Ppr Int E11Ac6D8F053135B Arp Esser Letter To Chief State School Officers Announcing Grant - Ppr Int E11Ac6D8F053135B Arp Esser Letter To.

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A form letter dated March 24, 2021 from Secretary of Education Miguel A. Cardona to chief state school officers, with the recipient, State and dollar amounts left blank as placeholders, announcing that each State will receive a Grant Award Notification (GAN) through G5 giving immediate access to two-thirds of its allocation under the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) fund. It lists the uses the funds will support, from mitigation strategies consistent with CDC guidance and summer and afterschool programs to staff capacity and avoiding layoffs, with emphasis on students most severely impacted by the pandemic. The remaining funds become available after a State submits an application with a plan for the funds, which the Department intends to make available next month. The letter asks that stakeholders and the public be consulted in planning.

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                                    THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
                                              WASHINGTON, DC 20202



                                                 March 24, 2021


Dear [Commissioner] XXXXX:

I am pleased to inform you that today you will receive a Grant Award Notification (GAN) through the
Federal grants management system (G5) providing immediate access to two-thirds of your State’s allocation
under the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) fund.

This action makes good on the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department’s) commitment to get these
vital resources to you quickly. It is with this same sense of urgency that State educational agencies (SEAs)
and school districts should plan to expend these funds to safely return to and maximize in-person instruction
as expeditiously as possible this spring, sustain the safe operation of schools, and address the significant
needs of students.

As I described last week, ARP ESSER funds will enable SEAs to enact appropriate measures to help schools
implement mitigation strategies consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)
Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools to the greatest extent practicable; address the many impacts of
COVID-19 on students, including from interrupted instruction; implement strategies to meet students’ social,
emotional, mental health, and academic needs; offer crucial evidence-based summer, afterschool, and other
extended learning and enrichment programs; support early childhood education; invest in staff capacity; and
avoid devastating layoffs at this critical moment, ensuring that all students have access to teachers,
counselors, and other school personnel to support their needs. It is particularly important that ARP ESSER
funding will enable States and school districts, as well as schools, to support students who have been most
severely impacted by the pandemic and are likely to have suffered the most because of longstanding
inequities in our communities and schools.

Your GAN will make available $XXX,XXX,XXX to [State] and explain the terms and conditions for their
use. The remaining funds ($XXX,XXX,XXX) will become available after submission of a State application
with a plan that describes, for example, how ARP ESSER funds will be used to safely return students to in-
person instruction, maximize in-person instruction time, operate schools, and meet the needs of students, and
that addresses other requirements of the ARP ESSER Fund. We intend to make this application available
next month, and States and school districts are already actively developing their plans for the use of ARP
ESSER funds. As this planning continues, consultation with and input from stakeholders and the public,
including students, families, civil rights organizations including disability rights organizations, school
administrators, superintendents, and educators and their unions, should be an essential component of the
process.

On behalf of the Department, I am committed to working in partnership with you to help ensure that these
unprecedented resources are quickly put to work to ensure students have access to in-person instruction, and
to provide the support they need as they persist through and recover from the impacts of the pandemic. Your
thoughtful and timely use of these funds will have a lasting impact on our Nation’s schools and address the
inequities in resources, services, and opportunities available to our students.

If you or your staff have questions, please reach out to us directly or submit questions to your State’s
program officer using your State’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Mailbox:
[State].oese@ed.gov.

                                                      Sincerely,



                                                      Miguel A. Cardona, EdD
                                                      Secretary
                                                      U.S. Department of Education


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