By Harry Glazer | April 08, 2021 In late December it became clear that the second large federal COVID-19 aid package, passed earlier that month, had significant funds that could go to nonpublic schools—without the restrictions that sharply limited aid to nonpublic schools in the first federal COVID-19 aid bill. What was not clear was how much of the aid in the December bill would go directly to nonpublic schools. That’s when the Teach Coalition stepped in and, with their partners in Christian and Islamic school organizations and administrators in yeshivot and day schools, worked closely with government officials in New Jersey and New York to advocate for the most equitable funding to nonpublic schools. After months of careful lobbying, they reached successful outcomes in both states.