May 25, 2022

Top Spending Priorities for ESSER Funds

Public schools around the country could see some of the most exciting educational innovations in decades - so long as districts have the courage to quickly deploy federal windfall funds to their greatest advantage. In a recent article for K-12 Dive, Managing Director Erin Covington discusses how to strategically invest ESSER funds before time runs out. 

Erin says, "The nearly $190 billion provided by the federal stimulus bills known as the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund makes for a sugar rush with a potentially hard crash: Schools must use the money for one-time expenses by September 2024."

With this time constraint, what should the top priorities be for school spending? 

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