Colorado ESSER Report: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund

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Posted 11/27/2023 - 12:56pm

Students in Edison School District No. 54 are learning industrial arts skills to repurpose an old school bus into a habitable home using ESSER funds that were available to rural school districts... Read More

Tags: Local Priorities, Rural Program Development, Use of Funds

A detailed look at the Donors Choose campaign

Posted 11/09/2023 - 10:19am

A high school teacher in Arvada replaced his 40-year-old generator, enabling students to deep-learn the concepts of electricity.

A Denver K-3 teacher received hands-on materials so his students could conduct magnetic... Read More

Tags: Allocations, Use of Funds

Second round of DonorsChoose funding goes quickly

Posted 09/29/2023 - 1:20pm

More than 9,800 teachers had their projects approved in the second round of funding of the DonorsChoose campaign that only lasted three days.

On Thursday, Sept. 21, Gov. Jared Polis announced his office would contribute $6.7... Read More

Tags: Allocations, Use of Funds

Gov. Polis provides more funding for DonorsChoose

Posted 09/21/2023 - 3:30pm

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis today announced additional funding for Colorado teachers to access the DonorsChoose Program funding. This opportunity was created by the Governor’s allocation of $6.7 million from the Governor's Emergency Education... Read More

Tags: Local Priorities, Use of Funds

Initiative that used ESSER funds for classroom supplies a rousing success

Posted 09/08/2023 - 4:09pm

Nearly 13,000 Colorado teachers applied for and received more than $11 million in classroom supplies in an initiative that used ESSER II funding to help pre-K through 12th grade public school educators address COVID-19 learning loss.

The... Read More

Tags: ESSER II, Local Priorities, Use of Funds

ESSER funds used for summer enrichment in Mancos

Posted 07/13/2023 - 3:24pm

Parents from Mancos used to have to endure a 56-mile round trip to Durango for their kids to make it to summer enrichment programs, but thanks to a $73,900 grant from CDE’s ... Read More

Tags: ESSER Expanded Learning Opportunities

Chief of Staff Scott Jones delivers update on CDE’s ESSER fund rollout to the Board of Education

Posted 06/27/2023 - 1:50pm

Colorado school districts have been able to provide more after-school programs, summer learning opportunities and focused studies on math and literacy thanks to $1.8 billion... Read More

Tags: American Rescue Plan (ARP), ESSER I, ESSER II, ESSER III, Rural Coaction Program

Holyoke uses ESSER money to focus on mental health needs

Posted 06/22/2023 - 12:53pm

A $100,000 Education Workforce Grant enabled Holyoke School District in northeast Colorado to hire an additional counselor during the 2022-23 school year to help students and teachers in need of mental health support in the wake of the... Read More

Tags: Education Workforce Program, ESSER II, Mental Health Needs

Mathematics education grant boosts rural teacher development with ESSER III funds

Posted 06/16/2023 - 11:01am

The Colorado Department of Education is using $125,000 of federally allocated ESSER III funds to plan and deliver professional development opportunities for math teachers in... Read More

Tags: ESSER III, Rural Program Development, Use of Funds

Poudre School District diversifies staff with Education Workforce Grant

Posted 06/09/2023 - 10:27am

Poudre School District in Fort Collins spent $100,000 from an Education Workforce Grant to diversify its workforce while at the same time attempting to fill more open positions than the district had in pre-pandemic years.
The... Read More

Tags: Allocations, Education Workforce Program, ESSER II, Use of Funds