Illinois ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights

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Illinois ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights says Illinois's total ARP ESSER allocation is $5,058,601,934, with $3,369,992,036 released on March 24, 2021 and $1,688,609,898 released on August 26, 2021. It lists top priorities, strengthening supports for current educators and expanding the teacher recruitment pipeline, providing comprehensive student supports related to social-emotional learning and mental health, and closing the digital divide. The highlights say that beginning with the 2021-2022 school year all schools must resume fully in-person learning, that the Illinois State Board of Education will provide $345 million in formula-based funding to school districts, and that it will dedicate $12 million to a high-impact tutoring program.

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                            Illinois ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights
Total ARP ESSER allocation for Illinois: $5,058,601,934
ARP ESSER funding released to Illinois on March 24, 2021: $3,369,992,036
ARP ESSER funding released to Illinois on August 26, 2021: $1,688,609,898
2020-2021 P-12 Statewide Enrollment: 1,872,445

Top Priorities within Illinois plan:
   • Strengthening supports for current educators and expanding the teacher recruitment pipeline
   • Providing comprehensive students supports, particularly those related to social-emotional
       learning and mental health
   • Closing the digital divide

Highlights of Illinois Plan:
   • Returning to In Person Learning in 2021: Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, all
       schools must resume fully in-person learning for all student attendance days, provided that remote
       instruction be made available for students who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine and are in
       quarantine consistent with state or local public health guidance.

    •   Safely Reopening Schools and Sustaining Safe Operations: Illinois is undertaking efforts to
        vaccinate entire school communities, including teachers, staff, and eligible students. The Illinois
        State Board of Education (ISBE) has provided schools with information on how to talk about the
        vaccine, how to build vaccine confidence, and how to partner with their local community vaccine
        providers to host vaccine clinics for their staff, students, and families. Communications on
        vaccinations, accessibility, and efficacy have been released and will continue to be updated and
        provided to schools into the new school year.

    •   Addressing the Academic Impact of Lost Instructional Time and Investing in Summer
        Learning and Expanded Afterschool Program: ISBE will provide $345 million in formula-
        based funding to all school districts and other entities including special education cooperatives, to
        support evidence-based interventions that address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on
        certain groups of students, including students who have missed the most in-person instruction and
        students who did not consistently participate in remote instruction. ISBE will also dedicate $12
        million to implement a high-impact tutoring program.


    •   Closing the Digital Divide: ISBE will dedicate $52 million to closing the digital divide, building
        on its efforts through earlier federal pandemic recovery funds to ensure all school districts have
        the capacity to equip each student with their own computer. This will empower students to
        engage more fully in 21st century learning.

    •   Supporting Students’ and Educators’ Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Needs: ISBE
        will dedicate $50 million in ARP ESSER funds for competitive grants to schools and community-
        based organizations to create community partnerships to support the social emotional and mental
        health needs of students and staff. Priority will be given to those applicants proposing to serve
        districts in counties most greatly impacted by COVID-19 (students from low-income families,
        students from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, English learners, students with disabilities,
        students experiencing homelessness, migratory students, and students in foster care). ISBE will
        also provide statewide training on the Trauma Responsive School Assessment so that trainers can
        work with districts to identify needs and develop action plans.
•   Staffing to Support Students’ Needs: One of ISBE’s top priorities is to support LEAs in filling
    the nearly 1,000 position shortage of educators and the expansion and diversification of the
    educator pipeline. Nearly $10 million of ARP ESSER funds will be used for projects to help build
    a diverse workforce that reflects the states’ student population, including partnerships with
    educator preparation programs and teacher residency programs.

•   When Illinois LEA Use of Funds Plans Will be Due: Within 30 days of district receiving ARP
    ESSER funds.

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