Deadlines and Announcements
FY 2023 |
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| December 31, 2023 | ARP ESSER | Deadline for SEAs to publish applicable LEA high-poverty school data for FY 2023 on the SEA website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 30, 2023 |
ESSER II GEER II EANS |
Deadline to obligate funds (includes Tydings period) and reporting period ends | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 31, 2023 | ARP ESSER | Deadline for SEAs to provide final FY 2023 Maintenance of Equity data to the Department | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 12, 2023 – June 29, 2023 | EANS | Annual Report Year 2 Submission Window | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 5, 2023 – June 22, 2023 | GEER | Annual Report Year 3 Submission Window | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 10, 2023 – May 4, 2023 | ESSER | Annual Report Year 3 Submission Window | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 15, 2023 | ARP ESSER |
Deadline for SEAs to submit a small LEA tolerance proposal for the FY 2022 Maintenance of Equity requirement | Responses to SEA proposals are available here: https://oese.ed.gov/offices/education-stabilization-fund/elementary-secondary-school-emergency-relief-fund/maintenance-of-equity/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 15, 2023 | ESSER II, ARP ESSER |
States seeking a waiver of FY 2022 MOE requirements should submit a detailed waiver request. The request must include final FY 2022 expenditure data as outlined in the Department’s August 2022 guidance. The request may include information on the steps the State has taken or will take in FY 2023 to address the FY 2022 MOE shortfall with additional appropriations. | The Department’s August 2022 Guidance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 15, 2023 | ESSER II, ARP ESSER |
CRRSA & ARP Maintenance of Effort (MOE): Deadline for SEAs to submit final FY2022 Maintenance | Updated on December 9, 2022, the MOE Appendix B Template is available for State internal use | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY 2022 |
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| December 31, 2022 | ARP ESSER | Deadline for SEAs to publish applicable LEA high-poverty school data for FY 2022 | Notice of Final Requirement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2022 | ESSER I GEER I |
Recommended deadline for SEAs to apply for liquidation extension requests under CARES ESSER and GEER programs | Liquidation Extension Request Template CARES Liquidation Extension Letter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 1, 2022 | ARP ESSER | Deadline for SEAs to publish LEA exceptions and identify high-poverty school FY 2023 | Notice of Final Requirement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 14, 2022 | ARP ESSER | Deadline for SEAs to provide initial FY 2023 SEA-level maintenance of equity data | Appendix A https://oese.ed.gov/files/2021/12/Maintenance-of-Equity-updated-FAQs_12.29.21_Final.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 30, 2022 | ESSER I GEER I | Deadline to obligate funds (includes Tydings Period)/Reporting Period Ends | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| August-December, 2022 | ARP ESSER | ARP ESSER one-year award deadline for supplemental 1/3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 8, 2022 | ARP ESSER | Deadline for SEAs to publish LEA exceptions and identify high-poverty school FY 2022 | Notice of Final Requirement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 16 – July 1, 2022 | ESSER I ESSER II ARP ESSER | Annual Report Submission Window:
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https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/grantee-help | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 16 – June 10, 2022 | GEER I GEER II | Annual Report Submission Window:
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https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/grantee-help | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 16 – June 3, 2022 | CRSSA EANS |
Annual Report Submission Window:
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https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/grantee-help | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 13, 2022 | ESSER GEER EANS | Late Liquidation Letter | Late Liquidation Letter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 1, 2022 | ESSER II GEER II EANS ARP ESSER ARP EANS | Deadline for grantees to confirm data for MOE CRRSA/ARP | Email sent to grantees on March 17,2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 24 – September 2, 2022 | ARP EANS | ARP EANS six-month award deadline | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 24, 2022 | ARP ESSER | ARP ESSER one-year award deadline for first 2/3 of funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 21-April 1, 2022 | ESSER I GEER I | APR Re-Open Period – ESSER I and GEER I (Year 1) Corrections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcements
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- Newsflash, May 5, 2023: Notice of updated technical FAQs for liquidation extensions and an updated CRRSA liquidation extension request template.
- G5 Email, May 3, 2023: Davis-Bacon Resources and Office Hours
- G5 Email, April 27, 2023: Davis-Bacon Overview Brief
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, April 13, 2023: Two weeks left to submit ESSER fiscal year 2022 (Year 3) APR!
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, March 22, 2023: Official UEIs Required for Submission of ESSER Fiscal Year 2022 (Year 3) and Fiscal Year 2021 (Year 2) APRs
- SF Reporting Help Desk Email, March 20, 2023: In preparation for Year 3 of the ESSER Fund Annual Performance Reporting data collection, ESSER Year 3 Business Rules Guide was posted to the Grantee Help Page.
