ESSER Funding Update

Education Dept Issues Details for ARP Spending Extension Requests
September 29, 2023

The U.S. Department of Education announced in a letter to state grantees, the state education agencies can now request a 14-month extension to spend American Rescue Plan money just as they were allowed to do under the first two allocations of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund.

If approved, states and districts would have the flexibility of spending ARP funds 14 months beyond the Jan. 28, 2025, deadline or until late March 2026. With the Sept. 30, 2024, ARP obligation deadline — or when school systems must commit to spending the money — only a year away, states and school districts are hurriedly looking at their options for depleting the last and largest portion ...

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BASIC Coalition (Build America's School Infrastructure Coalition)

Development of new initiatives and programs to better serve the educational community.

EDmarket participates in this dynamic coalition that helps the Federal Government understand and fund educational faculty needs for a healthy, safe, and educationally appropriate school facilities for all children.

The [Re]Build America's School Infrastructure Coalition (BASIC) is a non-partisan coalition of civic, public sector, labor, and industry associations who support federal funding to help under-served public school districts modernize and build K-12 public school facilities.

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NAW (National Association of Wholesale/Distributors)

Wholesale Distribution Advocacy

EDmarket is a member of the National Association of Wholesaler's (NAW) Association Executives Council for the sharing of ideas, programs, and skills among the organization's member national associations. Our continual participation in this business coalition, keeps eyes on potential legislation and helping to guide the industry'sresponse for our members.

The National Association of Wholesaler's mission is to advocate its members' interests on national public policy issues that affect the entire wholesale distribution industry. NAW assists merchant wholesaler-distributors to be the most efficient channel for bringing goods to market through benchmarking, strategic management information, networking, and high-level conferences.

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  • Encourages innovation and teacher choice in educational materials
  • Increases funding for educational products
  • Reduces interference with our members' ability to provide their products
  • Discourages threats to the dealer channel
  • Has overall positive commercial impact on our members
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