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includes responses aimed at addressing the many dimensions of resource equity including equitable and adequate school funding; access to a well-rounded education; well -prepared, effective, and diverse educators and staff; and integrated support services in order to close long-standing gaps in educational opportunity. Further, Treasury is clarifying that improvements or new construction of schools and other educational facilities or equipment are eligible capital expenditures for disproportionately impacted communities. Recipients seeking to use funds for capital expenditures should refer to the section Capital Expenditures in General Provisions: Other for additional eligibility standards that apply to uses of funds for capital expenditures. Treasury notes that services to promote healthy childhood environments, including childcare, early learning services, and home visiting programs that serve infants and toddlers, is a separate category of enumerated eligible uses for households impacted by the pandemic (see eligible uses for "promoting healthy childhood environments"). Similarly, education services to address the impact of lost instructional time during the pandemic are a separate eligible use category for households impacted by the pandemic; when providing these services, recipients may presume that any K-12 student who lost access to in -person instruction for a significant period of time has been impacted by the pandemic and is thus eligible for responsive services (see eligible uses for "addressing the impact of lost instructional time"). Proposed Additional Enumerated Eligible Uses Not Incorporated The interim final rule posed a question on what other types of services or costs Treasury should consider as eligible uses to respond to the disproportionate public health or negative economic impacts of COVID-19 on low-income populations and communities. 139