July 2020
K-12 Education
One-Time Federal CARES Act Funding for K-12 Education
2020-21 (In Millions)
| Program | Description | Spending Deadline | Amount |
| Learning loss mitigation | Funds activities to address student learning loss due to COVID-19 school closures. | December 30, 2020a | $4,795b |
| Grants to schools | Provides funding for broad array of activities, including those related to COVID-19. Funding distributed based on counts of low-income and disadvantaged children. | September 30, 2022 | 1,483 |
| Child Nutrition | Provides up to $0.75 for each breakfast or lunch served between March and August 2020. | September 30, 2022 | 112 |
| California Community Schools Partnership Program | Provides competitive grants to coordinate or expand community schools. | September 30, 2022 | 45 |
| State operations | Funds California Department of Education to allocate and monitor CARES Act funding. | September 30, 2022 | 2 |
| Total | $6,436 | ||
| a Of total amount, $4.4 billion must be spent by December 30, 2020. Remaining $355 million must be spent by September 30, 2022. | |||
| b Budget also includes $540 million Proposition 98 funding for this purpose. | |||
| CARES = Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. | |||