Relief Funding and Alma
Unlike legacy SIS, Alma qualifies for ESSER funding. Here’s how:
Headline boiling ESSER language down simply
Allowable usage of relief funding:
Activities to address the unique needs of low-income children or students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and foster care youth, including how outreach and service delivery will meet the needs of each population
Allowable usage of relief funding:
“Activities to address the unique needs of low-income children or students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and foster care youth, including how outreach and service delivery will meet the needs of each population”
Allowable usage of relief funding:
“Purchasing educational technology (hardware, software, and connectivity) for students, that aids in the regular and substantive educational interaction between students and their classroom instructors, including low-income students and students with disabilities, which may include assistive or adaptive technology”
Allowable usage of relief funding:
“Summer learning and supplemental after-school programs, including providing classroom instruction or online learning during the summer months and addressing the needs of low-income students, students with disabilities, English learners, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care”
Allowable usage of relief funding:
“Other activities that are necessary to maintain the operation and continuity of services in LEAs and to continuing the employment of their existing staff”
Allowable usage of relief funding:
“Addressing learning loss among all students in all subgroups, including by:
- Administering high-quality, reliable assessments that can assess student academic progress and assist educators in meeting student needs, including by using differentiated instruction.
- Implementing evidence-based activities to meet the comprehensive needs of students.
- Providing information and assistance to parents and families on ways to support students.
- Tracking student performance and engagement in distance learning environments. CRRSA Act Section 313(d)(12)”
Allowable usage of relief funding:
“ARP-ESSER III stipulates that 20% of funds distributed to LEA’s need to be provisioned to programs (summer school, tutoring, etc) aimed at mitigating learning loss and the tools needed to carry out/administer this programming”
Allowable usage of relief funding:
“School facility repairs and improvements to enable operation of schools to reduce risk of virus transmission and exposure to environmental health hazards and support student health needs. CRRSA Act Section 313(d)(13)”
Here’s 17 ways how:
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Schedule a chat with your regional Alma representative to go over your strategy to maximize available relief funding.
