Due to the public health emergency relating to
COVID–19 and notwithstanding subsections (a)(1) and (f)(1) of section 1303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (
20 U.S.C. 6393), for the purposes of making determinations under subsections (a)(1) and (f) of such section 1303 for fiscal year 2021 and all subsequent fiscal years for which school year
2019–2020 data would be used in the calculations under section 1303(a)(1) of such Act, the Secretary of Education shall use school year
2018–2019 data or school year
2019–2020 data, whichever data are greater, wherever school year
2019–2020 data would otherwise be required.