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Finding #2023-002 – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) III Plan
Federal Program: ESSER II #84.425D COVID, ESSER III #84.425U COVID, and Homeless
Children and Youth – Part 2 #84.425W COVID
Federal Grantor: U.S. Department of Education
Pass-through Award Numbers: 2022-130896-DPI-ESSERFII-163, 2023-130896-DPI-ESSERFIII-165, and 2022-130896-DPI-ARPHCYII-173
Pass-through Entity: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Cause: The District was not aware of this requirement.
Criteria: The OMB Compliance Supplement mandates a LEA to submit and make publicly available a plan for the safe return to in-person instruction and continuity of services, and the planned use of the ESSER III funding.
Condition: The District did not make its ESSER III Local Educational Agency (LEA) Plan Report readily and publicly available.
Effect: By not making the plan available to the public, the District is effectively not compliant with the Federal requirements for this program.
Cause: The District was not aware of this requirement.
Criteria: The OMB Compliance Supplement mandates a LEA to submit and make publicly available a plan for the safe return to in-person instruction and continuity of services, and the planned use of the ESSER III funding.
Recommendation: The auditors recommend that the plan be made available on the District’s website.
Response: We (the District) will upload the plan to the District’s website in order to make it publicly available.