Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund III (ESSER III or ARP ESSER)

Allocations

• ESSER III Grant Formula and Minimum Allocations for K-12 School Districts - Updated 07/21/21

Assurances and Certifications

In response to the requirements identified in the ARP Act, ODE is requesting that each LEA review, sign and return the assurances and certifications document linked below to the ESSER inbox. This must be completed before any ESSER III reimbursement requests can be approved.

Capital Expenditure Approval

All capital expenditures using ESSER II or ESSER III funds must be approved by ODE to be considered an eligible use of funds. Please fill out and submit the following approval form for each capital expenditure your district would like to use ESSER funds for.

Charter School and ESD Information

District Supplemental Plans

The ARP Act requires each district to submit two supplemental plans as part of their ESSER III grant: an ESSER III District Plan and a Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan.

• Completed ESSER III Plans by District
• Completed Safe Return Plans by District and Charter School
  

ESSER III State Plan

Maintenance of Effort (MOE)

• Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Update
  
• ESSER III Maintenance of Effort and Equity Comparison
  

Maintenance of Equity (MOEquity)

• US Department of Education MOEquity Letter
• US Department of Education MOEquity FAQs
• ESSER III Maintenance of Effort and Equity Comparison
• 2021-22 Oregon ARP ESSER MOEquity Review - Updated 01/03/24
  
• 2022-23 Oregon ARP ESSER MOEquity Review
• USED Appendix B Exception Form
• ODE LEA Level MOEquity Data SY 2020-21
  

Program Announcements and Updates

• ESSER Toolkit
  
• Unfinished Learning and Evidence Based Programs Information
  

Reimbursement

• ESSER I, II, & III Reimbursement Request Form - Updated 05/22/23
  
• ESSER III Eligible Uses of Funds
  

Reporting

Each year the U.S. Department of Education (USED) requires states to submit data on the expenditure of their ESSER I, II, and III funds to fulfill federal reporting requirements. As this is the first year states will be reporting on ESSER II and III, the USED has updated their data collection requirements.

ODE will use ESSER reimbursement data and other data already submitted to ODE to complete most of the federal report. However, there is some additional data that will need to be submitted by school districts, ESDs, and state-sponsored charter schools. More information can be found on the Annual Federal ESSER Data Collection webpage.