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, March 15, 2023: Notice of upcoming webinar on ESSER Fiscal Year 2022 (Year 3) Annual Reporting Technical Process. Webinar session will be held on 4/3/2023, 2pm EDT
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, March 7, 2023: ESSER Year 3 Reporting Submitter Confirmation
- G5 Email, February 27, 2023: Notice of upcoming webinar on the federal grant closeout process for CARES grants. Webinar sessions will be held on 3/7/2023, 11am EST and 3/9/2023, 2pm EST
- G5 Email, February 2, 2023: ESSER Reporting Resources and Expectations
- G5 Email, February 1, 2023: Obligated but Unused ESSER I or GEER I Equitable Services Funds
- G5 Email, February 1, 2023: Administrative Costs During the ESSER I and GEER I Liquidation Period
- G5 Email, January 23, 2023: Maintenance of Equity FAQs Update Letter
- G5 Email, December 22, 2022: Maintenance of Effort and Maintenance of Equity Requirements Memo
- G5 Email, December 19, 2022: MOE FY2023 Interim Data Submission Deadline
- G5 Email, December 7, 2022: Updated ESSER and GEER FAQs
- Dear Colleague Letter, November 14, 2022: Regarding the Use of American Rescue Plan Funds for Career Pathway
- G5 Email, October 28, 2022: Liquidation Extension November 9 Office Hours Invitation
- G5 Email, October 21, 2022: Liquidation Extension October 26 Office Hours Invitation
- G5 Email, October 3, 2022: Reminder of upcoming ARP ESSER LEA-level Maintenance of Equity deadline on November 1
- G5 Email, September 29, 2022: Release of a Liquidation Extension Request Template for CARES ESSER and CARES GEER. Link to Liquidation Extension Request Template. Link to CARES Liquidation Extension Letter.
- G5 Email, September 19, 2022: Notification of ARP ESSER State Plan Amendment Requirements
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, August 22, 2022: ESSER Year 2 APR Reopen Now Available! All SEAs are required to review and resubmit the ESSER Year 2 APR by September 9, 2022.
- G5 Email, August 17, 2022: ESSER I and GEER I Obligation Deadlines Guidance
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, August 2, 2022: The ESSER Year 2 Annual Performance Report (APR) will have a reopen period from Monday, August 22, 2022 – Friday, September 9, 2022. Your SEA will be able to resolve isolated data quality issues identified by the Department and update reported data within the ESSER Year 2 APR. You will receive a notification from the ESF Helpdesk if the U.S. Department of Education identifies your state with potential data quality issues. Participation will be mandatory if your state provided unofficial Unique Entity Identifiers (UEIs) in the initial open.
- G5 Email, July 27, 2022: CARES Act Disposition of Equipment and Supplies
- G5 Email, July 26, 2022: Maintenance of Equity Updated FAQs
- G5 Email, July 22, 2022: Maintenance of Effort update
- G5 Email, July 1, 2022: Reminder of upcoming MOEquity reporting deadlines
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email June 21, 2022: Due to the FY 2020 Title I data correction and adjustments to ESSER I allocations resulting from the FY 2019 Title I data correction, the U.S. Department of Education revised the ARP ESSER fund allocations to states. These revisions were not originally reflected in the ESSER Year 2 APR within the ESF Data Collection Tool but are now shown on Page 1 under the ARP ESSER
- June 9, 2022 at 2pm EST: the Department hosted a webinar entitled LEA-level Maintenance of Equity Reporting Requirements, outlining the local maintenance of equity reporting requirements for SEAs and LEAs in the Notice of Final Requirement.
- G5 Email, June 2, 2022: The Department has published a Notice of Final Requirement (NFR) in the Federal Register regarding the LEA-level maintenance of equity provisions under section 2004(c) of the ARP Act. This NFR establishes requirements for publishing LEA-level maintenance of equity data to demonstrate that LEAs are maintaining both fiscal and staffing equity in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
- ESSER Year 2 reporting window open: May 31 through July 1, 2022
- ESSER Year 2 APR Technical Webinar: a technical demonstration and overview of the Data Collection Tool — Tuesday, May 17 at 2 pm ET
Register here: https://aemcorp.webex.com/aemcorp/j.php?RGID=r9cc80d5c8655e428c690772d638170eb - ESSER Year 2 Definitions Webinar: additional guidance provided by the U.S. Department of Education on ESSER Definitions — Wednesday, May 4 at 2 pm ET
Register here: https://aemcorp.webex.com/aemcorp/j.php?RGID=rd95d5592264e551f8a1e646575048847
- G5 Email March 14, 2022: ESSER Year 2 Form Review Webinar (3/1/22) and Q&A posted in ESF Annual Reporting Tool Grantee Help Page, under the Year 2 Annual Performance Report Preparation section: https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/grantee-help/esser.
