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Texas — United States Department of Education to the Honorable Mike Morath (November 22, 2022)

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A letter dated November 22, 2022, to Commissioner of Education Morath of the Texas Education Agency from the Department of Education, with a signature block for the Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary. It recognizes Texas's ongoing commitment to the maintenance of equity requirements under section 2004(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The letter states that Texas's action resulted from cooperative efforts involving Governor Abbott, State Legislature appropriators and State educational agency leadership and staff. It says the Department's team looks forward to the second year of the requirements in fiscal year 2023.

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“Texas — United States Department of Education to the Honorable Mike Morath (November 22, 2022).” Original at www.ed.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/department-of-education-11-22-2022-used-www-ed-gov-588ab8da36-56b5f57b17/, SHA-256 e77557b7011a6258f6c4642b6525ecd4839253814096868bdaf093ffe0c6e960.

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                      UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                                       November 22, 2022
The Honorable Mike Morath
Commissioner of Education
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701

Dear Commissioner Morath:

I am writing to recognize Texas’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, your early work to implement these new, critically important resource
equity requirements is appreciated. We note that Texas’s action is a result of cooperative efforts
involving Governor Abbott, 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, Texas 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 implementing the second year of
maintenance of equity requirements in fiscal year 2023. Thank you for your collaboration, and
all you do for Texas’s students, educators, and families.

                                              Sincerely,



                                              James F. Lane, Ed. D.
                                              Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary
                                              Delegated the Authority to Perform the Functions
                                              and Duties of the Assistant Secretary for
                                              Elementary and Secondary Education


CC:    The Honorable Greg Abbott
       Governor of Texas
       P.O. Box 12428
       Austin, TX 78711

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