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Virginia ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights

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Summary sheet of highlights from Virginia’s ARP ESSER state plan. It gives a total ARP ESSER allocation of $2,110,988,891, with $1,406,327,167 released on March 24, 2021 and $704,661,724 on October 14, 2021, and a 2020-2021 preliminary statewide enrollment of 1,250,713. Virginia legislation requires all public schools to open in person for all students for the 2021-2022 school year, and a Public Health Order requires masks indoors on school grounds. VDOE plans competitive grants to school districts for recovery and afterschool programs, initiatives with institutions of higher education, and $11.5 million to help districts recruit for instructional positions between August and November 2021. The sheet gives August 1, 2021 as the date LEA Use of Funds Plans were due.

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                             Virginia ARP ESSER State Plan Highlights
Total ARP ESSER allocation for Virginia: $2,110,988,891
ARP ESSER funding released to Virginia on March 24, 2021: $1,406,327,167
ARP ESSER funding released to Virginia on October 14, 2021: $704,661,724
2020-2021 Preliminary Statewide Enrollment: 1,250,713
Top Priorities within Virginia’s Plan:
   ● Addressing the needs of students struggling to make academic progress due to pandemic
       conditions
   ● Meeting the physical and mental health of students following the pandemic

Highlights of Virginia’s Plan:
   ●   Returning to In-Person Learning in 2021: Virginia legislation requires all Virginia public
       schools to open for all students in-person for the 2021-2022 school year. The only exceptions are
       temporary building-level closures required by the local health department to contain an outbreak
       of COVID-19.

   ●   Safely Reopening Schools and Sustaining Safe Operations: All schools are offering in-person
       instruction to students while implementing mitigation measures and supporting student and staff
       vaccination efforts. A Public Health Order requires the use of masks by students and staff indoors
       on public and private school grounds. Schools throughout the state are continuing to work with
       local health departments to provide access to COVID-19 vaccines, and are ramping up those
       plans in anticipation of approval of vaccines for children.

   ●   Addressing the Academic Impact of Lost Instructional Time: VDOE will use some ARP
       ESSER funding for competitive grants to school districts, grants and agreements with institutions
       of higher education, and other state-led initiatives. Districts may use these funds for purposes
       including providing support for students, particularly those most impacted by the COVID-19
       pandemic, to address academic, social-emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs, reducing
       class size, hiring tutors and paraprofessionals, providing literacy and numeracy kits to families,
       purchasing instructional resources, and professional development opportunities. Institutions of
       higher education will participate in initiatives including creating tutoring programs and training
       educators and community partners.

   ●   Investing in Expanded Afterschool Programs: VDOE will provide competitive grants to
       school districts to fund afterschool programming, engage community partners, provide
       acceleration services, reduce class/tutoring ratios, hire staff (including support staff), provide
       technology, fund subscriptions to virtual course options, and support student transportation.
       Criteria will include responsiveness to students’ academic, social, emotional, and mental health
       needs, as well as how student groups most in need of services will be identified to address the
       disproportionate impact of COVID-19, such as those students missing the most in-person
       instruction during the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years or not consistently participating in
       remote instruction when offered during school building closures.
●   Instructional Staffing to Support Students’ Needs: VDOE is using $11.5 million in ARP
    ESSER funding to support recruitment efforts for school districts to fill instructional positions
    between August and November 2021. School districts experiencing the most acute difficulties in
    recruiting qualified teachers will receive funding priority.

●   When Virginia’s LEA Use of Funds Plans were due: August 1, 2021

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