American rescue plan - elementary and secondary schools emergency relief fund (ARP-ESSER)

This federal Formula Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education provides $1,167,153,961 to the Board of Education Colorado under the Education Stabilization Fund (CFDA 84.425) program. The funding supports various sub-awards to local educational agencies and nonprofit organizations across Colorado from March 24, 2021 through September 30, 2023 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sub-awards focus on services and programs like high-impact tutoring, summer learning opportunities, strategic district planning, rural program development, mentoring, curricula materials, and 21st century after-school programs to address learning loss and support student and district needs arising from the pandemic. The major awardee further sub-granted funds to over 75 local educational agencies and organizations across Colorado to deliver these services at the local level totaling over $1 billion in funding to address the needs of Colorado students during this period.