​GEER II Funds (January 2021)

The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA Act) was enacted December 27, 2020.  This legislation provides new support for the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) fund program originally created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). 

Referred to as GEER II Funds, the $197 million appropriated in the CRRSA Act is split into two categories of funding, Educational Assistance for Nonpublic Schools (EANS) and Other.  

In February 2021, the General Assembly and Governor Wolf enacted Act 1 of 2021, which distributed funding to the two categories.

In February 2021, the General Assembly and Governor Wolf enacted Act 1 of 2021, which distributed funding to the following categories:

SectorAmount*
Career and Technical Education Centers$20,000,000
Private Residential Rehabilitative Institutions, Approved Private Schools, Pennsylvania Chartered Schools for the Deaf and Blind$8,075,000
Community Colleges
$14,000,000
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education$5,000,000

In February 2021, the General Assembly and the Governor enacted Act 1 of 2021, which distributed $20,000,000 of the GEER II Funds to area career and technical education centers (CTCs). The allocations to area CTCs are based on the proration of total funding received by CTCs in the 2019-20 fiscal year from the Secondary Career and Technical Education Subsidy. 

Career and Technical Education CenterAmount
Northumberland County CTC$84,455.00
Keystone Central CTC$101,243.00
Central Montco Technical High School$210,747.00
Monroe Career & Tech Inst$389,149.00
Parkway West CTC$224,176.00
Connellsville Area Career & Technical Center$174,501.00
Hazleton Area Career Center$210,385.00
Reading Muhlenberg CTC$451,260.00
McKeesport Area Tech Ctr$106,164.00
Lenape Tech$208,773.00
Jefferson County-DuBois AVTS$128,987.00
Northern Westmoreland CTC$150,667.00
Cumberland Perry AVTS$290,426.00
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology$188,441.00
CTC of Lackawanna County$242,475.00
Beaver County CTC$251,704.00
Steel Center for Career and Technical Education$256,798.00
Central PA Institute of Science & Technology$155,879.00
Susquehanna County CTC$147,091.00
Lebanon County CTC$240,750.00
Indiana County Technology Center$189,749.00
Greater Altoona CTC$343,715.00
Mon Valley CTC$185,549.00
Schuylkill Technology Centers$296,367.00
Western Montgomery CTC$174,340.00
Berks CTC$499,842.00
Upper Bucks County Technical School$187,383.00
West Side CTC$213,431.00
Greater Johnstown CTC$143,121.00
Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center$130,709.00
Lancaster County CTC$620,348.00
North Montco Tech Career Center$256,304.00
Franklin County CTC$291,363.00
A W Beattie Career Center$224,077.00
Career Institute of Technology$238,053.00
Forbes Road CTC$250,444.00
Butler County AVTS$289,403.00
Mercer County Career Center$181,165.00
Bucks County Technical High School$439,107.00
Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology$116,123.00
Lawrence County CTC$158,165.00
City of Erie Regional Career & Technical School$331,178.00
SUN Area Technical Institute$177,411.00
Central Westmoreland CTC$354,771.00
Bethlehem AVTS$384,002.00
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute$851,652.00
Chester County Technical College HS$633,937.00
Northern Tier Career Center$170,071.00
Erie County Technical School$258,591.00
York Co School of Technology$717,806.00
Dauphin County Technical School$357,025.00
Venango Technology Center$225,250.00
Eastern Westmoreland CTC$154,133.00
Clearfield County CTC$161,519.00
Clarion County Career Center$143,919.00
Lycoming CTC$102,930.00
Greene County CTC$128,651.00
Delaware County Technical High School$433,443.00
Huntingdon County CTC$106,735.00
Western Area CTC$140,267.00
Wilkes-Barre Area CTC$292,948.00
Philadelphia AVTS$2,431,846.00
Somerset County Technology Cente$151,755.00
Fayette County Career & Technical Institute$233,307.00
Columbia-Montour AVTS$219,318.00
Warren County AVTS$143,235.00
Crawford County CTC$213,330.00
Bedford County Technical Center$118,273.00
Pittsburgh AVTS$154,238.00
Admiral Peary AVTS$208,841.00
Eastern Center for Arts & Technology$132,577.00
Fulton County AVTS$63,822.00
Carbon Career & Technical Institute$160,390.00

In February 2021, the General Assembly and the Governor enacted Act 1 of 2021, which distributed $8,075,000 of the GEER II Funds to PRRIs, APSs and CSDBs. The allocations to the individual entities are based on the percentage of total 2019-20 Average Daily Membership for the three sectors.

