Sec. 2. Purpose
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The purpose of this Act is to support States and local educational agencies in responding to the COVID–19 pandemic so that all students, especially historically underserved students, are provided with a safe, healthy, equitable, and excellent education by— providing funding to ensure students do not lose access to high-quality educators due to State and local budget cuts; investing in educator pipelines to ensure students’ access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce is not affected by the COVID–19 pandemic; putting in place fiscal equity measures so students of color, students from families experiencing low incomes, and other historically underserved students do not bare the budgetary brunt of the COVID–19 pandemic; and ensuring that schools are equipped with the personal protective equipment necessary to keep students, teachers, principals, other support staff, and families safe.