ESSER Funds – Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

ESSER stands for Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief. It is integrated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and is supposed to offer crisis relief resources to deal with the impression of COVID-19 on faculties. ESSER cash are also meant to be used by Area Educational Organizations for protecting against, planning for, and responding to COVID-19.

ESSER Allotments and Timeline

Allotment	Total	Deadline for Investing
ESSER I	$8,432,728	September 30, 2022
ESSER II	$36,708,777	September 30, 2023
ESSER III	$82,500,802	September 30, 2024

ESSER ALLOWABLE Fees

ESSER I	ESSER II	ESSER III
Activities licensed by ESEA of 1965 (ex. expand Title I packages, reduce course sizes) Coordination of preparedness & response initiatives Give principals & leaders with methods to deal with unique university requirements Addressing exceptional wants of lower-profits, learners, all those with disabilities, minority, dealing with homelessness, and foster care, such as outreach and provider delivery to meet requirements of each inhabitants Acquiring/employing treatments and devices to strengthen preparedness and response efforts Staff schooling and PD all around virus mitigation Paying for supplies to sanitize and clean up facilities Setting up for, coordinating, applying activities for the duration of prolonged-phrase closures Buying added know-how to help in frequent, substantive interaction between pupils and classroom instructors Offering mental overall health products and services & supports Scheduling & applying functions related to summer time learning & supplemental just after faculty plans Other routines necessary to preserve procedure of and continuity of products and services	Functions licensed by ESEA of 1965 (ex. increase Title I applications, reduce class dimensions) Coordination of preparedness & reaction efforts Deliver principals & leaders with means to address specific college wants Addressing unique demands of small-cash flow, learners, individuals with disabilities, minority, going through homelessness, and foster care, like outreach and assistance shipping to satisfy requirements of each individual population Acquiring/utilizing treatments and techniques to make improvements to preparedness and reaction endeavours Team teaching and PD all over virus mitigation Paying for supplies to sanitize and clean up facilities Preparing for, coordinating, utilizing routines all through prolonged-expression closures Obtaining supplemental engineering to support in typical, substantive conversation amongst learners and classroom instructors Delivering mental wellbeing solutions & supports Planning & employing things to do related to summer months discovering & supplemental immediately after faculty packages Addressing learning decline: assessments, evidence-primarily based routines, mother or father com., tracking attendance & engagement Faculty facility repairs & improvements to reduce chance of virus transmission & exposure to environmental wellness hazards Tasks to improve indoor air high quality in college facilities Other things to do necessary to maintain procedure of and continuity of companies	Things to do authorized by ESEA of 1965 (ex. expand Title I systems, reduced class sizes) Coordination of preparedness & response endeavours Give principals & leaders with resources to handle unique faculty requires Addressing exceptional demands of small-profits, pupils, individuals with disabilities, minority, going through homelessness, and foster treatment, together with outreach and services shipping to fulfill wants of each individual population Building/utilizing strategies and methods to boost preparedness and reaction initiatives Staff education and PD all-around virus mitigation Getting supplies to sanitize and thoroughly clean amenities Planning for, coordinating, applying actions throughout prolonged-term closures Purchasing added technological innovation to help in normal, substantive conversation in between pupils and classroom instructors Offering mental health and fitness companies & supports Setting up & applying activities relevant to summertime discovering & supplemental after college packages Addressing understanding reduction: assessments, evidence-based mostly pursuits, dad or mum com., monitoring attendance & engagement School facility repairs & advancements to lower threat of virus transmission & exposure to environmental wellbeing hazards Projects to improve indoor air top quality in faculty services Acquiring/utilizing wellbeing protocols in alignment with CDC for reopening and procedure of amenities More fork out: recruitment/retention, incentivize scarcity locations, other COVID-associated pay or team Transportation for supplemental bus routes for distancing, reimburse families High-good quality educational products and curricula to tackle unfinished mastering Acquisition of authentic residence or modular school rooms

ESSER I Expenditures

ESSER II Prepared Charges

ESSER III Proposal in Progress (Centered on Stakeholder Input)

ESSER Funds Board of Instruction Presentation  (PDF)