In November 2022, the CDE released 3.9 billion dollars in Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant funding to accelerate learning recovery. An additional 3.9 billion dollars will be apportioned in spring 2023.
This funding is more flexible than previous Expanded Learning Opportunity grants that were available in previous school years. (Read below to see how Standards Plus Programs are eligible for this funding)
These funds can be used to support increasing instructional minutes or days, providing summer school, and intersessional instructional programs.
These grants can also be used during normal school hours to accelerate progress to close learning gaps through the implementation of learning supports such as:
- Programs and materials that are designed to accelerate pupil academic progress.
- Providing early intervention and literacy programs for pupils in preschool to grade 3.
- Additional academic services for pupils, such as diagnostic, progress monitoring, and benchmark assessments of pupil learning.
Other information:
LEAs are not required to develop a plan for use of Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant funds.
SACS Resource Code 7435: Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant
More Information can be found at the CDE:
FAQs: https://www.cde.ca.gov/FG/aa/ca/learningrecfaq.asp
Apportionments by LEA: https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r14/documents/leaningrec22apptsch1.xlsx
Standards Plus Programs Eligible for this funding:
Standards Plus High Impact Standards Program
7 to 14-week learning acceleration program that focuses on high-impact grade-level standards that are proven to increase test scores. Includes additional lessons that scaffold below grade-level to fill learning gaps.
Standards Plus Premium Program
Accelerate academic progress with Standards Plus Premium. Explicitly teach and scaffold the discrete elements of every grade-level standard with over 180 standards-based grade-level lessons and formative assessments. Plus, scaffold below grade-level to fill in learning gaps, with over 100 intervention lessons.
Standards Plus Intervention Program
Accelerate learning by teaching the foundational skills that provide readiness for grade-level standards. Includes multiple pre- and post-assessments to monitor progress toward grade-level readiness.
Standards Plus Writing Highway
Accelerate writing proficiency with this step-by-step writing program. Includes multiple opportunities to explicitly learn how to write to the three genres measured on state assessments. Students learn and practice writing using prompts, graphic organizers, and scoring rubrics.
Standards Plus Summer Programs
Accelerate learning in the summer with targeted ELA and Math programs that can be implemented in 3 to 5 weeks.