American Rescue Plan (ARP)-ESSER Funding

SANY Superintendent Dr. Tolga Hayali's message

Dear SANY Community,

On March 11, 2021, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). ARPA makes available $122.8 billion nationally for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.

New York has been allocated nearly $9 billion in ARP-ESSER funds, with a minimum of $8.09 billion (90 percent) going to local education agencies, including charter schools.

Local education agencies, such as school districts, that receive funding from the Federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund allocated by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP-ESSER) to post on their website a plan of how these funds will be spent.

School districts are required to seek public comment from parents, teachers, and other stakeholders and take such comments into account in the development of the plan. I invite you to participate in our surveys and public meetings scheduled to receive recommendations and feedback on the use of these funds from our District stakeholders and the public. Your feedback will be used to inform strategic planning to develop our plan to use the funds.

Our administrative team and other committees composed of teachers, staff members, district leadership, parents and community members will review the plan components during public meetings and surveys.

If you have any questions about the ARP-ESSER plan, please contact us at 315-671-5470.

Sincerely,
Dr.Tolga Hayali
Superintendent


Public Meeting Announcement

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021—Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School is seeking input from our stakeholders in regards to the American Rescue Plan. On March 11, 2021, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). ARPA makes available $122.8 billion nationally for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds. We want to hear from you with suggestions on how to utilize this funding to best support our students.

Please click here to complete this survey at https://www.sascs.org/arpa as soon as possible.

Please note, Syracuse Academy of Science will be holding an ARPA Public Meeting on Monday, August 16th at its elementary school location at 2:30 PM. We hope you can join us!


American Rescue Plan Documents


American Rescue Plan Information


Accessing ARP ESSER Plan

It is announced that stakeholders can access the hardcopy ARP ESSER Plan at the school's district office location which is located at 1409 W.Genesee St, Syracuse NY 13204.


Use of Funds

School districts must use not less than 20 percent of ESSER funds to address learning loss through the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning or summer enrichment, extended day, comprehensive after school programs, or extended school year programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to students’ academic, social, and emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on students (specifically those identified by gender, major racial and ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, children with disabilities, English learners, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care).

School districts must use the remaining funds for any of the following:

Maximizing in-person instruction time, Implementing evidence-based strategies to meet students’ social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs.

Our plan includes needs to maximize in-person instruction time and provide social, emotional support through the 2021-2022 academic year and following school years with the following implementations:

Purchase of Educational Technology

Our plan includes needs in the area of educational technology:

Addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all students, including low-income students, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students experiencing homelessness by offering evidence-based summer, afterschool, and other extended learning and enrichment programs.

Our plan includes the need to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all students through the following programs: