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Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund

Grant Type
Formula grant
Office
ALN
84.425C
Contact
Eligibility
State Educational Agencies (SEAs)
Application Deadline
Application Status
Not Applicable

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Program Overview

In 2020, Congress set aside approximately $3 billion of the $30.75 billion allotted to the Education Stabilization Fund through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER) Fund.  The Department awarded these grants ­to States (Governor's offices) based on a formula stipulated in the legislation: (1) 60% on the basis of the State's relative population of individuals aged 5 through 24. (2) 40% on the basis of the State's relative number of children counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). 

The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, 2021, was signed into law on December 27, 2020, and provided an additional $4,053,060,000 for the GEER Fund. The CRRSA Act provides that $1,303,060,000 of those funds be used to supplement the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER II Fund) awarded to each State with an approved GEER application under the CARES Act enacted on March 27, 2020.

Secretary DeVos Letter to Chief State School Officers

On July 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) regarding equitable services under the CARES Act. (The rule is available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-07-01/pdf/2020-14224.pdf). On September 4, 2020, in NAACP v. DeVos, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion and an order vacating the IFR. Accordingly, the IFR is no longer in effect.

GEER Implementation Resources

GEER Award Resources

GEER I Awards

GEER II Awards

If you have any questions, please emailGEERF@ed.gov

Report Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

Think an institution is misusing or abusing ED funds? Do not let CARES Act Funding for Schools and Students end up in the wrong hands. File a complaint online with our Inspector General (OIG) or call their Hotline.

For more information on ESF programs, visit the ESSER page, EANS page, or American Rescue Plan page.

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GEER and ESSER Monitoring Reports

During the summer of 2022, the Department conducted quarterly reviews with each State, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. 1 These reviews focus on high-priority issues to elevate promising practices, identify needs for technical assistance, and monitor the implementation of ARP ESSER, specifically the requirement for local educational agencies to set aside 20 percent of their allocation for activities to address the academic impact of lost instructional time.

For more information on ESF programs, visit the ESSER page, EANS page, or American Rescue Plan page.

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GEER Resources

ESSER & GEER Use of Funds FAQs

Late Liquidation Guidance

GEER Resources

For more information on ESF programs, visit the ESSER page, EANS page, or American Rescue Plan page.

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GEER FFATA Reporting

The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA), Public Law 109-282, as amended by the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), Public Law 113-101 requires that, on a monthly basis, Federal prime grant recipients report on subawards made that equal or exceed $30,000. Federal Prime recipients of ESSER I, ESSER II, ARP ESSER, GEER I, GEER II, EANS I or ARP EANS funds must comply with the FFATA reporting requirements. For more information on subaward reporting requirements see FSRS — Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System and eCFR :: 2 CFR Part 170.

FFATA Reporting Webinar and Forum (2.1.2023)

GSA Answers Your FFATA Subaward Reporting System (FSRS) Questions (4.28.2023)

GEER Annual Reporting

All grantees are required to report on GEER funds received under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act. Grantees must submit an annual report describing how the State and subrecipients used the awarded funds during the performance period.

Similar to CARES Act Year 1 annual reporting, grantees will use the Annual Report Data Collection Tool to submit the State report. For information on account registration and when the tool will open for data entry, please visit https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/grantee-help.

For the most up to date GEER Annual Reporting resources and collection forms, please visit: https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/grantee-help/geer.

GEER Quarterly Reporting

The GEER I Quarterly Reporting Fact Sheet can be found here: CARES-Act-Quarterly-Reporting-FINAL-Reissued-11162020.pdf.

For more information on ESF programs, visit the ESSER page, EANS page, or American Rescue Plan page.

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*This column links to, "PART C: Uses Of the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Funds," for states with extensive narratives.
**An initial report is due 45 days after the Department makes an award to a GEER grantee.

StateDate of AwardAward AmountCertification and AgreementCertification and Agreement — Section C Narrative*Initial Report**
Alabama5/29/2020$48,851,495PDF MS Word
Alaska5/11/2020$6,503,527PDFPDFPDF
Arizona6/2/2020$69,196,325PDF PDF
Arkansas6/2/2020$30,663,725PDF MS Word
California5/12/2020$355,227,235PDF PDF
Colorado5/21/2020$44,004,996PDF PDF
Connecticut6/1/2020$27,881,682PDF PDF
Delaware5/28/2020$7,916,821PDFPDFPDF
District of Columbia5/26/2020$5,807,678PDF PDF
Florida5/28/2020$173,585,880PDF PDF
Georgia6/2/2020$105,720,728PDF PDF
Hawaii4/22/2020$9,993,387PDF PDF
Idaho6/1/2020$15,676,340PDF PDF
Illinois5/26/2020$108,497,757PDF MS Word
Indiana5/21/2020$61,590,954PDF PDF
Iowa6/1/2020$26,217,108PDF PDF
Kansas6/1/2020$26,274,163PDF PDF
Kentucky5/5/2020$43,799,187PDFPDFMS Word
Louisiana4/24/2020$50,276,799PDF PDF
Maine4/24/2020$9,273,552PDF PDF
Maryland4/24/2020$45,657,990PDF PDF
Massachusetts5/1/2020$50,843,703*PDF PDF
Michigan5/19/2020$89,432,673PDFPDFMS Word
Minnesota5/20/2020$43,427,249PDF PDF
Mississippi6/1/2020$34,662,872PDF MS Word
Missouri5/20/2020$54,643,115PDF PDF,
PDF
Montana6/1/2020$8,764,495*PDF PDF,
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Nebraska6/1/2020$16,357,685PDF PDF
Nevada5/29/2020$26,477,349PDFPDFPDF,
PDF
New Hampshire5/29/2020$8,891,470PDFPDFPDF
New Jersey5/4/2020$68,864,994PDFPDFPDF,
MS Word
New Mexico5/22/2020$22,262,663PDFPDFPDF
New York5/22/2020$164,286,083*PDF MS Word,
MS Word
North Carolina5/29/2020$95,638,869PDF PDF
North Dakota6/1/2020$5,932,707PDF MS Word,
MS Word
Ohio6/1/2020$104,917,025PDF PDF
Oklahoma5/1/2020$39,919,354PDF MS Word, PDF, MS Word
Oregon6/2/2020$32,507,956PDF MS Word
Pennsylvania5/15/2020$104,418,240PDFPDFMS Word
Puerto Rico3/23/2021$47,812,236PDF PDF
Rhode Island5/28/2020$8,704,245PDF PDF
South Carolina5/11/2020$48,467,924PDF PDF
South Dakota5/28/2020$7,944,013PDF MS Word
Tennessee5/28/2020$63,582,031PDF PDF
Texas6/2/2020$307,026,008PDFPDFPDF
Utah5/29/2020$29,189,663PDF PDF
Vermont5/6/2020$4,488,802PDF PDF
Virginia6/1/2020$66,775,322PDFPDFMS Word
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Washington5/21/2020$56,769,263PDF MS Word
West Virginia5/26/2020$16,353,314PDF MS Word
Wisconsin6/1/2020$46,550,411PDF PDF
Wyoming6/1/2020$4,700,937PDFPDFPDF

*Due to a downward revision by a State to data that the Department used to calculate FY 2020 and FY 2019 Title I allocations, the Department revised GEER Fund allocations in 2021. The revised award amounts are shown in the table above. Grantees were given the option of accepting or rejecting additional GEER I and GEER II funding, where applicable, as a result of the adjustments. Three States – Massachusetts, Montana, and New York – chose to reject this supplemental payment for GEER I.

For more information on ESF programs, visit the ESSER page, EANS page, or American Rescue Plan page.

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