Here are highlights of the other four state plans approved today, resulting in the release of nearly $3.5 billion in additional ARP ESSER funds:

West Virginia will add two new state technical assistance centers to the already existing three, which will support evidence-based interventions through professional development programs. These will focus on grades 6-12 STEM and student support and wellbeing. The state is also allowing districts to use ESSER funds to support mental health services and programs for staff to address stress or trauma brought on by COVID-19 and its impacts on communities.
Oregon plans to offer interventions designed to address the academic impact of lost instructional time on historically underserved students and students that have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It will use data to identify students missing the most in-person instruction and evaluate the level of participation by attendance and enrollment data.
Oklahoma plans to partner with Oklahoma colleges and universities to create a Math Tutoring Corps to help address middle and high school learning disruptions due to the pandemic. It is also investing in science and math professional development opportunities for educators and student teaching and first-year teacher induction programs. The state will also launch new social-emotional learning competencies.
Ohio will prioritize trauma-informed and culturally responsive practices to meet students' academic, social, and emotional needs when they come back to school this summer and this coming school year.

The department dispersed $81 billion of the ARP ESSER funds to all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The remaining portion of funding to states will be made available once plans are approved.

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