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ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF (ESSER)

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF (ESSER)

School districts, county offices of education, or charter schools, collectively known as LEAs, that receive Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds under the American Rescue Plan Act, referred to as ESSER III funds, are required to develop a plan for how they will use their ESSER III funds. In the plan, an LEA must explain how it intends to use its ESSER III funds to address students’ academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs, as well as any opportunity gaps that existed before, and were worsened by, the COVID-19 pandemic.