30-Min Webinar: Federal Funds Are Flowing! What We’re Finding

Marguerite Roza, Chad Aldeman, Jessica Swanson, and Katherine Silberstein
May 18, 2021

ESSER funds are highly flexible, and school districts will choose how to spend them. But the clock is ticking for involving stakeholders in “meaningful consultation” and submitting spending plans to states.

In this webinar, we take the pulse on early ESSER spending plans (through district board docs, draft budgets, local media coverage, and conversations with district finance staff) to share some of the patterns we’re seeing.