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State education officials to seek reconsideration after U.S. Department of Education limits late liquidation of ESSER funds
Summary
Nebraska Department of Education staff said a federal change to late-liquidation policy curtailed access to previously planned ESSER spending for literacy and other projects; officials said they will pursue reconsideration and coordinate with the governor and congressional delegation.
Commissioner Maher told the State Board of Education on April 4 that a change by the U.S. Department of Education to late-liquidation rules affected Nebraska’s plans to spend federal ESSER (pandemic relief) funds and forced an immediate stop to some contracted work.
Maher said the NDE had requested late-liquidation flexibility for $20,200,000 and that about $9,000,000 of that request remained after the federal change — an amount he described as roughly 1.6% of the state’s ARP/ESSER allocation. He said the change affected 21 contractors working across multiple projects and cited literacy…
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