Demand Help from COVID-19

They introduced the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act (S. 4360/H.R. 7848), which would create a $2.5 billion grant program for school districts seeking to replace law enforcement officers with psychologists, social workers, and other staff with mental health expertise.

They introduced the bipartisan Protecting Access to Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act (H.R. 7761) to ensure that educators whose jobs are disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic still qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

They introduced the RETAIN Act, which would create a fully refundable tax credit to encourage early childhood educators to remain in the profession.

They introduced the Pandemic Child Hunger Prevention Act, which would expand access to free school meals for all children during the COVID-19 pandemic and keep the school meal program from collapsing.