Local educational agencies and lead agencies face extra costs associated with adjusting services and continuing to provide a free, appropriate public education while children with disabilities are receiving services through distance learning and remote service delivery. (7) Schools are facing unprecedented budget challenges due to the rising costs of responding to COVID–19, coupled with State and local revenue shortfalls. (8) To ensure that schools and lead agencies continue to meet the needs of children with disabilities and their families, including providing trained and certified special educators and education support specialists, emergency supplemental funding is needed under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (9) Emergency supplemental funding is also needed under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 ( 29 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) because services provided under that Act help ensure that students with disabilities have the technology they need to access equal educational opportunities. 3. Supplemental appropriations (a) In general The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021: (1) $11,000,000,000 for grants to States under section 611 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.). (2) For early childhood education programs— (A) $400,000,000 for preschool grants under section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1419 )