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Federal Education actions: U.S. Education Dept. deadlines on ESSER spending and new enforcement requests for Title VI and student-record access
Summary
KSDE officials told the State Board that the U.S. Department of Education has tightened deadlines for ESSER fund liquidation and asked states to re-certify Title VI nondiscrimination compliance and to detail local practices for responding to parental requests for student records.
Kansas State Department of Education staff told the board the U.S. Department of Education has issued time-sensitive notices that affect state and district compliance and reporting.
ESSER spending deadline: Commissioner Watson and federal liaison Scott Gordon summarized a recent U.S. Department of Education decision that the liquidation period for ESSER funds would end earlier than some states expected. KSDE said it complied with initial guidance and later received revised instructions; the agency submitted a case-by-case reconsideration request asking the Department to allow additional time for projects that were planned and contracted but not yet liquidated. KSDE described a follow-up exchange with the federal agency that asked for more…
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