Failure by NC leaders to replace expiring federal funds will block Eastern NC children from educational opportunities
One-time ESSER III Funding as a Share of Total North Carolina Public School District Spending in School Year 2020-2021. These funds expire at the end of September, and state leaders have not passed a budget that addresses this funding cliff.
Map showing ESSER III Funding as a Share of Total School District Spending. The map shows the shool districts impacted the most. In 13 school districts, ESSER III funds represented more than 10 percent of total school district spending based on school year 2020-21, and those distrcits will be the most impacted by the failure to replace funds.
