KDE accepting public comments on amended ARP ESSER plan

Meeting notice graphic featuring the Kentucky Department of Education and United We Learn logos

News Release


Media Contact: Toni Konz Tatman

Chief Communications Officer

Office: (502) 564-2000, ext. 4602
Toni.Tatman@education.ky.gov

Advisory 23-402

 

Dec. 18, 2023


Seeking Feedback

KDE accepting public comments on amended ARP ESSER plan

(FRANKFORT, KY) – The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is accepting public comments on the state’s amended American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan.

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) – which included more than $2 billion for Kentucky public schools – authorized a third ESSER fund that was signed into law on March 11, 2021, which is known as ARP ESSER.

The amendment reflects changes to state-level activities funded through the ARP ESSER program.

Public comments must be received by Dec. 22. Comments may be emailed to kdecommunications@education.ky.gov or submitted to Todd Allen, General Counsel, Kentucky Department of Education, 300 Sower Blvd, 5th Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601. Comments also may be submitted via fax at (502) 564-9321.

All comments received by the deadline will be considered before the submission of the revised state plan. 

Email Kelly Foster, KDE’s associate commissioner in the Office of Continuous Improvement and Support, if you need an accessible version of the state plan.