SENATE 729117th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Educational Equity Challenge Grant Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 3/11/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-11Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-03-11Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-11 (00)
Educational Equity Challenge Grant Act of 2021
This bill establishes a program through which the Department of Education must award grants to eligible entities (e.g., state and local educational agencies) to address students' academic, social, emotional, mental, behavioral, and physical health needs related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
Cosponsors (4)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Subjects
- Adoption and foster care
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Mental health
- Minority education
- Rural conditions and development
- Special education
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
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