Students Top Priority, DeVos Says as Colleges Get Aid Allocated

Students should come first as colleges are getting answers on how many dollars each will receive from $6 billion in student assistance included in the coronavirus relief stimulus, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said.

“We hope and expect institutions will prioritize students most in need and that that’s where funds get directed to,” DeVos said in a call with reporters Thursday. Immediate funding for student assistance grants will have priority, she said.

Her department is giving colleges discretion on how to disburse the emergency assistance to students, she said. The $2 trillion CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), enacted last ...