January 29, 2021
A proposal that was set to be introduced in the US House Thursday would provide $75 billion over two years to help schools address pandemic-related issues, such as bringing back and supporting disengaged students and addressing learning loss. The funds from the Learning Recovery Act would allow for additional learning time through "school extension" and other efforts to "diagnose, measure and reduce unfinished learning" among student subgroups as defined in the Every Student Succeeds Act.