Kentucky — United States Department of Education to the Honorable Jason E. Glass (May 24, 2023)

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A letter dated May 24, 2023, from the Department of Education to Commissioner of Education Glass of the Kentucky Department of Education, with a signature block for a Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary. The letter recognizes Kentucky's ongoing commitment to the maintenance of equity requirements under section 2004(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. It credits cooperative efforts involving Governor Beshear, General Assembly appropriators and State educational agency staff. It says the Department's team looks forward to the second year of the requirements in fiscal year 2023.

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                          UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                                            May 24, 2023

The Honorable Jason E. Glass
Commissioner of Education
Kentucky Department of Education
300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601

Dear Commissioner Glass,

I am writing to recognize Kentucky’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, Kentucky’s early work to implement these new, critically important resource equity
requirements is appreciated. We note that Kentucky’s action is a result of cooperative efforts
involving Governor Beshear, 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,
Kentucky 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 Kentucky’s students, educators, and families.

                                               Sincerely,


                                               James F. Lane, Ed. D.
                                               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 Andy Beshear
    Governor of Kentucky
    700 Capitol Avenue, Suite 100
    Frankfort, KY 40601

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