Hello, The proposed Senate reconciliation bill could come up for a vote on Friday or Saturday. Funding for the Department of Education is not identical to the House bill, but is very similar. Please see the full proposed bill in the attached PDF. Unfortunately, as with the House bill, there is no allocation for AEFLA. Below is education-related funding included in the Senate bill: o $125.8 billion for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief o $2.75 billion to governors for non-public schools that have a significant percentage of low-income students and are heavily impacted (page 43). o $39.585 billion for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (pages 44-53) o $850 million for outlying areas o $19.25 million each for the National Institute for the Deaf (page 55) and for Gallaudet University (pages 53-4) o $35 million for Howard University (page 54-55) o $190 million for American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education to be available until expended (pages 632-633) o Department of Education offices: ? $91.13 million for student aid administration (page 54) ? $100 million for the Institute of Education Sciences to study learning loss in certain groups of students (pages 55-56) ? $15 million for program administration (page 56) ? $5 million for the Office of Inspector General (page 56-57) o $39.0 billion for child care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant to be available through September 2021 (page 61-69) o $1 billion for Head Start to be available through September 2022 (page 69) o $200 million for the Institute for Museum and Library Services to be available until expended, with at least 89% awarded to state library administrative services (pages 59-60) o $852 million for the Corporation for National and Community Service to be available through September 2024 (pages 75-78) o $850 million for Bureau of Indian Education (page 652) o $7.27 billion for a new e-rate program to be available through September 2030 for an Emergency Connectivity Fund for eligible schools or libraries to buy devices or connectivity for students and staff and library patrons for use elsewhere (pages 270-274) o State, territorial, tribal, and local fiscal relief - $350 billion, some of which would likely be used to support education Best, Michele MICHELE DIECUCH | Senior Director of Programs Pronouns: She, Her, Hers ________________________________ ProLiteracy<http://www.proliteracy.org/> | 101 Wyoming St. | Syracuse, NY 13204 p 315.214.2576 | f 315.422.6369 | mdiecuch@proliteracy.org<mailto:mdiecuch@proliteracy.org> Find us and follow us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/ProLiteracy/59618669707> and Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/ProLitWorld>. Help ProLiteracy advance the cause of adult literacy.<http://www.proliteracy.org/give> [2021-01-PL-EmailSignatures-Q3-WHF-1110]<https://www.proliteracy.org/write-her-future>