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ESSER Spending Summary:

ESSER is part of government pandemic relief measures and stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. 

• ESSER I = $2,313,082.18 in funding
• ESSER II = $9,511,882 in funding
• ESSER III = $21,401,735 in funding

The total sum of ESSER I, II, and III funds amounts to $33,226,699.18

ESSER I funds were allocated to the following areas:

• Staff salaries and benefits  
• Distance Learning Devices
• Supplies and materials
• Software
• Chromebooks
• Air quality upgrades
• Special Education vans
• Child Nutrition food carts
• Sterilization cabinets
• Curriculum licenses
• Private school supports

An enumeration of planned ESSER II and III expenditures may be found below:

20% of ESSER II and III funds will be apportioned to interventions addressing learning loss, in accordance with federal requirements governing funding expenditure.

• This amounts to $6,182,723.40 for Bismarck Public Schools.
• Learning loss interventions correspond to two general categories.
  • Classroom teachers, counselors, social workers, special education teachers and support staff, substitute teachers, instructional aides, and teacher leader positions.
  • Extended day learning loss and enrichment (credit recovery, ACT prep, increased summer instruction and library services), social emotional learning supports for 2021-23, health needs and supplies, small group, individual, and explicit instruction, curriculum supports (parallel, digital curriculum, and online access), SBMH collaboration , technology supports in schools (computers, supplies, repairs).
• Staffing:
  • Classroom teachers, counselors, social workers, special education teachers and support staff, substitute teachers, instructional aides, and teacher leader positions.
• Materials/Supplies/Misc. Supports:
  • Extended day learning loss and enrichment (credit recovery, ACT prep, increased summer instruction and library services), social emotional learning supports for 2021-23, health needs and supplies, instruction, curriculum supports (parallel, digital curriculum, and online access), SBMH collaboration, and technology supports in schools (computers, supplies, and repairs).  

80% of ESSER II and III funds may be spent in a manner that ensures future tax avoidance.

• This equates to $24,730,892.60 for Bismarck Public Schools
• Addressing facility needs identified during BPS’s three-year planning phase will allow for tax avoidance and may include:
• Expansion of Legacy High School
• Expansion of south Bismarck facilities
• Additional Career and Technical Education programming
• Updating and maintaining current facilities.
• Ice/Activities facilities

BPS ESSER III Approved Application 

The Bismarck Public Schools Continuity of Education plan can be found here: Continuity of Education Plan 

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