South Carolina ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights

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South Carolina ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights from the Department of Education. It lists South Carolina's total ARP ESSER allocation of $2,113,567,527, with $1,408,034,325 released on March 24, 2021 and $705,533,202 released on August 12, 2021, and 2020-2021 preliminary statewide enrollment of 766,819. The highlights name top priorities including addressing learning loss, social-emotional learning and mental health support, and facility upgrades, and say all South Carolina public schools will offer full-time in-person instruction in the 2021-2022 school year. They describe a vaccine confidence campaign by the state education department with the Department of Health and Environmental Control and plans for early learning training and high dosage tutoring. No date is printed for the page itself.

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                        South Carolina ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights
Total ARP ESSER allocation for South Carolina: $2,113,567,527
ARP ESSER funding released to South Carolina on March 24, 2021: $1,408,034,325
ARP ESSER funding released to South Carolina on August 12, 2021: $705,533,202
2020-2021 Preliminary Statewide Enrollment: 766,819

Top Priorities within South Carolina’s plan:
   • Addressing learning loss
   • Offering social-emotional learning and mental health support
   • Facility upgrades in response to COVID-19

Highlights of South Carolina’s Plan:
   • Returning to In-Person Learning in 2021: All South Carolina public schools will offer full-
       time, in-person instruction in the 2021-2022 school year.

   •   Safely Reopening Schools and Sustaining Safe Operations: The South Carolina Department of
       Education (SCDE) partnered with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
       Control to promote a vaccine confidence campaign among the state’s families, educators, and
       school communities. The campaign includes a communication’s toolkit, answers to frequently
       asked questions, and vaccination events tailored to schools and communities. The agencies have
       also provided school operational guidance ahead of the upcoming school year based on lessons
       learned from the pandemic and the latest public health guidance

   •   Focusing on Early Learning: SCDE plans to provide training and instructional materials to
       schools where 33 percent or more of 3rd graders scored in the lowest performance level on the
       2019 State summative reading or language arts assessment. The training and materials must meet
       evidence-based criteria in the science of reading. SCDE will partner with SC First Steps to School
       Readiness to support transitioning students into pre-k and kindergarten, recruit and retain pre-K
       teachers, engage parents, and monitor the health of early learners through early identification and
       referrals.

   •   Addressing the Academic Impact of Lost Instructional Time: SCDE will work with partners
       to provide high dosage tutoring to students, identified through data, who have been most
       impacted by COVID-19. Additionally, SCDE will partner with the SC Commission on Higher
       Education and Technical College Board to develop pathways to post-secondary education and
       will engage local communities in identifying adults who have not earned a diploma and provide
       online access and support on the GED and family literacy. SCDE will also support adult
       education students who were disconnected from the education process during the pandemic and
       support these adults in earning a GED.

   •   Investing in Summer Learning and Expanded Afterschool Programs: SCDE plans to partner
       with the SC Arts Commission to include summer program interventions that are aligned to the SC
       College and Career Ready Standards for language arts and mathematics in schools and districts,
       focused on students disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. SCDE will
       collaborate with the First Steps program to offer summer learning programs to rising pre-k and
       kindergarten students to support the transition to the learning environment. SCDE will also create
       a summer career training program to connect students with post-secondary institutions and earn
       dual credits. Additionally, SCDE will provide funds directly to South Carolina Afterschool
       Alliance to support afterschool programs.
•   Supporting the Educator Pipeline: SCDE will use ARP ESSER funds to collaborate with
    institutions of higher education, including the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
    and the SC Technical College System, to employ post-secondary students as summer teaching
    interns beginning in 2021. The funds will be available to the students as a stipend and summer
    tuition. The tuition costs will cover coursework to prepare post-secondary students to deliver high
    quality, evidence-based instruction in afterschool and summer learning opportunities. SCDE will
    also collaborate with other entities to develop a pipeline of new talent to attract educators of color
    to the classroom as well as launch pathways for entering the teaching profession and a
    communication platform to promote the pathways.


•   When South Carolina’s LEA Use of Funds Plans will be Due: August 24, 2021


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