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Dear Superintendent Spearman: South Carolina Maintenance of Equity Requirements

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South Carolina Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman is the recipient of a letter dated November 9, 2022. The Senior Advisor, James F. Lane, writes that the State's action on the maintenance of equity requirements, section 2004(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, resulted from cooperative efforts of Governor McMaster, the General Assembly's appropriators and State educational agency staff. Fiscal year 2023 is named as the second year of the requirements. Governor Henry McMaster is the copied official.

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“Dear Superintendent Spearman: South Carolina Maintenance of Equity Requirements.” Original at www.ed.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/department-of-education-11-9-2022-used-www-ed-gov-067dba56df-dae6d84750/, SHA-256 b4fc3f334ae899c010231adcee716b41ee193900a38d338a2e8266b990eb880d.

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                      UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                                       November 9, 2022
The Honorable Molly Spearman
Superintendent of Education
South Carolina Department of Education
1429 Senate Street, Room 1006
Columbia, SC 29201

Dear Superintendent Spearman:

I am writing to recognize South Carolina’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 South Carolina’s action is a result of
cooperative efforts involving Governor McMaster, appropriators in your General Assembly 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, South Carolina 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 on this
issue and all you do for South Carolina’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 Henry McMaster
       Governor of South Carolina
       State House
       1100 Gervais Street
       Columbia, SC 29201

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