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The State Education Department today opened a , State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa announced. The ARP ESSER State Plan will detail 小猪视频鈥檚 intentions for the use of federal ARP ESSER funds, as required by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE).

The nearly $9 billion in federal funding has been made available to 小猪视频 State to support schools in safely reopening and sustaining safe operations while meeting the academic, social, emotional and mental health needs of students resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Responses received by May 24, 2021 through the will be reflected in 小猪视频鈥檚 final ARP ESSER plan.

鈥淭his is a critical time for our schools as they continue to grapple with the impact of an unprecedented year of remote and hybrid learning while planning for a new normal next year,鈥� Board of Regents Chancellor Lester W. Young, Jr. said. 鈥淲e will continue to gather input from educators, families, administrators and advocacy groups to carefully plan distribution of this crucial federal funding, prioritizing opening schools safely and providing educational equity for all of 小猪视频鈥檚 children.鈥澨�

鈥淭he Department has engaged in meaningful and ongoing public engagement throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,鈥� Commissioner Rosa said. 鈥淏uilding upon that existing work, we now seek public input to ensure that the needs of our students and communities are听met through this much-needed funding. Schools and districts now have additional resources to address learning loss and the impact of the pandemic on all our children 鈥� especially our low-income students, students with disabilities, English Language Learners and students who are homeless.鈥�

The ARP ESSER Fund, authorized under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021, will assist local educational agencies (LEAs), and more directly schools, in supporting students who have been most severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are likely to have suffered the most because of longstanding inequities in their communities and schools, a situation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Soliciting and incorporating public input into a state鈥檚 ARP ESSER plan is required by USDE and 小猪视频 will be required to describe how meaningful consultation was engaged upon and input incorporated from the following stakeholders:

• students;
• families;
• Native American Nations;
• civil rights organizations (including disability rights organizations);
• school and district administrators (including special education administrators);
• superintendents;
• charter school leaders;
• teachers;
• principals, school leaders, other educators, school staff, and their unions; and
• stakeholders representing the interests of children with disabilities, English learners, children experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, migratory students, children who are incarcerated, and other underserved students.

Engagement Through ThoughtExchange

Stakeholders are asked to visit the to provide their thoughts on the following question:

As we prepare for the next school year in 小猪视频 State, what are the most important academic, social emotional, and/or mental health supports for schools to provide to serve all students (i.e., general education students, students with disabilities, English language learners, and other students most impacted by the pandemic)?

Responses received by May 24, 2021 will be reflected in 小猪视频鈥檚 final ARP ESSER plan. may be found on the 小猪视频 website.

Next Steps

小猪视频 is required to submit the ARP ESSER State plan to USDE by June 7, 2021.听 The USDE must approve 小猪视频鈥檚 plan prior to making the remaining one-third of 小猪视频 State鈥檚 remaining ARP ESSER allocation available for expenditure.

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