WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today spoke with Becky Pringle, the new president of the National Education Association (NEA), about the need for additional COVID-19 stimulus funds for education and child care. Durbin discussed his support of the Coronavirus Child Care and Education Relief Act, which would provide $430 billion to the education sector, including $50 billion in grants to child care providers.
“As the nation continues to reel from this awful pandemic, our educators are making extraordinary sacrifices – even risking their health and safety – in order to educate our kids,” Durbin said. “If Congress wants to help our educators, we have to end the partisanship and come together to pass a relief bill that gives schools the funding they need to keep teachers and students safe.”
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The NEA is the largest labor union in the U.S. and represents public school teachers and support staff, college or university faculty and staff, retired educators, and educators in training.
