ESSER III
The third ESSER grant, which was funded by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act on March 11, 2021.
Purpose: to address the impact the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 has had, and continues to have on elementary and secondary schools in Florida. This includes helping school districts safely reopen schools, restore and maintain high-quality learning environments, measure and effectively address significant learning loss, and take actions to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the students and families who depend on our K-12 schools.
OCPS’s allocation of ESSER III funding is $550,019,660, with a spending deadline of September 30, 2024.
Allowable Activities
A local educational agency shall reserve not less than 20 percent of such funds to address learning loss through the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning or summer enrichment, extended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to students’ academic, social, and emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care.
LEAs shall use the remaining funds for any of the following: