Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced that 471 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) will receive $80,092,677 to help close the digital divide among Illinois students. Funding for the Digital Equity Formula Grant comes from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act directs federal funding to governors and State Education Agencies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. View the list of grantees and award amounts at www.isbe.net/Documents/FY21-Digital-Equity-Allocations-WEB.pdf. More than 1.2 million students started the 2020-21 school year with remote learning in place and approximately 528,000 are learning in a blended or hybrid environment, comprising nearly 92 percent of all students in Illinois. The Digital Equity Formula Grant will help ensure students have the technology they need to access robust and equitable learning opportunities this fall. Find additional information about COVID-19 and education at www.isbe.net/covid19​.