{"content":[{"text":"ARP ESSER Health and Safety Plan \n Guidance & Template \n Section 2001(i)(1) of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act requires each local education \n agency (LEA) that receives funding under the ARP Elementary and Secondary School \n Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund to develop and make publicly available on the LEA’s website \n a Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan, hereinafter referred to as \n a Health and Safety Plan.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.187862,"width":0.7644820000000001,"height":0.18545999999999999}},{"text":"Based on ARP requirements, 90 percent of ARP ESSER funds will be distributed to school \n districts and charter schools based on their relative share of Title I-A funding in FY 2020-2021. \n Given Federally required timelines, LEAs eligible to apply for and receive this portion of \n the ARP ESSER funding must submit a Health and Safety Plan that meets ARP Act \n requirements to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) by Friday, July 30, \n 2021, regardless of when the LEA submits its ARP ESSER application.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.385078,"width":0.749479,"height":0.11123500000000003}},{"text":"Each LEA must create a Health and Safety Plan that addresses how it will maintain the health \n and safety of students, educators, and other staff, and which will serve as local guidelines for all \n instructional and non-instructional school activities during the period of the LEA’s ARP ESSER \n grant. The Health and Safety Plan should be tailored to the unique needs of each LEA and its \n schools and must take into account public comment related to the development of, and \n subsequent revisions to, the Health and Safety Plan.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.507957,"width":0.7600650000000001,"height":0.11114800000000002}},{"text":"The ARP Act and U.S. Department of Education rules require Health and Safety plans include \n the following components:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.63071,"width":0.745647,"height":0.03763799999999995}},{"text":"1.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.680104,"width":0.015015,"height":0.019152999999999976}},{"text":"How the LEA will, to the greatest extent practicable, implement prevention and mitigation \n policies in line with the most up-to-date guidance from the Centers for Disease Control \n and Prevention (CDC) for the reopening and operation of school facilities in order to \n continuously and safely open and operate schools for in-person learning;","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.680104,"width":0.704725,"height":0.07430399999999993}},{"text":"2.","bbox":{"left":0.147098,"top":0.77196,"width":0.015015,"height":0.019152999999999976}},{"text":"How the LEA will ensure continuity of services, including but not limited to services to \n address the students’ academic needs, and students’ and staff members’ social, \n emotional, mental health, and other needs, which may include student health and food \n services;","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.77196,"width":0.705387,"height":0.07308999999999999}},{"text":"June 4, 2021","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.94347,"width":0.104141,"height":0.019152999999999976}},{"text":"Page 1 of 8","bbox":{"left":0.790556,"top":0.94347,"width":0.09218599999999999,"height":0.019263999999999948}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.3125,"top":0.10928,"width":0.374101,"height":0.068182}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.3125,"top":0.10928,"width":0.374101,"height":0.068182}]}