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  • American Rescue Plan | ME
  • Sample FOIA/FOAA Request
  • COVID Funding Info
  • BOE ESSER Spending Plans

Question Anything The Government "Does" Or "Does Not Do"

Who benefits what?

Questions for your local Board Of Education

  • How much COVID Relief Aid funds is this district receiving?
  • 1) How are ARP ESSER funds going to be spent?  2) Does this district have this plan in writing? 3) May I have a copy of this plan?
  • 1) Does this district have a plan for the safe return to in-person instruction and continuity of service?  2) Does this district have this plan in writing? 3) May I have a copy of this plan?
  • Who is responsible for deciding how ARP ESSER funds will be spent?
  • How much ARP ESSER funds are going to teachers salaries?
  • How much ARP ESSER funds are going to school superintendent/treasurer/principal and other administrative staff salaries?
  • Whose salaries will benefit from ARP ESSER funds?
  • What are the "purse strings" attached to ARP ESSER funds for your district?
  • Is it worth $ ____________  to put our children at risk for medical issues from wearing a face mask?
  • Is it worth $ ____________  to put our children at risk for vaccine injury from requiring the vaccine mandate?

Please leave a message (via message icon @ lower right on screen) if there is a question or talking point that needs to be added here.

COVID Relief Aid Info Tidbits

  • COVID Relief Aid = ESSER (I, II, III) = Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
  • ARP = American Rescue Plan Act; signed into law by Biden on 3/11/2021
  • ESSER = Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund
  • LEA = Local Educational Agencies
  • SEA=State Education Agency
  • SAU=School Administration Unit (Maine, your state may be a different term)


  • $411,303,280:  Maine's ESSR III Total Award
  • 172,474: # of Maine's Public School Pupils


Action Plan

  • What to get the board (LEA) on the record answering questions
  • Watch for future pay increases for superintendents, treasures, principals, etc
  • Establishing "paper trail" to be able to determine if LEA and SEA are following the ARP ESSER Act reporting requirements


 

  • [1-3]  Schools: What districts can do with their Covid stimulus money - CNNPolitics 
  • Look Up How Much COVID Relief Aid Your School District Is Getting

ESSER Guidelines & Restrictions

  • State ed agencies must send 90% of funds directly to school districts and cannot impose further restrictions on how funds are spent. [1]
  • State ed agencies must spend 5% on learning loss, 1% on summer enrichment & 1% after-school programs. [2]
  • Local school districts (LEA-local educational agencies) must reserve 20% CRA funds for learning loss intervention. "As established in the law, it's pretty flexible. A lot could fall under learning loss, like PPE and teachers' salaries," said Noelle Ellerson Ng, associate executive director of advocacy and governance at AASA, The School Superintendents Association.  There are few restrictions on the remaining money as well. [3]

Making Headlines In Public Education...

  • School Districts Are Using Their COVID-19 Relief Money on Vape Detectors, Tennis Courts
  • An Op-Ed by Shawn McBreairty, Maine First Project Director of Special Projects  
  • Maine parents pushing back against the brainwashing of their  children in Maine’s K-12 government-run schools have encountered a roadblock by Larry Lockman.  
  • Kelsey Stoyanova - "Teacher" of the Year book list - RSU22 

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  • American Rescue Plan | ME
  • Sample FOIA/FOAA Request
  • COVID Funding Info
  • BOE ESSER Spending Plans

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