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BU will split $23 million in federal pandemic aid 50/50 with needy students
More than 9,000 students will receive a “technology subsidy” of $500, $1,000, or $1,400
Eligible students will be notified by email next week
Boston University will distribute half of a $23 million federal coronavirus aid package to needy students, providing them with $11.5 million in assistance, $4 million more than required by the government.
Beginning next week, more than 9,000 students in need will receive a direct “technology subsidy” of $500, $1,000, or $1,400 to defray the costs of remote learning under the University’s Learn
from Anywhere hybrid teaching and learning model. 
The $23 million is BU’s share of the $23 billion in the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund included in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act passed by Congress in December 2020. ....

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