REMINDER: ESSER II Liquidation Extension
USDE has offered a 14-month extension in addition to the standard 120-day liquidation period. LEAs may request a liquidation extension for certain obligated contracted services costs. Approval would allow the contracted service to continue to be received and paid during the liquidation period extension. Please note that the liquidation extension does not cover all types of costs (e.g., indirect costs, staff salary, or travel) due to the federal rules defining when an obligation was made.
TEA will request the extension for fourteen (14) additional months after the standard liquidation period (until February 28, 2025) on behalf of LEAs that need it. TEA will then have one additional month to liquidate and closeout all LEA grant funds.
Who Should Request the Liquidation Extension
Any LEA who legally obligates ESSER II funds by September 30, 2023, and has a portion of those funds for distinct types of contracted services that will not be fully liquidated (services not received and costs not paid) by January 2, 2024 (the grant’s standard liquidation period) may request the extension. The LEA must be able to describe the contracted service and provide an acceptable justification for needing the extension. Note that needing additional time to expend the funds is not an allowable justification. Allowable justifications include, but are not limited to, supply chain delays, delays in receiving services, or procurement delays.
How to Access and Submit the ESSER II Liquidation Extension Data Collection Tool
An LEA who wishes to request an ESSER II Liquidation Extension from USDE must complete and submit a liquidation extension request form to TEA by November 30, 2023, through the ESSER Compliance WorkApp.
LEAs will see pre-populated data (LEA Name, Grant Award, etc.) and fields that require data to be entered by the LEA. LEAs are required to submit all required information in the data collection tool for the request to be approved by TEA and forwarded to USDE for final review and acceptance. LEAs submitting a request must be available to consult with TEA staff during December 2023.
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