Letter to Minnesota on Maintenance of Equity — May 16, 2024

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This is a letter dated May 16, 2024 from the United States Department of Education to Willie Jett, Commissioner of Education at the Minnesota Department of Education, with the name Adam Schott, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, printed at the end. The letter states that it recognizes Minnesota's ongoing commitment to the maintenance of equity requirements under section 2004(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and notes that the State's action resulted from cooperative efforts involving Governor Walz, appropriators in the State Legislature, and State educational agency leadership and staff. It thanks the State for its collaboration on implementing the maintenance of equity requirements.

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“Letter to Minnesota on Maintenance of Equity — May 16, 2024.” Original at www.ed.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/department-of-education-5-16-2024-used-www-ed-gov-d0c3024b86-20d8ae060b/, SHA-256 e53727c7f9e027a66d2bfdde48f5d33dc7967cf65c27ce1a45ef8b6661c842d8.

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                          UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                                            May 16, 2024

The Honorable Willie Jett
Commissioner of Education
Minnesota Department of Education
400 Stinson Boulevard NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413

Dear Commissioner Jett,

I am writing to recognize Minnesota’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, Minnesota’s work to implement these new, critically important resource equity
requirements is appreciated. We note that Minnesota’s action is a result of cooperative efforts
involving Governor Walz, 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,
Minnesota 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 Minnesota’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 Tim Walz
    Office of the Governor
    130 State Capitol
    75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
    St. Paul, MN 55155

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