The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has begun to approve Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) extension requests for American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) funds. Nearly half of the states have requested extensions from one or more of the COVID K-12 emergency funding programs, which set aside $200 billion to help states and local school districts with pandemic recovery efforts.
States and school districts with spending extensions have an extra 14 months beyond the spending deadline to liquidate their allocations.