Oklahoma ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights

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Oklahoma ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights says Oklahoma's total ARP ESSER allocation is $1,494,647,051, with $995,721,713 released on March 24, 2021 and $498,925,338 released on July 15, 2021. It lists top priorities, addressing the loss of face-to-face instruction time, addressing student learning gaps, and providing social-emotional learning and mental health supports. The highlights say the Oklahoma State Department of Education expects all districts to provide full-time in-person instruction in the 2021-2022 school year, will partner with Oklahoma colleges and universities on a Math Tutoring Corps, and intends to invest in summer learning and afterschool programs through partnerships with the YMCA and Boys & Girls Clubs.

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                           Oklahoma ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights
Total ARP ESSER allocation for Oklahoma: $1,494,647,051
ARP ESSER funding released to Oklahoma on March 24, 2021: $995,721,713
ARP ESSER funding released to Oklahoma on July 15, 2021: $498,925,338
2020-2021 Preliminary Statewide Enrollment: 694,113

Top Priorities within Oklahoma’s plan:
   • Addressing the loss of face-to-face instruction time
   • Addressing student learning gaps
   • Providing social-emotional learning and mental health supports to students

Highlights of Oklahoma’s Plan:

   •   Returning to In Person Learning and Safely Reopening Schools and Sustaining Safe
       Operations: Given that the majority of districts in Oklahoma provided in-person instruction for
       students in the 2020-2021 school year, OSDE expects all districts will provide full-time in-person
       instruction in the 2021-2022 school year. In support of that expectation, OSDE’s Ready Together
       Oklahoma: An Action Plan for Supporting Students Through the Pandemic and Beyond provides
       resources and strategies to help students regain disrupted learning, feel safe and succeed within
       their local school community and beyond.

   •   Addressing the Academic Impact of Lost Instructional Time: OSDE will partner with
       Oklahoma college and universities to invest ARP ESSER funds in a Math Tutoring Corps to help
       address middle and high school learning disruptions due to the pandemic. OSDE is also investing
       in science and math professional development opportunities for educators. Additionally, it will
       invest in paid student teaching and first year teacher induction programs. All interventions will
       have evaluative measures applied through internal processes, collaboration with education
       partners, or contractual arrangements with external evaluators.

   •   Investing in Summer Learning and Expanded Afterschool Programs: OSDE intends to invest
       ARP ESSER funds to implement evidence-based summer learning and enrichment programs and
       to expand afterschool programming through partnerships with the YMCA and Boys & Girls
       Clubs. These programs will target the most at-risk youth. They will provide supports for
       academic recovery, social and emotional support, and access to technology. OSDE will provide
       competitive grant opportunities for funding to begin or enhance summer school programs, giving
       priority points to those applicants that will serve the most underserved populations and those that
       had their learning most disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. These opportunities will
       supplement the 102 existing 21st Century Community Learning Centers in the state to provide
       afterschool programming.

   •   Staffing to Support Students’ Needs: OSDE will use ARP ESSER funding to hire new school
       counselors, mental health professionals, and recreational therapists due to an identified shortage
       in the state. OSDE has awarded grants for 222 school counselors, 94 licensed mental health
       professionals, and 42 contracts for services. OSDE has launched a School Counselor Corps grant
       to allow districts to apply for funding to increase the number of school counselors, licensed
       mental health professionals, licensed recreational therapists and/or mental health contract
       services. Additional school counselors and school-based mental health professionals may also
       assist with student needs caused by the high incidence of childhood trauma in Oklahoma and the
       impact of the pandemic on students. Additionally, OSDE will employ five student support
    specialists to provide training, technical assistance, and coaching to all counselors hired under
    this initiative and any other counselors wishing to attend. Trainings will be provided to these new
    employees in order to best meet the academic, college and career, and social and emotional needs
    of students. OSDE will also launch new Social & Emotional Learning Competencies (PK-grade
    12 and adult) in summer 2021. These competencies are based on the Collaborative for Academic,
    Social & Emotional Learning (CASEL) five evidence-based competencies: self-awareness, self-
    management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills and social awareness.

•   Community Engagement and Consultation: OSDE worked to develop a recovery plan, Ready
    Together Oklahoma, with meaningful and actionable best practices for Oklahoma schools by
    facilitating a number of focus group meetings with a diverse group of stakeholders in January-
    May 2021 to determine the needs of students, families, and educators due to the impact of
    COVID-19.

•   When Oklahoma LEA Use of Funds Plans will be due: August 19, 2021


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