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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Everyone, please see some information that I have extracted from a report I received that I think that you and your people may be interested in. Please do circulate.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Shane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The Biden administration announced this week that
<b>it will end the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11</b>. This means federal agencies—including the Department of Education (ED)—will be phasing out a number of flexibilities put in place nearly three years ago, such as the pause on
student loan repayments. According to the White House’s <a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.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-rT3EOpvhyNXfhS6VqFw" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:black">guidance</span></b></a>, the administration will implement a final extension of the emergency declarations, and then formally end those declarations on May 11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">From APLU: On Wednesday,
<b>the Department of Education released the 2021 annual performance report for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF)</b>. The report focuses on how the funds helped to keep students enrolled, keep tuition costs down, helped faculty and staff stay
employed, and slowed the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (<a href="https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-releases-new-data-showing-american-rescue-plan-and-other-pandemic-relief-funds-kept-millions-college-students-enrolled-school" title="https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-releases-new-data-showing-american-rescue-plan-and-other-pandemic-relief-funds-kept-millions-college-students-enrolled-school"><span style="color:black">ED
Press Release</span></a> | <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/heerf-2021-annual-performance-report.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" title="https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/heerf-2021-annual-performance-report.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">
<span style="color:black">2021 Report</span></a> | <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/heerf-2021-state-by-state.pdf" title="https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/heerf-2021-state-by-state.pdf">
<span style="color:black">State by State Fact Sheet on Emergency Grants</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Key findings in the HEERF 2021 Annual Performance Report data include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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In 2021, institutions distributed $19.5 billion in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to 12.7 million students, including 80 percent of Pell Grant recipients;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
Approximately 9 in 10 IHEs reported that HEERF enabled them to keep students who were at risk of dropping out enrolled by providing financial support;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
Roughly 3 out of 4 institutions indicated that HEERF enabled them to keep student net prices similar to pre-pandemic levels;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
More than 2 in 3 IHEs indicated that HEERF allowed them to keep faculty, staff, employees, and contractors at full salary levels; and<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
Nearly 3 in 4 IHEs stated that HEERF enabled them to purchase COVID tests, provide health screenings, and provide the healthcare necessary to help support students, faculty, and staff. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Shane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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