New York ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights
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This is a document titled New York ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights. It lists a total ARP ESSER allocation for New York of $8,995,282,324, with $5,992,520,557 released on March 24, 2021 and $3,002,761,767 released on August 5, 2021, and 2020-2021 Preliminary Statewide Enrollment of 2,601,676. Its top priorities are addressing lost instructional time and closing academic performance gaps, providing social emotional support within a Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Framework, and implementing evidence-based interventions. The highlights say NYSED will invest $195 million of its emergency reserve funds in new full-day prekindergarten programs for 4-year-olds and that New York LEA Use of Funds Plans will be due August 31, 2021.
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“New York ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights.”
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New York ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights
Total ARP ESSER allocation for New York: $8,995,282,324
ARP ESSER funding released to New York on March 24, 2021: $5,992,520,557
ARP ESSER funding released to New York on August 5, 2021: $3,002,761,767
2020-2021 Preliminary Statewide Enrollment: 2,601,676
Top Priorities within New York’s plan:
• Address lost instructional time and close academic performance gaps.
• Provide social emotional support within a Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Framework.
• Implement evidence-based interventions within multi-tiered support systems.
Highlights of New York’s Plan:
• Safely Reopening Schools and Sustaining Safe Operations: As the COVID-19 pandemic
continues to unfold, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) will continue to engage
with stakeholders, the Governor’s Office, and the New York State Department of Health on
strategies and guidance for districts in support of NYSED’s overall goal for the 2021-2022 school
year of maximizing in-person teaching and learning, being responsive to student needs, and
keeping students and staff healthy and safe.
• Addressing the Academic Impact of Lost Instructional Time, Investing in Summer
Learning, and Expanding Afterschool Programs: The 2021-2022 enacted state budget fully
allocated the ARP ESSER funds reserved to address the academic impact of lost instructional
time, investing in summer learning through the ARP ESSER funding period, and expanding
afterschool programs as subgrants to 398 high-need school districts. NYSED will require districts
to utilize subgrant funds to implement evidence-based interventions. NYSED will provide
technical assistance to support implementation and will monitor progress.
• Investing in Early Learning: NYSED will invest $195 million of its emergency reserve funds to
fund new full-day prekindergarten programs for 4-year-olds and expand existing programs. The
pandemic dramatically impacted pre-school children as many daycare, pre-school, and
enrichment programs closed for much of the past year. NYSED will expand opportunities for 4-
year-olds to attend free, public pre-K programs where they will be able to catch up on lost early
childhood learning, socialization, and other foundational skills required for long-term success. A
crucial goal of these programs will be to accelerate learning to mitigate the impact of lost
instructional time and help close pre-existing performance gaps.
• Supporting Students’ and Educators Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Needs: NYSED
collaborates with the Mental Health Association of New York State to provide districts with
Mental Health First Aid Training. Mental Health First Aid is a public education program that
introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental illnesses, builds understanding
of their impact, and overviews common supports. NYSED also adapted trainings to focus on
integrating SEL and trauma-responsive practices into remote learning environments where
needed, in order to support development of students’ SEL competencies related to self-awareness,
self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and reasonable decision making.
• Community Engagement and Consultation: NYSED convenes monthly stakeholder meetings;
held Regional Task Force meetings and also held convenings led by the Office of Bilingual
Education and World Languages, the Office of Special Education, the Office of ESSA-Funded
Programs; held Digital Equity Summits and solicited public input on the ESSER Plan via direct
outreach though an online “Thought Exchange” application. Almost 5,000 participants provided
6,844 unique responses and over 95,000 ratings of the responses shared by stakeholders. Of the
respondents, 37% are parents/guardians of a current student, 37% are faculty, staff, or an
educator, 6% are district level administrators, 3% are building-level administrators, and 14%
identify as “other.” The information gathered were considered by NYSED in developing
reopening guidance as well as future guidance to help support LEAs as they prepare to return to
school
• When New York LEA Use of Funds Plans will be Due: August 31, 2021
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