All Education Levels

• Procuring, donating, or loaning medical supplies and equipment purchased with federal funds (November 2, 2020)
• Fact sheet: Repurposing federal equipment and supplies to combat COVID-19 (October 20, 2020)
• Fact sheet: Contracted services not performed due to COVID-19 (September 1, 2020)
• U.S. Department of Education CARES Act waiver report to Congress (April 27, 2020)
• Q&A: Use of the Department's grant funds during COVID-19 national emergency (April 8, 2020)

Elementary and Secondary Education

• Fact sheet: Transferring state- and local-level funds under ESEA (April 29, 2020)
• Invitation to request waiver of fiscal requirements due to COVID-19 for the 2019-2020 school year (April 3, 2020)
• Optional state template for waiver from fiscal requirements due to COVID-19 for the 2019-2020 school year (April 3, 2020)
• Waiver application for states to bypass ESSA mandated testing for the 2019-2020 school year due to COVID-19 national emergency. (March 20, 2020)
• USDA flexibilities allowing students to access meal service during school closures (March 10, 2020)

Higher Education

• COVID-19 CARES Act flexibilities letter to Student Services grantees (December 3, 2020)
• COVID-19 program match flexibility letter to GEAR UP grantees (December 3, 2020)
• COVID-19 letter to Institutional Service grantees (December 3, 2020)
• Extension of flexibilities related to COVID-19 – further extension of selected deadlines for Title IV, HEA programs (August 21, 2020)
• COVID-19 letter to HEP grantees on flexibilities available under the CARES Act (July 1, 2020)
• COVID-19 FAQs for Title III, IV, V, and VII grantees (June 16, 2020)

Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

• Waiver authority for the period of availability for IDEA, Part C funds for FY 2018:
  Letter announcing waiver authority (PDF) | Request form for waiver (PDF) (September 10, 2020)
• Waiver authority for the period of availability for IDEA, Part B Funds for fiscal year 2018:
  Letter announcing waiver authority (PDF) | Request form for waiver (PDF) (June 8, 2020)

Career, Technical, and Adult Education

• CTE and Adult Education fiscal waiver invitation letter and optional template for SEAs (April 17, 2020)

Other COVID-19 Resources