Public schools are financed through a combination of local, state, and federal dollars that vary across each state. The most popular federal funds come from The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) which turned in Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER). Schools can use federal funds and Title I grants to purchase XtraMath. Please contact your school’s administration to see if there are funds available to you to use to purchase XtraMath.The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the education policy or law that replaced the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2015. The ESSA's purpose is to provide high-quality education to all students. It shifts decision-making from a federal to a state level, giving states more flexibility.Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)ESSA requires every state to measure performance in reading, math, and science.
- ESSA’s purpose is to provide all children with a significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education and to close educational achievement gaps.
- Examples of how ESSA funds can be used:Software or SaaS products for students to access digital learning materials and collaborate with peers, and related training for educators
- Instructional coaches to provide high-quality, school-based professional development
- Improve access to foreign language instruction, arts, and music education
- Recruitment and retention of teachers, particularly in high-need subjects
- New teacher, principal, or other school leader induction mentoring programs
- Counseling, school-based mental health programs, and mentoring services to improve students’ nonacademic skills
- Re-entry programs and transition services for justice-involved youth
- Bullying prevention
- Drug and violence prevention
- Build technological capacity and infrastructure
- System for auditing the quality of evaluation and support systems
For more information, please click here https://covid-relief-data.ed.gov/ or https://www.ed.gov/
