ESSER Investment to Impact Fact Sheets: How States Used Federal Relief Funding

Between March 2020 and March 2021, Congress appropriated nearly $190 billion in three phases to support pandemic relief and recovery in K-12 schools through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. States could set aside 10% of that amount for use by the state education agency (SEA). SEAs used their state set-aside to prioritize high-dollar investments in programs such as high-impact tutoring, out-of-school time learning, teacher retention and recruitment and wellbeing.

The fact sheets below provide national SEA spending trends and examples of ESSER-funded programs that are having an impact in states across the country.

• ESSER Investment to Impact: How States Used Federal Education Relief Funding to Accelerate Learning
• ESSER Investment to Impact: How States Used Federal Relief Funding to Scale High-Impact Tutoring
• ESSER Investment to Impact: How States Used Federal Relief Funding to Support Summer and After-School Learning
• ESSER Investment to Impact: How States Invested Federal Relief Funding to Bolster Teacher Recruitment and Retention Efforts
• ESSER Investment to Impact: How States Used Federal Relief Funding to Support Mental Health and Wellbeing

For more information on state spending under the federal ESSER program, visit ccsso.org/ESSERfunds.