Arkansas State University-Beebe issued the following announcement on October 27.
The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and Arkansas State University and its sponsored initiative, the Arkansas Out of School Network, have awarded $6.25 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER III grant funding to 53 afterschool, summer, and extended-year learning programs across the state.
The ESSER III federal relief funding was allocated to mitigate student learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and support social and emotional development. Awardees, which include school districts and community-based partnership programs such as public libraries, nonprofit organizations, career and technical programs, faith-based organizations, and institutions of higher learning, will utilize grant awards to address the academic impact of lost instructional time on student learning through evidence-based summer programs and comprehensive afterschool programs.
“Even before the pandemic disrupted all aspects of student life, Arkansas struggled to meet the demand for afterschool and summer learning programs. For every child in an afterschool program in Arkansas, three more are waiting to get in,” said Laveta Wills-Hale, network director of the Arkansas Out of School Network.
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Source: Arkansas State University-Beebe
