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.

Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests

The Department has received the following MOE waiver requests.

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