Kentucky ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights

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Kentucky ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights says Kentucky's total ARP ESSER allocation is $2,001,216,921, with $1,389,848,771 released on March 24, 2021 and $611,368,150 released on August 12, 2021. It lists the top priorities in the plan, including ensuring every student has access to a high-quality, well-rounded education through rigorous coursework and in-person instruction, and expanding social-emotional learning programs and mental health efforts in all schools. The highlights say all schools in Kentucky will offer in-person instruction in the 2021-2022 school year and that facemasks will be required in all preschool through 12th grade settings. They also say the Kentucky Department of Education is offering summer learning grants in 2021 to districts.

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                           Kentucky ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights
Total ARP ESSER allocation for Kentucky: $2,001,216,921
ARP ESSER funding released to Kentucky on March 24, 2021: $1,389,848,771
ARP ESSER funding released to Kentucky on August 12, 2021: $611,368,150
2020-2021 Preliminary Statewide Enrollment: 658,672

Top Priorities within Kentucky’s Plan:
   • Ensure that every student has access to a high-quality, well-rounded education through rigorous
       coursework and in-person instruction
   • Expand social-emotional learning programs and mental health efforts in all schools

Highlights of Kentucky’s Plan:
   • Returning to In-Person Learning in 2021: All schools in Kentucky will offer in-person
       instruction in the 2021-2022 school year.

   •   Safely Reopening Schools and Sustaining Safe Operations: The Kentucky Department of
       Education (KDE) and the Kentucky Department of Public Health collaborated on more than 50
       guidance documents, promoted early vaccination for the education workforce, and facilitated in
       the creation of COVID-19 vaccination sites at schools. Facemasks will be required in all
       preschool through 12th grade settings.

   •   Supporting Students Most Impacted by the Pandemic: KDE has equity resources that will be
       used to support districts in their efforts to address the disproportioned impact of COVID-19.

   •   Addressing the Academic Impact of Lost Instructional Time: KDE will offer professional
       development in literacy instruction for educators and staff, and increase student and teacher
       access to high-quality and instructional resources. KDE has also provided guidance and will offer
       technical assistance to implement accelerated learning summer programs with integrated social-
       emotional learning, high-intensity tutoring, and vacation academies.

   •   Investing in Summer Learning and Expanded Afterschool Programs: KDE is offering
       summer learning grants in 2021 to districts that provide comprehensive summer learning
       programs to expand access to populations disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, reduce
       financial and physical access barriers, and expand and improve programs. KDE will provide
       technical assistance and monitor effectiveness of these grantees. Additionally, KDE will also fund
       a summer enrichment program with AmeriCorps focused on outdoor environmental education
       activities.

   •   Supporting Students’ and Educators’ Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Needs: Each of
       the state’s eight education cooperatives have contracted with KDE to create a Coronavirus
       Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) team to assist schools and districts
       in their efforts to accelerate learning and address social-emotional needs due to school closures
       and inconsistencies in student participation in remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
       Through this effort and with ARP ESSER funds, a CRRSA coordinator, a learning acceleration
       specialist, and an SEL specialist will work with districts to accelerate student learning.

   •   Staffing to Support Students’ Needs: KDE will work with the Kentucky Association for
       Psychology in Schools and the Kentucky Association of School Social Workers in an effort to
    better understand the support needed to create more access to these professionals for students.
    KDE has produced a Trauma-Informed Toolkit that includes guidance, strategies, behavioral
    interventions, practices and techniques to assist school districts and public charter schools in
    developing a trauma-informed approach. Additionally, KDE is working collaboratively with the
    Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities on
    creating and communicating an integrated mental health model in Kentucky.

•   When Kentucky’s LEA Use of Funds Plans will be Due: August 31, 2021


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