generation of college-bound students.

Thanks to your advocacy, today Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and colleagues
introduced the Coronavirus Child Care and Education Relief Act (CCCERA), a
proposed COVID-19 emergency education funding bill that would provide $450
million in emergency support for federal TRIO programs.

If signed into law, the bill would provide $250 million for TRIO capacity
increases to allow existing programs the option to apply for additional
funding to serve additional students facing educational disruption,
unemployment, and poverty in the COVID-19 crisis. No existing program would
be required to serve additional students. The bill would also provide $200
million for technological connectivity through the TRIO programs to help
low-income students continue coursework, apply to college and financial
aid, and continue advising services online.

We are pleased to see today's bill answered the call of the TRIO community
and its bipartisan supporters on Capitol Hill. Still, this is just one step
on a long path ahead.

Please ask your senators to support this legislation by clicking here
<https://t.congressweb.com/l/?FTEGEQSBZZSQDJG>.

To read more about Senator Murray's bill, view the press release
<https://t.congressweb.com/l/?FTEGEQSBZZJZODB>, fact sheet
<https://t.congressweb.com/l/?FTEGEQSBZZLSTGK>, and bill text
<https://t.congressweb.com/l/?FTEGEQSBZZPDTLJ>. In addition to TRIO
funding, the bill would also provide:

   - $345 billion to the Education Stabilization Fund, similar to the CARES
   Act signed into law in March 2020. This additional funding would include:
   o More than $132 billion for students and institutions of higher
   education, including emergency financial grant aid for immediate student
   needs, and funding for colleges to address COVID-19 costs. The formula to
   colleges would count part-time and full-time students equally, thus
   providing relatively more to community colleges than the CARES Act. The
   bill would allow student grant aid for DACA recipients and others who have
   not completed a FAFSA. Funding would also include grants to Historically
   Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions.
   o $175 billion for K-12 education, via grants to state and local
   education agencies using the Title I-A formula for low-income students. The
   funding would be used for reopening safely, using distance education if
   needed, meeting students' social and emotional needs, and recovering
   learning loss.
   o Over $33 billion for governors to use flexibly on early childhood
   through higher education, based on greatest need due to COVID-19.
   - $4 billion for broadband internet connectivity for schools and
   libraries through the E-Rate program (in addition to TRIO connectivity
   funding).
   - $50 billion for child care and $500 million for child abuse prevention
   and treatment.
   - Nearly $12 billion for the Individuals with Disabilities in Education
   Act.
   - Career and Technical Education formula grants and new Community
   College career training grants.
   - Formula funding for Migrant, Homeless, Neglected and Delinquent, and
   English Learner students.

   Thank you for your continued advocacy for the students you serve.

   Sincerely,

   Maureen Hoyler, President
   Council for Opportunity in Education




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