LEA TypeLEA NameAllocations

APS

ACLD Tillotson School

$131,316.00

APS

Camphill School

$138,556.00

APS

Centennial School Lehigh Univ

$129,560.00

APS

Childrens Institute of Pittsburgh

$277,998.00

APS

CIDDS Learning Center

$147,332.00

APS

Clarke Pennsylvania Inc

$10,599.00

APS

Community Country Day School

$6,632.00

APS

Davidson School

$690,174.00

APS

Delta School

$101,287.00

APS

DePaul Institute

$42,495.00

APS

Devereux Brandywine

$116,757.00

APS

Devereux Day School - CARES

$323,101.00

APS

Devereux Mapleton Schools

$46,118.00

APS

Dr Gertrude A Barber Center

$209,038.00

APS

Easter Seals of Southeastern Pa

$141,499.00

APS

Easter Seals of Western and Central PA

$33,930.00

APS

Fairwold Academy

$274,448.00

APS

George Crothers Memorial School

$204,281.00

APS

Green Tree School

$136,401.00

APS

HMS School for Children with Cerebral Pa

$53,872.00

APS

Martin Luther School

$289,619.00

APS

McGuire Memorial

$110,429.00

APS

Melmark Inc

$110,658.00

APS

Pace School

$218,883.00

APS

Pathway School

$291,620.00

APS

Pressley Ridge Day School-Pittsburgh

$115,050.00

APS

Pressley Ridge School for the Deaf Progr

$17,498.00

APS

Royer-Greaves School for the Blind

$16,366.00

APS

Timothy School

$122,719.00

APS

Valley Day School

$162,587.00

APS

Vanguard School

$410,024.00

APS

Vista School

$44,778.00

APS

Watson Institute Education Center

$200,995.00

APS

Watson Institute Friendship Academy

$215,168.00

APS

Wesley High School

$198,935.00

APS

Wesley K-8 School

$1,312.00

APS

Woods Services

$258,172.00

CSDB

Overbrook School for Blind

$279,142.00

CSDB

Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

$248,077.00

CSDB

Western PA School for Blind

$268,692.00

CSDB

Western PA School for Deaf

$347,319.00

PRRI

Alternative Rehabilitation Com

$51,162.00

PRRI

Carson Valley Childrens Aid

$103,212.00

PRRI

Cornell Abraxas I Arlene Lissner

$135,191.00

PRRI

De La Salle Vocational School

$51,821.00

PRRI

Harborcreek Youth Services

$94,406.00

PRRI

Kidspeace National Centers

$250,113.00

PRRI

St Gabriels Hall

$166,261.00

PRRI

St Katharine Drexel School

$79,397.00

In February 2021, the General Assembly and the Governor enacted Act 1 of 2021, which distributed $14,000,000 of the GEER II Funds to community colleges. The allocations to individual community colleges are based on the percentage of total funding received in the 2019-20 fiscal year from the Community College operating appropriation. 

Community CollegeAmount
Community College of Allegheny County

$2,087,273.00

Community College of Beaver County

$283,792.00

Bucks County Community College

$1,162,733.00

Butler County Community College

$492,570.00

Delaware County Community College

$1,116,695.00

Harrisburg Area Community College

$1,965,078.00

Lehigh Carbon Community College

$801,302.00

Luzerne County Community College

$719,141.00

Montgomery County Community College

$1,147,730.00

Northampton County Area Community College

$973,106.00

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

$167,656.00

Community College of Philadelphia

$1,853,649.00

Reading Area Community College

$510,546.00

Westmoreland County Community College

$718,729.00

In February 2021, the General Assembly and the Governor enacted Act 1 of 2021, which distributed $5,000,000 of the GEER II Funds to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The allocation of $5,000,000 to PASSHE should be used to support the ongoing functionality of its member institutions as directed by the chancellor.