Chad Aldeman, Katherine Silberstein, and Aashish Dhammani
Published May 12, 2022 on The 74
A year ago, school districts wrote plans for how they were going to use their share of the $122 billion in American Rescue Plan money.
Fast forward to today, and information is starting to emerge about how schools are actually spending their windfalls. Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools in Massachusetts has already spent all of its nearly $400,000 allotment. Meanwhile, in Detroit, the school district hasn’t used any of the hundreds of millions sent its way.
Because Congress directed the money to flow through states, districts file for reimbursement as the funds go out the door. Our team at Edunomics Lab is compiling this data — reflecting actual spending, district by district — in this ESSER Expenditure Dashboard and shares early results in a commentary published by The 74.
