Letter Removing Condition on Delaware's ARP ESSER Grant (U.S. Department of Education, January 28, 2022)

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Letter dated January 28, 2022 from Ian Rosenblum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs at the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, to The Honorable Mark Holodick, Secretary of Education, Delaware Department of Education. The letter says the Department's July 22, 2021 approval of Delaware's American Rescue Plan ESSER State plan carried a condition because Delaware had not yet identified evidence-based interventions, summer learning and enrichment programs and afterschool programs required by section 2001(f) of the ARP Act. It says Delaware submitted an updated plan on January 26, 2022 addressing the condition, and that the Department is therefore removing the condition from Delaware's ARP ESSER grant.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

January 28, 2022

The Honorable Mark Holodick
Secretary of Education

Delaware Department of Education
401 Federal Street, Suite Two
Dover, DE 19901-3639

Dear Secretary Holodick:

In the letter approving Delaware’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency
Relief (ARP ESSER) State plan, dated July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (Department)
placed a condition on Delaware’s ARP ESSER grant. Specifically, Delaware indicated that it had not yet
identified the evidence-based interventions it would implement to address the academic impact of lost
instructional time, evidence-based summer learning and enrichment programs, or evidence-based
comprehensive afterschool programs, as required in section 2001(f) of the American Rescue Plan Act,
2021 (ARP Act) and described in sections D.1.1-iii, D.2.1-iii, and D.3.i-iii of the ARP ESSER State
template. As a result, the condition required Delaware to amend sections D.1.i-i11, D.2.i-i1i, and D.3.i-iti
of its ARP ESSER State plan to describe how it meets the requirements in section 2001(f) of the ARP
Act, including identification of the (1) the evidence-based interventions to address the academic impact
of lost instructional time, (2) evidence-based summer learning and enrichment programs, and (3)
evidence-based comprehensive afterschool programs; and a description of how the interventions it
identifies will address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on certain groups of students.

On January 26, 2022, Delaware submitted an updated ARP ESSER State plan addressing the condition by
describing (1) evidence-based interventions to address the academic impact of lost instructional time, (2)
evidence-based summer learning and enrichment programs, and (3) evidence-based 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 condition from Delaware’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 Delaware. If you have any questions, please contact your program officer

at: Delaware. OESE@ed.gov.

Sincerely,

Ian Rosenblum

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs
Delegated the Authority to Perform the

Functions and Duties of the Assistant Secretary

400 MARYLAND AVE. SW, WASHINGTON, DC 20202
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