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email March 11, 2022: Important Clarification on Definition of “Expenditure” for ESSER APR; Reporting periods for ESSER I, ESSER II, and ARP ESSER
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, May 17, 2023: GEER/ESF-Governor Fiscal Year 2022 (Year 3) Annual Performance Reporting Technical Webinar – May 31, 2023
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, May 15, 2023: GEER and ESF-Governor Year 3 Business Rules Guide, Reporting Checklist Resource, and File Checker Available
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, May 10, 2023: Official UEIs Required for Submission of GEER Fiscal Year 2022 (Year 3) and Fiscal Year 2021 (Year 2) APRs
- Newsflash, May 5, 2023: Notice of updated technical FAQs for liquidation extensions and an updated CRRSA liquidation extension request template.
- G5 Email, May 3, 2023: Davis-Bacon Resources and Office Hours
- G5 Email, April 27, 2023: Davis-Bacon Overview Brief
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email, March 9, 2023: GEER Reporting Resources and Expectations Letter
- G5 Email, February 27, 2023: Notice of upcoming webinar on the federal grant closeout process for CARES grants. Webinar sessions will be held on 3/7/2023, 11am EST and 3/9/2023, 2pm EST
- G5 Email, February 1, 2023: Obligated but Unused ESSER I or GEER I Equitable Services Funds
- G5 Email, February 1, 2023: Administrative Costs During the ESSER I and GEER I Liquidation Period
- G5 Email, December 22, 2022: Maintenance of Effort and Maintenance of Equity Requirements Memo
- G5 Email, December 19, 2022: MOE FY2023 Interim Data Submission Deadline
- G5 Email, December 7, 2022: Updated ESSER and GEER FAQs
- Dear Colleague Letter, November 14, 2022: Regarding the Use of American Rescue Plan Funds for Career Pathway
- G5 Email, October 28, 2022: Liquidation Extension October 26 Office Hours Invitation
- G5 Email, October 21, 2022: Liquidation Extension October 26 Office Hours Invitation
- G5 Email, September 29, 2022: Release of a Liquidation Extension Request Template for CARES ESSER and CARES GEER. Link to Liquidation Extension Request Template. Link to CARES Liquidation Extension Letter.
- G5 Email, August 17, 2022: ESSER I and GEER I Obligation Deadlines Guidance
- G5 Email, August 2, 2022: EANS Disposition Clarification
- G5 Email, July 29, 2022: Reverted EANS Funds and Reimbursing Non-Public Schools and FFATA Reporting
- G5 Email, July 27, 2022: CARES Act Disposition of Equipment and Supplies
- July 22, 2022: The GEER and ESF-Governor Year 2 Annual Performance Report will have a targeted reopen period from Monday, August 1, 2022 – Friday, August 19, 2022.
- G5 Email, February 15, 2022: The Year 2 Annual Reporting period opens Monday, May 16, 2022, through Friday, June 10, 2022 for GEER I (Year 2 Data) and GEER II (Year 1 Data). Resources are posted on the ESF Grantee Help Page.
- ESF Reporting Help Desk, May 24, 2023: Webinar Announcement – EANS Fiscal Year 2022 (Year 2) Annual Performance Reporting Technical Webinar – 6.7.2023
- ESF Reporting Help Desk, May 17, 2023: Official UEIs Required for Submission of EANS Fiscal Year 2022 (Year 2) and Fiscal Year 2021 (Year 1) APRs
- Newsflash, May 5, 2023: Notice of updated technical FAQs for liquidation extensions and an updated CRRSA liquidation extension request template.
- ESF Reporting Help Desk, April 17, 2023: EANS Fiscal Year 2022 (Year 2) Annual Performance Report Resources
- ESF Reporting Help Desk, April 5, 2023: EANS Fiscal Year 2022 (Year 2) Form Review Webinar – April 19, 2023
- ESF Reporting Help Desk, April 5, 2023: EANS Year 2 Reporting Submitter Confirmation
- ESF Reporting Help Desk, March 9, 2023: EANS Reporting Resources and Expectations Letter
- G5 Email, February 10, 2023: EANS Services and Assistance After End of Period of Performance
- G5 Email, February 1, 2023: Administrative Costs During the EANS Liquidation Period
- G5 Email, January 27, 2023: Letter to Governors: EANS Program Funds
- G5 Email, January 23, 2023: Maintenance of Equity FAQs Update Letter
- G5 Email, August 2, 2022: EANS Disposition Clarification (See the EANS Disposition FAQs for the most recent information on EANS Disposition)
- G5 Email, July 29, 2022: Reverted EANS Funds and Reimbursing Non-Public Schools and FFATA Reporting
- G5 Email, July 29, 2022: ARP EANS Use of Proportionality to Determine Non-Public School Eligibility
- Reporting: The EANS Year 1 data collection opens on May 16, 2022 and closes on June 3, 2022. UEIs must be reported for each EANS Subawardee and Subcontract entity to submit the Year 1 Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (EANS) Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) Annual Performance Report (APR).
