Dear Commissioner Edelblut — ARP ESSER State Plan, New Hampshire (August 5, 2021)

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This is a letter dated August 5, 2021 from the Secretary of Education to Frank Edelblut, Commissioner of Education at the New Hampshire Department of Education, approving New Hampshire's American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) State plan. It says the Department will immediately release the remaining one-third of the State's ARP ESSER allocation. It states that New Hampshire indicated it has not yet identified its interventions, so the approval is conditioned on New Hampshire amending its plan to provide the required descriptions. It adds that New Hampshire must provide an update on its progress within 30 days of receipt of the letter.

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                                       THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
                                            WASHINGTON, DC 20202




                                             August 5, 2021


The Honorable Frank Edelblut
Commissioner of Education
New Hampshire Department of Education
101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-3860

Dear Commissioner Edelblut:

I am pleased to approve New Hampshire’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary
School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) State plan. This plan, together with the unprecedented
funding available under ARP ESSER, will help ensure that districts and schools in your State can
continue to reopen safely; support sustained access to in-person instruction throughout the
summer and into next school year; and address the social, emotional, mental health, and
academic needs of students due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19),
particularly those students most impacted by the pandemic.

Except as described below, New Hampshire’s plan is consistent with all ARP ESSER statutory
and regulatory requirements and addresses all of the ARP ESSER State plan elements. This
letter, along with New Hampshire’s approved ARP ESSER State plan, will be posted on the U.S.
Department of Education’s (Department’s) website, and the Department will immediately release
the remaining one-third of your State’s ARP ESSER allocation for your use.

In its ARP ESSER State plan, a State educational agency (SEA) must describe how it will use
the funds it reserves under sections 2001(f)(1)-(3) of the ARP Act on evidence-based
interventions to address: (1) the academic impact of lost instructional time, (2) summer learning
and enrichment programs, and (3) comprehensive afterschool programs; and must describe how
the interventions it identifies will address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on certain
groups of students. In its ARP ESSER State plan, New Hampshire indicated that it has not yet
identified its interventions. As a result, this approval is conditioned on New Hampshire
amending its ARP ESSER State plan to provide the requisite descriptions to meet the
requirements in section D.1.i-iii, D.2.i-iii, and D.3.i-iii of the ARP ESSER State plan template.
In addition, New Hampshire must provide an update on its progress selecting evidence-based
interventions to meet these requirements within 30 days of receipt of this letter, and additional
updates as required by the Department.

As part of the ARP ESSER State plan, each State assured that it would provide the
Department the URLs for information related to ARP ESSER requirements. First, by June 21,
2021, each State was required to post publicly on its website, for the most recent time
period available, data on mode of instruction and enrollment for all students, disaggregated
by student subgroups. The State assured that it would provide to the Department the URL(s)
where the public can readily find this data. The Department will follow up separately with you
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regarding this requirement, if necessary. Second, your State assured that it would provide to the
Department the URL(s) for the SEA and/or local educational agency (LEA) websites where the
public can find the LEA plans for: (a) the safe return to in-person instruction and continuity of
services; and (b) use of ARP ESSER funds. Please submit the URL or URLs to the Department
via email to your State mailbox at NewHampshire.OESE@ed.gov.

Please be aware that approval of New Hampshire’s ARP ESSER State plan is not a
determination that all the information included in the State plan complies with Federal civil
rights requirements, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans
with Disabilities Act, and requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. It
is New Hampshire’s responsibility to comply with these civil rights requirements.

The Department is committed to working in partnership with your State so that your ARP
ESSER funds are quickly put to work to ensure students have sustained access to in-person
instruction as well as the comprehensive supports they need to recover fully from the impacts of
the COVID-19 pandemic. As you implement this plan, we expect you to continue meaningfully
engaging with stakeholders and the public and revising your plan, as necessary, to best meet the
needs of students, parents, and educators. Ongoing engagement with all stakeholders is vital to
ensuring that implementation of your plan is transparent, effective, equitable, inclusive, and best
meets the needs of your State. The thoughtful, evidence-based, and timely use of ARP ESSER
funds will have a lasting impact on our Nation’s schools and help to address the inequities in
resources, services, and opportunities available to our students.


                                      Sincerely,



                                      Miguel A. Cardona, Ed.D.

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