The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) is going to provide over $130 million in direct relief for Kansas colleges, universities, and K-12 education.

Relief funds from the CARES Act include a flexible grant that can be spent on K-12 education including non public schools and charter, and also $37 million for colleges and universities in the states' 2^nd Congressional District.

Congressman Steve Watkins, a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and Member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education spoke in support of the relief on the house floor.