ARP LEA-Level Maintenance of Equity Requirement (MOEquity)

Please note that there is not a fiscal year 2024 (school year 2023–2024) LEA-level MOEquity requirement, The LEA-level MOEquity requirement was for fiscal year 2022 (school year 2021–2022) and fiscal year 2023 (school year 2022–2023) only.

鶹ֱ Resources

Answers to frequently asked MOEquity questions are listed in the. The FAQ will be updated regularly. Use the form to submit new MOEquity questions to 鶹ֱ staff.

The following MOEquity resources have also been developed by 鶹ֱ:

Federal Resources

USDE will post all MOEquity resources on its website as they become available.

Federal Reporting

FY 2023 LEA-level MOEquity Reporting

In accordance with the United States Department of Education (USDE) LEA-level Maintenance of Equity (MOEquity) reporting requirements, 鶹ֱ has developed the following documents:

  • FY23 LEA-level MOEquity Compliance Description:This document outlines 鶹ֱ’s approach for ensuring that school systems, including school districts and open-enrollment charter schools,that receive funding authorized by section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act comply with the LEA-level maintenance of equity (MOEquity) compliance requirement.
  • FY23 LEA-level MOEquity data(PDF Format):This Excel file includes the following worksheets:
    • Automatically Excepted School Systems: This worksheet lists the825school systemsthat are automatically excepted from LEA-level MOEquity and outlines which of the three criteria they meet.
    • School SystemSelf-Certification: This worksheet lists the328school systemsthat completed the school systemself-certification of exception, also known as “Appendix B” in USDE’s MOEquity FAQ document.
    • High-Poverty Schools: This worksheet lists the 59school systemsthat selected to demonstrate LEA-level MOEquity compliance by providing school systemand school-level enrollment and financial data. In addition, the school system’s high-poverty campuses as determined by the school systemare listed with CDN and NCES ID #s.

Important: The data in the “LEA-level MOEquity data” workbook is accurate as of May 31, 2023.

FY 2022 LEA-level MOEquity Reporting

In accordance with the United States Department of Education (USDE) LEA-level Maintenance of Equity (MOEquity) reporting requirements, 鶹ֱ has developed the following documents:

  • FY22 LEA-level MOEquity Compliance Description: This document outlines 鶹ֱ’s approach for ensuring that the school systems, including school districts and open-enrollment charter schools,that receive funding authorized by section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act comply with the LEA-level maintenance of equity (MOEquity) compliance requirement.
  • FY22 Year-EndLEA-level MOEquity data(PDF Format):This Excel file includes the following worksheets:
    • Automatically Excepted School Systems: This worksheet lists the 819school systems that are automatically excepted from LEA-level MOEquity and outlines which of the three criteria they meet.
    • School System Self-Certification: This worksheet lists the 263school systems that completed the school systemself-certification of exception, also known as “Appendix B” in USDE’s MOEquity FAQ document.
    • USDE Exception Request: This worksheet lists the 1LEA whose exception request has been approved by USDE.
    • High-Poverty Schools: This worksheet lists the 127school systems that selected to demonstrate LEA-level MOEquity compliance by providing school systemand school-level enrollment and financial data. In addition, the school system’s high-poverty campuses as determined by the school systemare listed with CDN and NCES ID #s.

Important: The data in the “LEA-level MOEquity data” workbook is accurate as of December 20, 2022.