Dear School Business Professionals,
Please see communication below regarding Annual Performance Report for ESSER and GEER.
Regards,
School Business Advisory Services Team Santa Barbara County Education Office
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From: CARES Act <CARESAct@cde.ca.gov<mailto:CARESAct@cde.ca.gov>> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 3:31 PM Subject: Annual Performance Report – ESSER and GEER
January 26, 2020
Dear Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) fund and the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) fund recipients,
Annual Performance Report – ESSER and GEER
As a requirement of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the California Department of Education (CDE) must submit an Annual Performance Report (APR) for the ESSER and GEER expenditures. This report must include local education agency (LEA) expenditures from March 13 through September 30, 2020.
The expenditure reporting is similar to the CDE CARES Act Reporting Application, but also requires LEAs to note any full-time equivalent (FTE) positions created from the GEER and ESSER funds. LEAs will also be required to report on any ESSER Reserve funds they may have received for additional meal reimbursement. Additionally, LEAs must report on the amount of GEER/ESSER funds expended for equitable services to non-public schools. The CDE has used previous quarterly reporting to ensure that this reporting is as streamlined as possible.
The APR is available in the CARES Act Reporting System which can be found on the CDE CARES Act Funding webpage at www.cde.ca.gov/fg/cr/#reporting. The APR is due by Monday, February 1 at 8:00 A.M. LEAs will login with their normal CARES Act Reporting passwords.
Also, to provide as much assistance to LEAs as possible, the CDE has created an Annual Reporting Help webpage: www.cde.ca.gov/fg/cr/anreporthelp.asp. We encourage LEAs to use this as a resource to help them in completing the APR.
Please email the CDE CARES Act Team at CARESAct@cde.ca.gov<mailto:CARESAct@cde.ca.gov> if you have any questions.
The CDE appreciates the work of our LEA partners in reporting these funds.
Sincerely,
The CDE CARES Act Team