Dear Superintendent Degenfelder: Wyoming Maintenance of Equity Requirements

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Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder receives a letter from Adam Schott, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs, dated January 18, 2024, recognizing the State's ongoing commitment to the maintenance of equity requirements under section 2004(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act. It credits cooperation among Governor Gordon, the State Legislature's appropriators and agency staff and says the work helps students who faced longstanding opportunity gaps. Governor Mark Gordon is copied.

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“Dear Superintendent Degenfelder: Wyoming Maintenance of Equity Requirements.” Original at www.ed.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/department-of-education-1-18-2024-used-www-ed-gov-bdef436951-af884a331a/, SHA-256 d81ecae24edfebaa89f99946bdafc7ff3ba365ddc53652353453839064ef82d0.

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                           UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                                          January 18, 2024

The Honorable Megan Degenfelder
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wyoming Department of Education
122 West 25th Street, Suite E200
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002

Dear Superintendent Degenfelder,

I am writing to recognize Wyoming’s ongoing commitment to the maintenance of equity
requirements under section 2004(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP). Knowing the
numerous, competing priorities facing States, State educational agencies, and local educational
agencies, Wyoming’s work to implement these new, critically important resource equity
requirements is appreciated. We note that Wyoming’s action is a result of cooperative efforts
involving Governor Gordon, appropriators in your State Legislature, and State educational agency
leadership and staff.

ARP maintenance of equity requirements help ensure that State and local education funding
supports students who experienced longstanding opportunity gaps before, and were
disproportionately impacted by, the COVID-19 pandemic. In implementing these provisions
through a mix of data quality efforts, engagement with Department-provided technical assistance,
and maintenance of State education funding for the communities and students who need it most,
Wyoming is taking critical steps to accelerate academic recovery and close opportunity and
achievement gaps.

My team looks forward to continuing our work with yours in implementation of maintenance of
equity requirements. Thank you for your collaboration and all you do for Wyoming’s students,
educators, and families.

                                            Sincerely,

                                            Adam Schott
                                            Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs
                                            Delegated the Authority to Perform the Functions and
                                            Duties of the Assistant Secretary
                                            Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
C:   The Honorable Mark Gordon
     Office of the Governor
     State Capitol
     200 West 24th Street
     Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002

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