- G5 Email, May 20, 2022: EANS Disposition Guidance (See the EANS Disposition FAQs for the most recent information on EANS Disposition)
- G5 Email April 4, 2022: EANS Disposition Guidance (See the EANS Disposition FAQs for the most recent information on EANS Disposition)
- G5 Email March 15, 2022: EANS Year 1 Form Review Webinar (2/24/22)and Q&A posted in ESF Annual Reporting Tool Grantee Help Page, under Year 1 Annual Performance Report Preparation section: https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/grantee-help/eans.
- G5 Email January 21, 2022: Handling Unobligated CRRSA EANS Funds
- G5 Email, July 21, 2021: Implementation at the 6-month Mark
- G5 Email, June 5, 2023: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and COVID-19 Relief Funds
- Newsflash, May 5, 2023: Notice of updated technical FAQs for liquidation extensions and an updated CRRSA liquidation extension request template.
- ESF Reporting Help Desk, April 5, 2023: GEER Year 3 Reporting Submitter Confirmation
- G5 Email, March 22, 2023: Invitation to Education, Innovation, and Research (EIR) Program Overview and Application Considerations Webinar
- ESF Reporting Help Desk, March 8, 2023: Webinar Announcement – ESF-SEA Fiscal Year 2022 (Year 3) Form Review Webinar – March 21, 2023
- G5 Email, February 15, 2023: FFATA Reporting Requirements and Accuracy
- G5 Email, January 25, 2023: FFATA Reporting Webinar and Forum rescheduled to February 1, 2023, 2:30-4:30pm EST.
- G5 Email, January 12, 2023: Notice of Upcoming FFATA Reporting Webinar and Forum on 1/26/2023.
- G5 Email, September 29, 2022: Release of a Liquidation Extension Request Template for CARES ESSER and CARES GEER. Link to Liquidation Extension Request Template. Link to CARES Liquidation Extension Letter.
- ESF Reporting Help Desk, August 10, 2022: Please reference this guidance regarding the inability to obtain official Unique Entity Identifiers (UEIs) for the EANS, GEER/ESF-Gov, and ESSER/ESF-SEA Annual Performance Report Reopen periods. If an entity has applied for a UEI but has not yet received the UEI by the respective APR reporting deadline, submit with the provided temporary UEI. These temporary UEIs will need to be updated to actual UEIs at a later date. If an entity has applied for a UEI but SAM.gov denied the UEI because it was determined the entity is not unique (shared name, tax ID, etc.), reporting for that entity should be aggregated to the level/entity recognized by SAM.gov as unique.
- G5 Email, June 29, 2022: Compliance Supplement Webinar
- May 13, 2022: The Department shared a letter concerning late liquidation for the ESSER, GEER, and EANS programs
- Reporting Template Package available on ESF Grantee Help Page: Six templates are available for the subgrantee reporting to include: 1) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act LEA; 2) Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act LEA; 3) CARES Act IHE; 4) CRRSA IHE; 5) CARES Act Other; and 6) CRRSA Other
- G5 Email April 21, 2022: FY 2022 Grantee Satisfaction Survey launch
- G5 Email April 18, 2022: Practical and Sustainable Strategies for Leveraging COVID Relief Funds to Support Student and Staff Mental Health Webinar, April 21, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST. See Promising Practices – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
- G5 Email April 15, 2022: Announcement of improvements to OESE SGR web pages
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email March 31, 2022: Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) will be used as the primary means of entity identification for Federal awards government-wide beginning April 4, 2022.
- G5 Email March 25, 2022: Update your State’s APR Submitter and Editors, “Update User Account and Access Video” found at https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/grantee-help.
- G5 Email March 25, 2022: MOE Equity March 31st deadline postponed; ESSER Year 2 reporting window open (NEW): May 31 through July 1, 2022; Webinar recording and FAQs posted to ESF Grantee Help page ESF – Help (ed.gov)
- G5 Email Mach 17, 2022: State MOE Required Levels – requesting for a confirmation that your State’s MOE data is correct, or an update is needed
- ESF Reporting Help Desk Email March 15, 2022: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – New FAQs will be available on 4/22/25. https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/grantee-help/esser/faq
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