Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (CARES Act): Methodology for Calculating Allocations
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U.S. Department of Education allocation table titled Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, Methodology for Calculating Allocations, authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116-136. It states that section 18001(b) requires the Department, after reserving 2 percent of the $30.75 billion appropriated for the Education Stabilization fund, to reserve 43.9 percent of the remaining funds, or $13,229,265,000, for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund). It states that allocations are based on each State's fiscal year 2019 share of Title I, Part A allocations without the hold harmless provisions in ESEA section 1122. A State Allocation Table lists, for each state and Puerto Rico, a total and columns for Minimum LEA Distribution, Maximum SEA Reservation and Maximum for SEA Administration.
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“Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (CARES Act): Methodology for Calculating Allocations.”
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Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
Authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116-136
Methodology for Calculating Allocations
Section 18001(b) of the CARES Act requires the Department of Education (Department), after reserving
2 percent of the $30.75 billion appropriated for the Education Stabilization fund for the Outlying Areas
(1/2 of 1 percent), the Bureau of Indian Education at the Department of the Interior (1/2 of 1 percent),
and competitive awards to States with the highest coronavirus burden (1 percent), to reserve 43.9
percent of remaining funds, or $13,229,265,000, for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency
Relief Fund (ESSER Fund) authorized under section 18003 of the CARES Act.
Section 18003(b) of the CARES Act requires the Department to allocate the ESSER Fund based on the
proportion that each State received under Title I, Part A in the most recent fiscal year. However, section
1122(c)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) prohibits the Department from
considering the Title I, Part A hold harmless provisions in ESEA section 1122 in calculating State or
local allocations for any other program administered by the Secretary, including the ESSER Fund.
Therefore, to determine the ESSER Fund allocations, the Department used the fiscal year 2019 State
shares of Title I, Part A allocations without the application of the hold harmless provisions in ESEA
section 1122.
STATE ALLOCATION TABLE
Maximum for
Minimum LEA Maximum SEA SEA
Distribution1 Reservation Administration2
TOTAL 13,229,265,000 11,906,338,500 1,322,926,500 66,146,325
ALABAMA 216,947,540 195,252,786 21,694,754 1,084,738
ALASKA 38,407,914 34,567,123 3,840,791 192,040
ARIZONA 277,422,944 249,680,650 27,742,294 1,387,115
ARKANSAS 128,758,638 115,882,774 12,875,864 643,793
CALIFORNIA 1,647,306,127 1,482,575,514 164,730,613 8,236,531
COLORADO 120,993,782 108,894,404 12,099,378 604,969
CONNECTICUT 111,068,059 99,961,253 11,106,806 555,340
DELAWARE 43,492,753 39,143,478 4,349,275 217,464
DISTRICT OF
42,006,354 37,805,719 4,200,635 210,032
COLUMBIA
FLORIDA 770,247,851 693,223,066 77,024,785 3,851,239
GEORGIA 457,169,852 411,452,867 45,716,985 2,285,849
HAWAII 43,385,229 39,046,706 4,338,523 216,926
IDAHO 47,854,695 43,069,226 4,785,470 239,273
ILLINOIS 569,467,218 512,520,496 56,946,722 2,847,336
INDIANA 214,472,770 193,025,493 21,447,277 1,072,364
IOWA 71,625,561 64,463,005 7,162,556 358,128
1
The totals in the Minimum LEA Distribution, Maximum SEA Reservation, and Maximum for SEA Administration columns have been rounded to the
nearest whole dollar.
2
With the funds not subgranted to LEAs, the SEA may reserve up to an amount equal to ½ of 1 percent of the total allocation for administrative costs.
KANSAS 84,529,061 76,076,155 8,452,906 422,645
KENTUCKY 193,186,874 173,868,187 19,318,687 965,934
LOUISIANA 286,980,175 258,282,158 28,698,018 1,434,901
MAINE 43,793,319 39,413,987 4,379,332 218,967
MARYLAND 207,834,058 187,050,652 20,783,406 1,039,170
MASSACHUSETTS 214,894,317 193,404,885 21,489,432 1,074,472
MICHIGAN 389,796,984 350,817,286 38,979,698 1,948,985
MINNESOTA 140,137,253 126,123,528 14,013,725 700,686
MISSISSIPPI 169,883,002 152,894,702 16,988,300 849,415
MISSOURI 208,443,300 187,598,970 20,844,330 1,042,217
MONTANA 41,295,230 37,165,707 4,129,523 206,476
NEBRASKA 65,085,085 58,576,577 6,508,509 325,425
NEVADA 117,185,045 105,466,541 11,718,505 585,925
NEW HAMPSHIRE 37,641,372 33,877,235 3,764,137 188,207
NEW JERSEY 310,371,213 279,334,092 31,037,121 1,551,856
NEW MEXICO 108,574,786 97,717,307 10,857,479 542,874
NEW YORK 1,037,045,603 933,341,043 103,704,560 5,185,228
NORTH CAROLINA 396,311,607 356,680,446 39,631,161 1,981,558
NORTH DAKOTA 33,297,699 29,967,929 3,329,770 166,489
OHIO 489,205,200 440,284,680 48,920,520 2,446,026
OKLAHOMA 160,950,476 144,855,428 16,095,048 804,752
OREGON 121,099,019 108,989,117 12,109,902 605,495
PENNSYLVANIA 523,807,198 471,426,478 52,380,720 2,619,036
RHODE ISLAND 46,350,444 41,715,400 4,635,044 231,752
SOUTH CAROLINA 216,311,158 194,680,042 21,631,116 1,081,556
SOUTH DAKOTA 41,295,230 37,165,707 4,129,523 206,476
TENNESSEE 259,891,154 233,902,039 25,989,115 1,299,456
TEXAS 1,285,886,064 1,157,297,458 128,588,606 6,429,430
UTAH 67,821,787 61,039,608 6,782,179 339,109
VERMONT 31,148,360 28,033,524 3,114,836 155,742
VIRGINIA 238,599,192 214,739,273 23,859,919 1,192,996
WASHINGTON 216,892,447 195,203,202 21,689,245 1,084,462
WEST VIRGINIA 86,640,471 77,976,424 8,664,047 433,202
WISCONSIN 174,777,774 157,299,997 17,477,777 873,889
WYOMING 32,562,651 29,306,386 3,256,265 162,813
PUERTO RICO 349,113,105 314,201,795 34,911,311 1,745,566
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