Budgeting for COVID-19

"Congress set aside approximately $13.2 billion of the $30.75 billion allotted to the Education Stabilization Fund through the Coronavirus Aid Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund). Signed into law on March 27, 2020, the Department awarded these grants ­to State educational agencies (SEAs) for the purpose of providing local educational agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that are LEAs, with emergency relief funds to address the impact that COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools across the nation. 

Following the first ESSER allotment in March 2020, The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSA), was signed into law on December 27, 2020 and provided an additional $54.3 billion for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER II Fund). 

On Thursday, March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act was signed into law, which included $122 billion for the ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) Fund."

(Per Office of Elementary and Secondary Education)

SEAs across the country were allotted specific amounts of ESSER funds that can be made available for school districts. Below is how much money Tahoma received in ESSER funds through Aug. 2023.