Letter — Removing Conditions on South Dakota ARP ESSER Grant (January 10, 2023)

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A January 10, 2023 letter to Joe Graves, Secretary of Education at the South Dakota Department of Education, about the conditions placed on South Dakota's ARP ESSER grant in the July 7, 2021, letter approving its State plan. It states that South Dakota submitted an updated ARP ESSER State plan on December 12, 2022 describing evidence-based interventions for the academic impact of lost instructional time, summer learning and enrichment programs, and comprehensive afterschool programs. It states that the conditions are being removed from the grant. The signature block names James F. Lane, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary.

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“Letter — Removing Conditions on South Dakota ARP ESSER Grant (January 10, 2023).” Original at www.ed.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/department-of-education-pdf-www-ed-gov-74e0c39a76/, SHA-256 f8c8f4d2393bd47e30bf159a365cb6c006a66f408ba5fd7a87dd5e972d61a279.

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                                           January 10, 2023

The Honorable Joe Graves
Secretary of Education
South Dakota Department of Education
800 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291

Dear Secretary Graves:

In the July 7, 2021, letter approving South Dakota’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and
Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) State plan, the U.S. Department of
Education (Department) placed certain conditions on South Dakota’s grant. Specifically, the
conditions required that South Dakota amend its ARP ESSER State plan to describe, in section
D, the evidence-based interventions it will implement using the funds it reserves under section
2001(f) of the ARP Act.

On December 12, 2022, South Dakota submitted an updated ARP ESSER State plan that
responded to these conditions by describing the evidence-based interventions it will implement
to address the academic impact of lost instructional time, summer learning and enrichment
programs, and comprehensive afterschool programs, and how these interventions will address the
disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on certain groups of students. As a result, I am removing
the conditions from South Dakota’s ARP ESSER grant. This letter and the updated plan will be
posted on the Department’s State Plans website, here.

Thank you for your efforts, and the efforts of your staff, to implement the ARP ESSER program
and to address the academic and mental health needs of students, educators, and staff during the
pandemic. If you have any questions, please contact your program officer at: South
Dakota.OESE@ed.gov.

                                             Sincerely,




                                             James F. Lane, Ed. D
                                             Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary
                                             Delegated the Authority to Perform the
                                             Functions and Duties of the Assistant Secretary
                                             Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

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