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Federal relief talks are restarting, but it’s unclear how colleges will fare – Higher Ed Dive

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Dive Brief:

  • Federal lawmakers appear to have renewed talks over a new coronavirus aid bill and introduced another round of proposals that would provide billions of dollars in education relief funding.
  • These legislative plans are relatively bare-bones, however. One, from a bipartisan collection of moderate senators, would offer $82 billion for education but doesn’t detail how much would go to colleges.
  • The U.S. has not seen a comprehensive relief package since March, putting more financial pressure on already-cash-strapped institutions.

Dive Insight:
President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March, which dedicated about $14 billion to postsecondary education. The bulk of this funding was divided evenly into two pots: one for colleges to defray their pandemic-related expenses, and another for emergency grants for students.

Since then, however, lawmakers have been unable to come to a consensus on more aid. House Democrats pushed a sweeping $2.2 trillion bill, dubbed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, which set aside $39 billion for the sector. Republicans wrote it off as overreaching.

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