Dear Commissioner Riley — ARP ESSER State Plan, Massachusetts (September 2, 2022)
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This is a letter dated September 2, 2022 from the Secretary of Education's office to Commissioner Jeffrey Riley of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It says the July 15, 2021 letter approving Massachusetts's ARP ESSER State plan placed conditions on the grant requiring Massachusetts to describe the evidence-based interventions it will implement with funds reserved under section 2001(f) of the ARP Act. It says Massachusetts submitted an updated plan on August 4, 2022 describing interventions for the academic impact of lost instructional time, summer learning and enrichment programs, and comprehensive afterschool programs. The letter states that, as a result, the conditions are removed, and it is closed by James F. Lane, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary.
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“Dear Commissioner Riley — ARP ESSER State Plan, Massachusetts (September 2, 2022).”
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THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
WASHINGTON, DC 20202
September 2, 2022
The Honorable Jeffrey Riley
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA 02148
Dear Commissioner Riley:
In the letter approving Massachusetts’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) State plan, dated July 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education
(Department) placed conditions on Massachusetts’s ARP ESSER grant. Specifically, the conditions
required that Massachusetts amend its ARP ESSER State plan to describe, in section D of its State plan,
the evidence-based interventions it will implement using the funds it reserves under section 2001(f) of the
ARP Act.
On August 4, 2022, Massachusetts submitted an updated ARP ESSER State plan that responds to these
conditions by describing the evidence-based interventions it will implement to address: (1) the academic
impact of lost instructional time, (2) summer learning and enrichment programs, and (3) comprehensive
afterschool programs and how the interventions it identified will address the disproportionate impact of
COVID-19 on certain groups of students. As a result, I am removing the conditions from Massachusetts’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, social, emotional, and mental health needs of students, educators, and staff during
the pandemic. We look forward to continuing our work with you to support the education of students
in Massachusetts. If you have any questions, please contact your program officer at:
Massachusetts.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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