{"id":8427,"date":"2023-04-12T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T16:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/?p=8427"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:09:51","slug":"esser-funding-ends-in-2024-what-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/resources\/esser-funding-ends-in-2024-what-next\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSER Funding Ends in 2024&#8230;What Next?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8427\" class=\"elementor elementor-8427\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52cfa4af elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"52cfa4af\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ESSER Funding Ends in 2024&#8230;What Next?\u00a0<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b4c34ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b4c34ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-541695af\" data-id=\"541695af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb80a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2fb80a1\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c5bd0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c5bd0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) funds that were part of The American Rescue Plan Act passed on March 11, 2021, provided $122.7 billion in supplemental ESSER funding, known as the ESSER III.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>The funds allocated to local districts are meant to be flexible.<strong>\u202f<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oese.ed.gov\/files\/2021\/05\/ESSER.GEER_.FAQs_5.26.21_745AM_FINALb0cd6833f6f46e03ba2d97d30aff953260028045f9ef3b18ea602db4b32b1d99.pdf\"><strong>Federal guidance<\/strong><\/a>\u202foutlines 20 different uses for ESSER III funds, and we know that districts must spend at least 20% of these funds to address learning loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In general, districts can use the money for any expense seen as necessary to address the pandemic\u2019s impacts. The Department of Education encourages states and districts to consider \u201cpre-existing challenges that, if left unaddressed, will impede recovery from the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8807\" src=\"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hourglass-vector_blue-yellow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hourglass-vector_blue-yellow.png 530w, https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hourglass-vector_blue-yellow-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, how have districts across the country spent their funds?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1. Academic interventions <br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. Hiring teachers and staff <br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3. Facility upgrades\u202f <br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4. Technology\u202f <br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5. Mental health services <br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6. Other COVID mitigation strategies\u202f<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>High-quality professionals, such as teachers, tutors, counselors, and mental health professionals, face intense demand for their services. Districts that often compete against each other for educators now compete with the mental health system for mental health professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Continued labor shortages and supply chain issues have created significant challenges for ESSER spending. For example, a school district that hoped to upgrade its HVAC system or complete other construction projects.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>Inflation has also been an obstacle, and the prices of goods and services have prompted some districts to adjust their initial spending plans.<\/p>\n<p>In May of 2022, it was clarified that school districts could apply to extend the spending deadline for all contracts and all three rounds of aid. Schools have until this September to \u201cobligate\u201d funds or commit them to specific purposes from the first round of federal COVID relief, ESSER I. The deadline to commit the second round of funds, ESSER II, is September 2023, and ESSER III is September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>While the clock is ticking for school districts to obligate their access funds, what happens when ESSER funds are no longer available?<\/p>\n<p>School districts must be creative with their budgets as students and their individual needs aren\u2019t going anywhere in 2024-2025. InThe additional professionals needed for academic intervention and mental health will be required then, as it is now. It is time to find the opportunity within this impending change. It\u2019s there; the good news is we have some time to plan accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to <a href=\"https:\/\/agile-ed.com\/web-inquiry-form\/\"><strong>connect<\/strong><\/a> with the experts at Agile? 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