New Hampshire ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights

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This highlights sheet for the New Hampshire ARP ESSER State Plan gives a total ARP ESSER allocation of $350,561,159, with $233,667,755 released on March 24, 2021, and $116,893,404 released on August 5, 2021. Preliminary 2020-2021 statewide enrollment is 169,027. The top priorities are individualized instruction to recover any learning loss, addressing educator fatigue, and improving family engagement. The plan notes a $500,000 contract for mental and behavioral health training for New Hampshire camp counselors. LEA Use of Funds Plans are due August 23, 2021.

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                        New Hampshire ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights

Total ARP ESSER allocation for New Hampshire: $350,561,159
ARP ESSER funding released to New Hampshire on March 24, 2021: $233,667,755
ARP ESSER funding released to New Hampshire on August 5, 2021: $116,893,404
2020-2021 Preliminary Statewide Enrollment: 169,027

Top Priorities within New Hampshire ARP ESSER plan:
   • Individualized instruction to recover any learning loss
   • Addressing educator fatigue
   • Improving family engagement

Highlights of New Hampshire’s ARP ESSER Plan:
   • Returning to In Person Learning in 2021: New Hampshire will require in-person instruction
       for all students.

   •   Safely Reopening Schools and Sustaining Safe Operations: New Hampshire educators were
       prioritized for vaccines just behind emergency and medical personnel and the most vulnerable
       populations. Vaccine administration was coordinated through Community Health Centers and the
       New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE), including options for on-site clinics at
       school locations.

   •   Addressing the Academic Impact of Lost Instructional Time: NHDOE is considering using
       ARP ESSER funds for evidence-based interventions including small-group, multi-age, trauma-
       sensitive instruction to students who may need additional support, high-quality and intensive
       tutoring, supplemental special education therapies and services, and outdoor and alternative
       learning spaces through its new Recovering Bright Futures and Yes! programs. In its selection of
       evidence-based interventions to address learning loss, the SEA intends to consult the federal
       What Works Clearinghouse, engage with subject matter experts, and seek technical assistance
       from the Comprehensive Centers.

   •   Investing in Expanded Afterschool Programs: NHDOE is considering using ARP ESSER
       funds to partner with multiple community-based organizations and schools to provide
       wraparound services to low-income students and English learners such as digital literacy and joint
       family instruction, and provide high-quality afterschool STEM enrichment, including robotics.
       NHDOE is also considering expanding its ReKINDling Curiosity program, which provides low-
       income students and students with disabilities the opportunity to attend a licensed New
       Hampshire camp.

   •   Supporting Students’ and Educators Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Needs: The state
       education agency has contracted with the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health
       Association and the Association for the State Community Mental Health Centers. Through this
       $500,000 contract, all New Hampshire camp counselors (ages 14 and up) can access training this
       year and next to help identify and respond to mental and behavioral health issues of students.

   •   Supporting Educators: NHDOE will utilize its critical shortage survey results that will be
       collected in October 2021 to evaluate if higher than normal levels of retirement and attrition are
       resulting from the pandemic. This will inform strategies to support the teacher workforce and
       future teacher recruitment. The NHDOE also rolled out an extensive training program to all
       educators to help equip them and provide them tools for online instruction, including a statewide
    learning management system and high-quality instructional materials for all students and
    educators.

•   Community Engagement and Consultation: NHDOE leveraged a group of stakeholders
    through its School Transition, Redesign and Reopening Taskforce, created specifically for
    COVID-19 to engage the required stakeholders in meaningful consultation for its ARP ESSER
    plan. It was organized into six workgroups: Instruction, Student Wellness, School Operations,
    Technology, Student Voice, and Associations. The workgroups gathered feedback separately, and
    then presented such feedback for discussion in a public meeting. NHDOE considered and
    incorporated the feedback throughout its ARP ESSER state plan.

•   When New Hampshire LEA Use of Funds Plans will be Due: August 23, 2021


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