ARP Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (EANS) II Grant Program

The ARP Act extends the EANS program authorized under section 312(d) of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSA Act), Pub. Law 116-260 (Dec. 27, 2020). Accordingly, with two exceptions, the requirements of ARP 2 EANS are the same as those in section 312(d) of the CRRSA Act. The two exceptions are: (1) a State educational agency (SEA) may only provide services or assistance under ARP EANS to non-public schools that enroll a significant percentage of low-income students and are most impacted by the COVID-19 emergency; and (2) an SEA may not use ARP EANS funds to provide reimbursements to any non-public school for costs the school incurred to address the impact of the COVID-19 emergency, as authorized under section 312(d)(4)(M) of the CRRSA Act.

State ARP EANS II Application (to USDE)

https://oese.ed.gov/files/2022/01/TX-ARP-EANS-App_Redacted.pdf

Note: PNP’s low-income student percentage must be at or above 22% to apply for ARP EANS II.

Sources of Poverty Data

• Free or reduced-price lunch data
• Scholarship or financial assistance data that is similar to free or reduced-price lunch eligibility
• E-rate data
• Other relevant data, such as data that the PNP has provided to the state for purposes of state or local programs
• Data imputing the number of students from low-income families on the American Community Survey (ACS) or the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program by the US Census Bureau
• Proportionality data: the number of students enrolled in the PNP who reside in a Title I school attendance area multiplied by the percentage of public school students in that same attendance area who are from low-income families. If the PNP has students who reside in more than one Title I school attendance area, multiple calculations would be necessary.

COVID-19 Impact Data

Per federal requirements, Section 2002(a) of the ARP Act requires an SEA to provide services and assistance to non-public school that is most impacted by the COVID-19 impact. Texas will be using two factors that will be used to determine which non-public schools are most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic:

1. The number of COVID-19 infections per capita in the community or communities served by the non-public school.
2. The number of COVID-19 related deaths per capita in the community or communities served by the non-public school.

TEA’s methodology to determine which non-public schools have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic will be comparing the data for the county in which your school resides to a statewide average collected at the end of the application window (04/01/22).

TEA Announcements

Information to be posted as it becomes available.

TEA Guidance and FAQ

Refer to the EANS Grant Program FAQ for answers to common questions.

Use the EANS FAQ Submission form to submit new EANS questions to TEA staff. 

ARP EANS II Program Timeline

Federal Guidance

The USDE Department of Education (USDE) publishes a FAQ on the EANS grant program, which is linked to the USDE's main EANS page. The FAQ addresses issues related to PNP eligibility (Section C) and types of services and assistance available (Section D).