The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law in March 2020, provided roughly $31 billion in emergency education funding to students, schools, institutions, and states across the country. These funds supported a wide range of activities, including cleaning and sanitizing schools, purchasing educational technology such as laptops and hotspot devices, training educators to use online learning tools, ensuring access to education for students with disabilities, and providing students emergency funding for food, housing, and other basic essentials. We secured $79,138,510 in CARES Act funding for school districts in Virginia's 11th District.

The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA), signed into law in December 2020, added an additional $81 billion to the Education Stabilization Fund created by the CARES Act. We secured $123,114,368 in CRRSA funding for school districts in Virginia's 11th District.

The American Rescue Plan, signed into law in March 2021, provided more than $120 billion in additional emergency education assistance to ensure students and educators can return to the classroom safely. This includes repairing ventilation systems, reducing class sizes and implementing social distancing guidelines, purchasing personal protective equipment, and hiring support staff to care for students’ health and well-being. Schools were required to reserve at least 20 percent of the funding they receive to address learning loss during the pandemic. We secured $276,497,381 in American Rescue Plan funding for school districts in Virginia's 11th District.

In total, Fairfax County Public Schools, City of Fairfax Schools, and Prince William County Schools received $478,750,259 in emergency assistance. 

The CARES Act provided $150 billion for payments to state, local, and tribal governments navigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Of that $150 billion, we secured $200,325,485 for Fairfax County, $82,069,830 for Prince William County, and $4,191,130 for the City of Fairfax.

The American Rescue Plan provided an additional $350 billion for eligible state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to respond to COVID-19, recover from its impact, and bring back jobs. Of that $350 billion, we secured $222,894,638 for Fairfax County, $91,357,060 for Prince William County, and $29,585,521 for the City of Fairfax.

In total, Fairfax County received $423,130,123, Prince William County received $173,426,890, and the City of Fairfax received $33,776,651.

In addition to funding for county and city governments, the American Rescue Plan granted funds to town governments. We secured $6,144,174 for Dumfries, $25,523,947 for Herndon, $1,126,743 for Occoquan, and $17,103,462 for Vienna.

In total, we secured more than $1.1 billion in direct financial assistance for our community. That amount does not include the shares of statewide funding granted to each locality at the discretion of the state or other COVID-related grant programs. For example, Fairfax County alone has received a total of nearly $1 billion when all sources of funding are taken into account.

This funding allowed us to expand our efforts to contain COVID-19 and is helping us right now to get as many shots in arms as possible. 

It gives us the opportunity to truly build back better from this historic crisis, putting lives and careers back on track.

It has helped ensure our kids were able to learn at home, and it will help them transition smoothly and safely back to in-person learning during the upcoming school year.

Our fight against COVID-19 is still not over and the road to recovery will be long. But please know that I will continue to do all I can to keep our community safe and healthy, and to ensure we have the resources we need to come out of this crisis stronger than we entered it.