The Covid pandemic will direct $69 billion — a record-setting amount of federal higher education aid — to the nation’s colleges and universities. The tables, maps and charts below show California leads all states, with $9.5 billion in aid approved by Congress in 2020 and 2021.
EdSource compiled data on the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) money, which was approved by Congress in three bills passed in 2020 and 2021: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed on March 2, 2020; The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Act, signed on Dec., 27, 2020; and The American Rescue Plan Act, signed on March 11, 2021.
The data reflect what colleges are eligible to receive and amounts received and spent as of April 30, 2021. EdSource obtained the data from the U.S. Department of Education based on information reported by 5,696 colleges and universities.
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