Maine ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights

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This is a document titled Maine ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights. It lists a total ARP ESSER allocation for Maine of $411,429,361, with $274,202,188 released on March 24, 2021 and $137,227,173 released on September 13, 2021, and 2020-2021 Preliminary Statewide Enrollment of 172,455. Its top priorities are social and emotional learning and mental and behavioral health for students, expanding restorative alternatives to exclusionary discipline, and student-centered learning through interdisciplinary, project-based instruction. The highlights say the 2021-2022 school year began in Maine with all schools open fulltime, in-person, 5 days per week, and that Maine's LEA Use of Funds Plans will be due September 29, 2021.

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                             Maine ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights

Total ARP ESSER allocation for Maine: $411,429,361
ARP ESSER funding released to Maine on March 24, 2021: $274,202,188
ARP ESSER funding released to Maine on September 13, 2021: $137,227,173
2020-2021 Preliminary Statewide Enrollment: 172,455

Top Priorities within Maine’s plan:
   • Social and emotional learning and mental and behavioral health for students
   • Expanding restorative alternatives to exclusionary discipline
   • Student-centered learning through interdisciplinary, project-based instruction

Highlights of Maine’s Plan:
   • Returning to In Person Learning in 2021: In Maine, nearly every school has been open for
       some in-person instruction since fall 2020. The 2021-2022 school year has begun in Maine with
       all schools open fulltime, in-person, 5 days per week.

   •   Safely Reopening Schools and Sustaining Safe Operations: Maine’s COVID-19 Response
       vaccination website provides hundreds of vaccination sites through health care centers,
       pharmacies, and mobile vaccination units. Several Maine School Administrative Units (SAUs)
       also served as vaccination sites in the spring of 2021, and this fall many are working with local
       providers to host COVID-19 vaccine clinics for age eligible students and staff. Maine Department
       of Education (MDOE) is providing additional support for clinics to 12 SAUs. For no cost to
       them, each SAU or school can opt into the voluntary Pooled PCR Testing Program. To date, 360
       schools have opted into the program.

   •   Addressing the Academic Impact of Lost Instructional Time: Maine Department of
       Education’s (MDOE) Extended Learning Program will develop opportunities for students across
       the state to engage with local industry employers. The program will allow students to gain
       knowledge and skills through learning and credit recovery in community-based and work-based
       organizations through the academic year. The Maine Online Opportunities for Sustained
       Education (MOOSE) Learning Module Library provides free access to asynchronous,
       interdisciplinary, project-based learning modules aligned to the Maine Learning Results for PreK-
       12. Additionally, Learning Management System (LMS) subgrants are available to SAUs to plan,
       execute, and assess specific learning processes and provide personalized approaches to education.

   •   Investing in Expanded Afterschool Programs: Beginning in the Fall of 2021, MDOE is
       encouraging local school districts to form partnerships with community-based organizations to
       support afterschool programming. MDOE will coordinate these efforts with the state’s 21st
       Century Community Learning Centers program.

   •   Staffing to Support Students’ Needs: MDOE partnered with the Maine Community College
       System to launch the Learning Facilitators Program, a fast-track training program for
       paraprofessional level educators to expand, strengthen and support the educator workforce and
       enables program participants to earn educational certifications at no cost. Over 100 educators
       completed coursework and secured placements. MDOE will continue this program in the 2021-22
       school year and is exploring an expansion of this program with ARP funds.

   •   Addressing the “Whole Student”: In the distribution of ARP ESSER funds, MDOE will
       encourage districts to focus on social-emotional learning, mental and behavioral health programs,
       restorative alternatives to exclusionary discipline, trauma-informed practices, student-centered
       learning through interdisciplinary, project-based instruction, and related professional
       development for educators and school leaders.

   •   Meeting Emergency Needs: MDOE will use ARP emergency needs funds for mental health
       support for students, educators, and families; professional learning in trauma-informed practices;
       statewide diversity, and equity and inclusion support. This reflects input during MDOE’s
       community engagement to prioritize ensuring that students are healthy, safe, engaged, supported,
       and prepared through investments in structures, human capital, systems, and practices.

When Maine’s LEA Use of Funds Plans will be due: September 29, 2021


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