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Five fast facts

Here are the essential facts you need to know about the latest stimulus funding, also known as ESSER III or the American Rescue Plan (ARP).

1. A large amount of money is coming to schools and districts. ESSER III  provides more money to K–12 education than any other stimulus bill: $122 billion. These funds come on top of the $67 billion from ESSER I and II.
2. Schools and districts have a lot of leeway in how to use the money. ESSER III funds may be used to propel your vision of teaching and learning post-pandemic, so try to think about both short-term needs and your longer term ambitions for the district.
3. At least 20 percent must be used to address unfinished learning. For example, schools and districts can use the funding to bolster the strength of in-school core instruction, differentiated practice, and intervention, as well as for summer learning, after school, and extended day activities.
4. The money is available now. Act quickly! Schools and districts can access ESSER III stimulus funds right now, and districts are moving very fast to spend these dollars. The deadlines are around the corner: All ESSER III funds must be assigned to a spending category by Sept. 30, 2024, and paid to vendors four months after that.

   Note: State Education Agencies can request an extension with the U.S. Department of Education. See the following table for more information on timelines.

5. It’s okay to keep using products and services you’ve purchased. As long as funds are assigned to spending categories and paid to vendors by each fund’s deadlines—and the purchases are allowable uses—it’s okay to keep using products and services after those dates.
   

Find out how much funding is coming your way.

Use this tool from Whiteboard Advisors to search by state and district to see approximately how much money is coming to your region.

¶¶Òõ³ÉÈË°æapp programs align to stimulus priorities.

¶¶Òõ³ÉÈË°æapp can help accelerate literacy learning for all students with an early literacy suite that includes Amplify CKLA, Boost Reading, mCLASS^®, and mCLASS Intervention, as well as professional learning and coaching. Each of our research-based literacy programs can be added to an existing literacy system at a district, and can be used together as an integrated suite.