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.

ARP EANS II Approved Service Allocations

Service allocations for ARP EANS II were made public on July 29, 2022. This will serve as the official award date for PNPs.

Service Allocation List for ARP EANS II

ARP EANS II Service Allocation Process

Below is the process of how final funding allocations for ARP EANS II was calculated.

TEA takes the sum of your allowable services and assistance from your ARP EANS II application and inputs into formula.
Your sum of allowable services and assistance from application is then weighted by your school's low-income student percentage.
Allowable services and assistance are also weighted by number of COVID-19 infections (cases) & related deaths (fatalities) based on the county in which your school is located.
Final weighted amount is calculated for each PNP based on the combined amounts for the above-listed items.

ARP EANS II Application

Private non-profit schools may access the ARP EANS II application.

Note: The application deadline is April 1^st, 2022 at 11:59pm CST.

State ARP EANS II Application (to USDE)

Application for Funding

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

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:

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

January 31^st, 2022:

ARP EANS II Q&A session dates are now posted, please use the registration link to register for the event(s).

Register for Session #1 (2/2/2022) (1pm to 2pm CST)
Register for Session #2 (2/9/2022) (1pm to 2pm CST)
Register for Session #3 (2/10/2022) (1pm to 2pm CST)

TEA Guidance and FAQ

The following guidance is also available:

ARP EANS II Allowable Services and Assistance by Category

ARP EANS II Statewide Training: Video presentation from January 31^st, 2022; training in PDF.

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 and GAPS (GEER) Liquidation Extension Slide Deck from September 17th, 2024.

ARP EANS II Program Timeline

Date	Event
01/03/2022	TEA receives ARP EANS II award from USDE
01/17/2022	TEA posts low-income threshold and COVID-19 data requirements and information
02/01/2022	TEA releases EANS application to PNPs; TEA notifies PNPs through email via the PNP listserv and TEPSAC/TPSA
04/01/2022	PNP applications due to TEA; TEA must approve/deny PNP applications within 30 days of receipt
04/30/2022	Last day for TEA to approve PNP applications
05/29/2022	Final day for TEA to announce amounts of Services for eligible PNPs. Note: This date is subject to change until after validation has been completed for all schools.
08/2022	Approved PNPs will begin to receive services, if not before, from the contracted public entity selected by TEA Note: The selected third-party vendor will be following statewide procurement processes, and as a result, it will be no earlier than this date. This date is subject to change until after validation has been completed for all schools.
09/30/2024*	Last day for PNPs to receive services under ARP EANS II.* *Date adjusted due to USDE approval of ARP EANS II liquidation extension. Please refer to new dates listed below.
01/31/2026	Last day PNPs can submit procurement (direct-pay) requests to the statewide contractor, ESC Region10. Although the official program end date for ARP EANS II is 02/28/2026, the TEA has determined that schools must submit their requests no later than 01/31/2026. This allows for timely processing of all final requests, for corrections to be made should discrepancies be found with requests made by schools, and for final closeout of the ARP and GAPS programs.

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).