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handle is hein.amenin/aeiadfh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points SDwing the Cornavirus driven school closur+s in spring 2020 traditional public school srudeMn lost three months of the school year becausp too many school districts proved incapab.le of delivering online educatin TI disproportionately harmed the mos vul- nerable students. Goverors shold model relief efforts after staws that have already begun to use discre- tionary Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ands to offset this in ity by supporting existing educationial Choice p i rams, estab)fishin nev educational choice pograms for lower-income familis, iid allowing families to control relief funds throh. sc la ships, m cr ogrants, r education savings ac unts. Add ona1, if another COVID-19 rel ef package passes, Congress shou d ensure pr vate schoo s and families aso have access to relief funds, include addOWl discrtonary uids for governors, and establish a federal tax credit to transition emergency a: into a. funding mechanism that will beneit aublic and maivate school students going forward. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief. and Economic Security (CAR ES) Act, sIned into law by the president just over six months ago, represents a rare opportunity for governors to leverage federal education funds largely unenubered by pr scriptie federal rules. The bill appropriated S16.2 billion for K-12 education, and Congress astutely set aside %3 billion of that iro the Gcvernor's Emergeoncy Edication Relief (GEER) discretionary fuid. Aside hrn funding for equitabie services ----little of which has gone to private schools-most of the non-CEER K-i2 funding ($11. billion) goes to public: schools. So far, around only to percent offends have been drawn. down, thouga it is unclear how much has already been committed hy state ecuca_ - tion agendies (SmotAsp Governors should use their remaining CARES Act discretionary GE E-il funds in bold, innovative ways that directly empower tamiines and students. While many states submitted bread, unspecific plans for using these f Inds, several states have strategically invested the funding in students rather than simply allowing SEAs to absorb the funding into status quo K--'1 progrants. Ihe states in'clude: e South Carolina, where Gov. Ht-nry McMaster designated S3a millin of he statn'c GEER fund to create the Sate Access w Flexible Education Grants program. These grants will support the private school tuition costs (up to $6,5ce per child) of students whose ho useholk adiusted gross income is

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