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Supplement Declaration of Ruth E. Ryder, State of New York et al. v. U.S. Department of Education, No. 1:25-cv-02990 (S.D.N.Y.), Doc. 120-1 (July 3, 2025)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
STATE OF NEW YORK et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
Case No. 25 Civ. 2990 (ER)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, et al.,
Defendants.
DECLARATION OF RUTH E. RYDER
I, Ruth E. Ryder, declare under penalty of perjury and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746 that
the following is true and accurate to the best of my information and belief:
1. I am the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs within the Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education at the United States Department of Education (the
“Department”). I have held this position since April 2019, and I am generally familiar with the
issues raised by this litigation.
2. In this role, my responsibilities since March 2025 include leading Department
teams that oversee the implementation of the liquidation extensions of the Department’s
emergency Education Stabilization Fund (“ESF”) COVID-19 relief programs. Specifically, since
late March 2025, my staff processes expenditure requests by States to liquidate grant funds under
the Elementary and Secondary Education Relief Fund (“ESSER”), Emergency Assistance to
Non-Public Schools (“EANS”), and American Rescue Plan Homeless Children and Youth
(“ARP-HCY”) programs.
3. The table attached as Exhibit A to this declaration is, to my knowledge, a true and
correct copy of a Department report, as of 12:00 P.M. E.T. on June 30, 2025, listing for each
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Plaintiff the payment requests for liquidation of ESF that are outstanding, including the amount
of each request, the date each request was submitted, and the anticipated date by which each
request will be processed.
4. The table attached as Exhibit B to this declaration is, to my knowledge, a true and
correct copy of a Department report, as of 12:00 P.M. E.T. on June 30, 2025, of expenditure
requests by States to liquidate grant funds of ESF that have been processed by Department staff
subsequent to March 28, 2025.
Executed on this 2nd day of July 2025.
RUTH RYDER Digitally signed by RUTH RYDER
Date: 2025.07.02 15:01:12 -04'00'
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