Maintenance of Effort
The Department released initial maintenance of effort (MOE) guidance on April 21, 2021, providing information on the MOE requirements under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund and the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund. This maintenance of effort (MOE) guidance document was updated on August 15, 2022.
Consistent with a final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Department is allowing States to include both Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) awarded under the CARES Act and Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds (FRF) awarded under the ARP Act that are spent on elementary and secondary education or higher education, as applicable, for the purpose of determining State support for education under the maintenance of effort requirements.
Updated on December 9, 2022, the MOE Appendix B Template is available for State internal use.
States’ MOE data can be found in the ESF Transparency Portal under each State.
On August 16, 2023, the Department held a Grantee Learning Series webinar on Maintenance of Effort and Maintenance of Equity.
Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests
The Department has received the following MOE waiver requests.
State | MOE Waiver Request | Status |
Colorado | Withdrawn by State | |
Connecticut | PDF, PDF, PDF | Withdrawn by State |
Florida | Withdrawn by State | |
Idaho | Withdrawn by State | |
Illinois | Withdrawn by State | |
Kansas | PDF, PDF | Withdrawn by State |
Louisiana | PDF, PDF, PDF | FY 2022 Waiver Approved |
Michigan | Withdrawn by State | |
Minnesota | PDF, Word | FY 2022 Waiver Approved |
Missouri | PDF, PDF | Withdrawn by State |
North Dakota | PDF, Word | Withdrawn by State |
Northern Mariana Islands | FYs 2020 and 2021 Waiver Approved | |
New Hampshire | PDF, PDF, PDF | FY 2022 Waiver Approved |
New Jersey | Withdrawn by State | |
New Mexico | PDF, PDF, PDF | Withdrawn by State |
New York | FY 2022 Waiver Approved | |
Oklahoma | PDF, PDF, Word | Withdrawn by State (FY’s 2021, 2022, 2023) |
Oregon | FY 2022 Waiver Approved | |
Pennsylvania | PDF, PDF | FY 2022 Waiver Approved |
Puerto Rico | PDF, PDF, Excel, PDF, PDF | FY 2022 Waiver Approved |
Rhode Island | Withdrawn by State | |
Washington | PDF, PDF |
FY 2023 Waiver Withdrawn by State |
West Virginia | PDF, PDF, PDF | FY 2022 Waiver Approved |