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Summary of MOEquity Requirements and Calculations for LEAs

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Title: Summary of MOEquity Requirements and Calculations for LEAs
Language: English
Authors: Piscatelli, Jennifer, Brown, Amanda, Region 5 Comprehensive Center
Source: Region 5 Comprehensive Center. 2021.
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Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2021
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education (ED)
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), School Districts, Disadvantaged Schools, Poverty, State Departments of Education, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, School Personnel, Job Layoff
Abstract: The federal American Rescue Plan Act's (ARP) ESSER III aid requirements include a new maintenance of equity (MOEquity) provision for state educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs). MOEquity provisions ensure, "if funding reductions are needed," that state and local per-pupil funding is not disproportionately reduced in the highest-poverty districts and in high-poverty schools, and that LEAs do not disproportionately reduce the number of staff in high-poverty schools. SEAs and LEAs receiving ESSER III funds must comply with these requirements through the 2022-23 school year. This summary report focuses on the MOEquity's LEA provisions. The following topics are presented: (1) Exceptions from MOEquity Requirements; (2) Identifying the LEA's High-Poverty Schools; and (3) Determining if the LEA Maintained Equity for High-Poverty Schools.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: ED617069
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The federal American Rescue Plan Act's (ARP) ESSER III aid requirements include a new maintenance of equity (MOEquity) provision for state educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs). MOEquity provisions ensure, "if funding reductions are needed," that state and local per-pupil funding is not disproportionately reduced in the highest-poverty districts and in high-poverty schools, and that LEAs do not disproportionately reduce the number of staff in high-poverty schools. SEAs and LEAs receiving ESSER III funds must comply with these requirements through the 2022-23 school year. This summary report focuses on the MOEquity's LEA provisions. The following topics are presented: (1) Exceptions from MOEquity Requirements; (2) Identifying the LEA's High-Poverty Schools; and (3) Determining if the LEA Maintained Equity for High-Poverty Schools.