The U.S. Department of Education awarded $61,565,102 to the State of Indiana under the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund, according to the federal spending database USAspending.gov. The grant was recorded as a formula grant with award ID S425C200018, and the period of performance ran from May 21, 2020, to September 30, 2021.
The Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund, often shortened to GEER, was established under federal coronavirus relief legislation to give governors discretion over funds for schools and students affected by the pandemic. The award to Indiana is one of many such grants distributed to states, though the specific uses of these funds in Indiana are not detailed in the spending record.
The record lists the State of Indiana as the recipient, with the award type identified as a federal formula grant. The funding period beginning in May 2020 places this award within the first wave of federal education relief distributed after the onset of the pandemic, before subsequent relief packages provided additional funding to states.