Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 2 Environmental Scan 2-38 May, 2023 save for college more effectively and efficiently.”99 In 2018, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) advanced the following recommendations to President-elect Donald J. Trump:100 1) Strengthen the Pell Grant Program 2) Invest in the Development of Open Educational Resources 3) Help the Most Economically At-Risk Students Stay in School 4) Rethink the Tax Code’s Student Financing Provisions 5) Invest in Community College Workforce Training Capacity 6) Increase Investment in Existing Workforce Education Programs 7) Invest in Community College Infrastructure 8) Lighten the Regulatory Burden on Community Colleges and Produce Better Higher Education Data The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, was passed by Congress on March 27th 2020 and signed into law by President Donald J. Trump. Within the $2.2 trillion provided, $14 billion was given to the Office of Postsecondary Education as the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, or HEERF.101 On December 27, 2020, the president signed into law the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), which provides more than $81 billion in emergency support to elementary, secondary and postsecondary education. Over $21 billion of that total is allocated to higher education, including public, private nonprofit, and 99 https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-pressoffice/excerpts-presidents-remarks-warren-michiganand-fact-sheet-american-graduation-init 100https://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/sites/default/fil es/state-board/legislative/leg_01_- aacc_federal_legislative_agenda.pdf 101https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/caresact.h tml proprietary institutions and their students. Building on the structure of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of March 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has designated these additional higher education support funds under the CRRSAA as “HEERF II.”102 Subsequently, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. followed up with additional funds. The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) authorized by the American Rescue Plan (ARP), Public Law 117-2, signed into law on March 11, 2021, provided $39.6 billion in support to institutions of higher education to serve students and ensure learning continues during the COVID-19 pandemic. ARP funds are in addition to funds authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA), Public Law 116-260 and the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Public Law 116-136. Emergency funds available to institutions and their students under all emergency funds total $76.2 billion.103 As stated in President Obama’s “The American Graduation Initiative,” business and industry is critical to the emerging global economy as well as the United States economy and security.104 EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS and INDUSTRY 102https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publication s/2021/1/21-billion-in-emergency-aid-available-forhigher-education-through-heerf-ii-funding 103 https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/arp.html 104https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/fil es/100326-community-college-fact-sheet.pdf
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