Last Updated March 16, 2023
PIE Network members and partners are shining a light on the spending and impact of approximately $190 billion in new federal funding for K-12 education. Advocates are building trackers and other tools to ensure that money—distributed as part of ESSER, which you can learn more about in this brief—goes where students need it the most and where it will have the greatest impact.
This page shares tools to track ESSER plans and spending, and to engage communities in the process. If you have another resource to add or questions about how to track spending in your community, let us know.
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- State trackers created by PIE Network members
- National trackers created by PIE Network partners
- Tools for community engagement in ESSER decisions
- Additional national resources
- District spending tracker examples
- State spending tracker examples
State trackers created by PIE Network members
- Alabama: COVID Spending Tracker (A+ Education Partnership)
- Connecticut: American Rescue Plan spending (ConnCAN)
- Connecticut: COVID-19 Relief Funding for Education (School and State Finance Project)
- Connecticut: Billion Dollar Question: How CT School Districts Plan to Spend Covid-Relief Funds (School and State Finance Project, FutureEd, and ConnCAN)
- Georgia: American Rescue Plans (GeorgiaCAN)
- Georgia: CARES Impact Study (Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education)
- New York: NY School Funding (The Education Trust
- Tennessee: Dashboard with Trends In ESSER Plans (SCORE)
National trackers created by PIE Network partners
- EduRecoveryHub (CRPE, Edunomics Lab, and Collaborative for Student Success)
- ESSER Expenditure Dashboard (Edunomics Lab)
- How Local Educators Plan to Spend Billions in Federal Covid Aid (FutureEd)
Tools for community engagement in ESSER decisions
- A+ Advocate COVID Spending Toolkit: Effectively Spending COVID Dollars on Students (A+ Education Partnership)
- Roadmap for Student Engagement in ARP ESSER Planning (The Aspen Institute, Our Turn, and Student Voice)
- How 100 large and urban districts are (and aren’t) engaging stakeholders (CRPE)
- The Future of Our Children family toolkit (Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership)
- Every Day Parents Impacting Change – Resources (National Parents Union)
- Raise Up Utah (TNTP)
Additional national resources
- ESSER III Spending Plan Tracker (Burbio)
- Investment in Action: Telling The Story of How Federal Pandemic Recovery Funds are Supporting Students (Chiefs for Change)
- ARP Toolkit (Education Reform Now)
- ESSER Halftime Review (Education Resource Strategies)
- How To Use K-12 COVID Relief Funds Strategically (Education Resource Strategies)
- A year ago, school districts got a windfall of pandemic aid. How’s that going? (Edunomics Lab)
- Educators and ESSER: How Pandemic Spending is Reshaping the Teaching Profession (FutureEd)
- Education Stabilization Fund Transparency Portal (U.S. Department of Education)
- ESSER Expenditure Transparency Report Tracker (Whiteboard Advisors)
District spending tracker examples
- Indianapolis Public Schools (IN)
- Dallas Independent School District (TX)
- Hillsborough County Public Schools (FL)
State spending tracker examples