Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations Program
Repository archive entry for the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations Program (Restart) in the Programs No Longer Administered by the California Department of Education (CDE) Section of the CDE website.Added to Programs No Longer Administered by the California Department of Education (CDE) on May 21, 2026.
This information is for historical purposes only and it is possible that information contained here may not be current.
Background
Time Period:
Funded through 2018–19 and 2019–20
Applicable statutes/regulations:
Public Law 115-123, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018; Public Law 116-20 Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act 0f 2019
Source of Appropriation/Budget Act Item:
Item 6100-102-0890 of the Budget Act of 2019 (Chapters 23/55/80/363, 2019)
Program description:
The purpose of the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations Program (Restart) is to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) and non-public schools with expenses related to the restart of elementary and secondary schools in areas where a major disaster or emergency was declared related to the consequences of the California Wildfires in calendar year 2018 and floods in calendar year 2019. The funding is made available to California by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and again in 2019 by the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019.
SACS Resource/Revenue Codes:
5654 / 8290