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Building Leadership Capacity for Trauma-Skilled Schools in a Rural Region
Like many Educational Service Agencies (ESAs) across the country, Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 (AIU8) strives to create customized solutions to challenges that confront its member school districts. Fortunately, less than a year before the COVID-19 challenge arrived, the AIU8 embraced a state funding opportunity to collaborate with the nation’s only Trauma-Skilled™ Schools certification program to create a capacity-building model for addressing school trauma issues in its primarily rural, four-county region.
Read MoreEducation Service Agencies and Health Services: Dynamic Changes in a Post COVID World
Education Service Agencies and Health Services: Dynamic Changes in a Post COVID World Back to Blog October 3, 2023 By Dr. Amber Loubiere Education Service Agencies (ESAs) across the nation are reevaluating how Health and Wellness Services will operate in a post-COVID world. Recent studies indicate that school closures, social isolation, quarantine, and other circumstances…
Read MoreSeptember 2023: AESA State Examiner
The September issue of the AESA State Examiner covers four topics including Issue Monitoring, Statehouse News, National Reports, and Advocacy Tips.
Read MoreForward Progress on ARP Liquidations
Forward Progress on ARP Liquidations September 26, 2023 The United States Department of Education released a letter to States advising them that they would begin the process of allowing States to apply for late liquidation funds this fall. This is a terrific development as AESA and AASA have been pushing Congress and the Administration to…
Read MoreCALL TO ACTION: FY24 Appropriations
CALL TO ACTION: FY24 Appropriations September 26, 2023 In the ultimate game of ‘will they or won’t they’, we once again find ourselves with a Congress that is unable to reliably complete its only constitutionally required task: funding the government. The Federal fiscal year 2024 (FY24) runs from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024,…
Read MoreARP II-HCY and Its Impact on Education Service Agencies
ARP II-HCY and Its Impact on Education Service Agencies September 6, 2023 Background Education Service Agencies (ESAs) across the country have found themselves building up an entirely new division in their Federal Programs departments. In March of 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law. The Act includes an…
Read MoreUSDA Publishes Child Nutrition Program Integrity Final Rule
On Wednesday, August 23, USDA published a final rule on program integrity to ensure that child nutrition programs are properly operated and managed to protect federal funds and taxpayer dollars. The final rule impacts the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Special Milk Program (SMP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), and Child and Adult…
Read MoreSurvey Results
With one year remaining to spend close to $200 billion in federal COVID relief funds, more than half of school district leaders are shifting their American Rescue Plan spending decisions due to higher-than-expected costs and inflation, according to a survey administered by AASA, The School Superintendents Association. Educator feedback and the need to further direct resources…
Read MoreCyber Security
August 15, 2023 AESA was pleased to participate in the White House summit on K12 cyber security last week. The event was a kick-off for a series of federal support and action for K12 schools. The event featured Dr. Jill Biden, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas inhosting school administrators, educators,…
Read MoreEducation Service Agencies Leverage the Power of AI to Support School Districts
Education Service Agencies Leverage the Power of AI to Support School Districts Back to Blog July 5, 2023 Education Service Agencies (ESAs) across the nation may find themselves in a position to create a new system of support for school districts that will revolutionize the way data is collected, analyzed, and used to inform future…
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