Dear Superintendent Woods: Georgia Maintenance of Equity Requirements

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Adam Schott, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, thanks Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods in a May 16, 2024 letter for the State's work on the maintenance of equity requirements under section 2004(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act. The letter credits cooperation among Governor Kemp, the State Legislature's appropriators and agency staff, and says data quality efforts, technical assistance and maintained State funding are helping close opportunity and achievement gaps. Governor Brian Kemp is copied.

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                          UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                                             May 16, 2024


The Honorable Richard Woods
State School Superintendent
Georgia Department of Education
205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30334


Dear Superintendent Woods,

I am writing to recognize Georgia’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,
Georgia’s work to implement these new, critically important resource equity requirements is
appreciated. We note that Georgia’s action is a result of cooperative efforts involving Governor
Kemp, 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, Georgia is taking critical steps
to accelerate academic recovery and close opportunity and achievement gaps.

Thank you for your collaboration on the implementation of the maintenance of equity requirements
and for all you do for Georgia’s students, educators, and families.



                                             Sincerely,


                                             Adam Schott
                                             Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
                                             Delegated the Authority to Perform the Functions and
                                             Duties of the Assistant Secretary
                                             Office of Elementary and Secondary Education


CC: The Honorable Brian Kemp
    Office of the Governor
    206 Washington Street
    Suite 203, State Capitol
    Atlanta, GA 30334

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