Use of Federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER)
and Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Funds to Provide
Recovery Services to Students Over the Age of 21
This memorandum clarifies that a Local Educational Agency (LEA) may, in its discretion, use a portion of its federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) I, II, American Rescue Plan (ARP)-ESSER and/or Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) I, II allocations to provide recovery services to support students over the age of 21 who have lost instructional time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.