ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief)
LOOKING BACK:
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THANK YOU to all who registered and attended the ESSER Virtual Conference: Montana Schools Leveraging ESSER on August 9th. We had 95 people attend the virtual conference sessions, including school district superintendents, clerks, and trustees, as well as other community stakeholders. Videos and slides will be posted on the OPI website soon!
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LOOKING AHEAD:
OPI is committed to a system of support for school districts, students, and parents throughout Montana that provides an array of services. Individual district consultation on ESSER funding is available upon request. Please reach out to Wendi Fawns at wendi.fawns@mt.gov to schedule a time for your district.
This ESSER Virtual Conference kickoff event was the first part of a series of insightful monthly opportunities for your organization and OPI staff to work collaboratively. We are reaching out to you to determine the time and topics for these monthly guidance sessions. Please fill out THIS SURVEY to let us know what you’d like to see. Our goal is to create a setting for collaboration upon our Pillars of Hope, Teach, Learn, and Ready. (If the above link doesn’t work, copy and paste this link into your browser: https://forms.gle/8tEgYr1bdsP4BxnGA )
The Afterschool and Summer Enrichment grants will be reopening early this fall. These grants will focus on Math and Reading programming efforts, combined with best practices promoting Social/Emotional Learning. To help prepare for these grants, we encourage applicants to actively explore local partnerships to best leverage these funds and improve student outcomes. View our site HERE for more information.
Updated Data Reports will be available on our OPI ESSER website. We have designed this report which shows Allocations, Expenditures, and Remaining Balances within the different ESSER grant cycles for each district. You can find these reports on the OPI ESSER webpage under the Allocation & Status accordion tab.
Many resources are available on the OPI ESSER webpage including but not limited to:
We are very near the end of the ESSER CARES I funding cycle, which closes on September 30, 2022. If your district has not yet used all these funds, please contact the ESSER team for support and assistance.
Questions? Contact:
Wendi Fawns, ESSER/EANS Director at wendi.fawns@mt.gov
Rebecca Brown, ESSER Program Manager at rebecca.brown@mt.gov
The OPI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, require an alternate format, or have questions concerning accessibility, contact the OPI ADA Coordinator, 406-444-3161, opiada@mt.gov, Relay Service: 711.
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