This session will review the most recent guidance on the Elementary and Secondary Education School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund as well as discuss hot topics like preparing for transition and the end of ESSER funding. The presentation will review how to ensure timely spending of expenditures including construction, capital expenditures, and discuss potential options and limitations regarding extension of the liquidation period. The session will also discuss any and all applicable audit or monitoring findings made to date.
Ms. Kesslar has been an education lawyer and consultant for over 15 years, working for state educational agencies, school districts and other organizations on federal education compliance since she began her career. She has successfully litigated administrative appeals and due process cases before various tribunals.