ESSER
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
ESSER
2021- 2024
Congress set aside approximately $13.2 billion of the $30.75 billion allotted to the Education Stabilization Fund through the Coronavirus Aid Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund). Signed into law on March 27, 2020, the Department awarded these grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) for the purpose of providing local educational agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that are LEAs, with emergency relief funds to address the impact that COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools across the Nation.
Safe Return to In-Person School Plan
***Questions regarding the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) should be directed to the Bandera ISD Office of Federal Programs.
The ESSER III Use of Funds Plan and Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan will be provided to parents/guardians in the identified language (Spanish) upon request. Further explanation or detail on the report will be provided to the parent/guardian via a staff interpreter upon request. Interpreters will be available during all stakeholder consultation meetings as appropriate.