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March 13, 2020, will be a day I will never forget. Fast forward two years later, and - while we still do not know what the future will hold - we can take comfort in knowing that we can get through anything together.

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona published a letter to parents and educators reviewing the rights of students with disabilities in accordance with the latest COVID-19 framework published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Last week, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced the Assessing Children’s Academic Development and the Emotional and Mental Health Implications of COVID-19 (ACADEMIC) Act.

Last week, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona published a statement highlighting the impacts of the American Rescue Plan on the nation’s schools.

On Thursday, the Biden Administration released a fact sheet, “Administration Announces New Actions to Address the Needs of People with Disabilities and Older Adults in Response to and Recovery from COVID-⁠19.

The U.S. Department of Education has released a new resource outlining how to use American Rescue Plan and other federal resources to implement short- and long-term strategies to address teacher shortages.

This week, the U.S. Department of Education announced that every state education agency’s plans for the use of American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School funds were approved before the end of 2021.

This week, FutureEd published an analysis of the national and regional trends for how school districts and charter organizations plan to use COVID-relief aid provided by the American Rescue Plan.