Team CISD ESSER Required Postings
#TEAM CISD 2022-2023 Back to School Plan
Approved by the CISD Board of Trustees on Monday, August 8, 2022.
NOTICE
As a district, we would like to post, for our parents and the general public, the plan we will follow when we open for the 2022-23 school year. On-campus instruction for all #TeamCISD campuses are scheduled to begin Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Clifton ISD will not be offering remote learning. The Plan includes protocols in place to help prevent infectious, specifically COVID-19, viruses from entering the school.
As decided by a majority vote of the Clifton ISD Board of Trustees on April 12, 2021, and in accordance with Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-38, all Clifton ISD students, staff and visitors have the option of wearing masks or face coverings while in district buildings. Masks or face coverings will not be required. o Per GA-38, school systems cannot require students or staff to wear a mask. GA-38 addresses government-mandated face coverings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Daily, Clifton ISD will only provide on-campus (face-to-face) instruction and will not provide remote (online) instruction.
Clifton ISD COVID-19 Protocols-Per 8-1-22 TEA Guidance
All students and staff members must stay home when they are sick.
Faculty, staff and students are required to self-screen for virus symptoms each day before entering any school bus, building or facility.
Parents must ensure they do not send a child to school if the child has COVID-19 symptoms, is lab-confirmed with COVID-19 or other infectious virus, such as the flu or strep throat.
For a COVID-19 positive case that was diagnosed or lab confirmed, the student or employee must remain off district property until they meet ALL of the following conditions:
At least one day (24 hours) has passed since recovery (fever-free without the use of fever-reducing medications);
Improvement in symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath); and
At least 5 days have passed since symptoms first appeared
In the case of a student or employee that is asymptomatic but has received a positive COVID-19 test result, the individual may not return to the campus until 5 days have passed since the positive test.
Please see the documents below for the full plan and details.
#TEAMCISD 2022-23 Back to School Plan and COVID-19 Protocols
#TEAMCISD 2022-23 Back to School Plan and COVID-19 Protocols (Spanish)
This section was updated 8/24/22
Clifton ISD ESSER III Spending Plan
The following was developed in conjunction with Clifton ISD stakeholders. The information in this plan was gathered via an online stakeholder survey (5/27/21 - 6/21/21) and public forum held on Monday, June 21, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
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Please see the document below for a summary of the spending plan and estimated costs.
*Translation available on same document.
Clifton ISD ESSER III Spending Plan (1)
2022/2023 ESSER III General Use of Funds Public Information Hearing (August 8, 2022) English/Spanish
2023 Semi-Annual ESSER Update - Survey & Use of Funds(in Spanish) The survey opened on 1/30/23, and it closed on 2/14/23. These results were shared during the presentation below.
General Use of Funds Public Information Presentation (Spanish) March 20, 2023 during the regularly scheduled Board of Trustees Meeting
2023 Semi-Annual ESSER Update for our final update was shared at the August 7, 2023 Public Hearing for the Clifton ISD Board of Trustees. August 2023 Semi-annual update
Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds
Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on elementary and secondary schools across the country, including significant learning loss for students.
What Is ESSER?
To address these effects of COVID-19, Congress has enacted legislation that provides Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding for state and local educational agencies.
There have been three releases of funds:
ESSER I Grant Program
Texas: $1.3 billion
Authorization: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (pdf)
Signed into law: March 2020
Period of availability: March 13, 2020 (with pre-award) to September 30, 2022 (with carryover)
CRRSA ESSER II Grant Program
Texas: $5.5 billion
Authorization: Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) (pdf)
Signed into law: December 2020
Period of availability: March 13, 2020 (with pre-award) to September 30, 2023 (with carryover)
ARP ESSER III Grant Program
Texas: $12.4 billion
Authorization: American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) (pdf)
Signed into law: March 2021
Period of availability: March 13, 2020 (with pre-award) to September 30, 2024 (with carryover)
2021-2022 COVID Response Information
#TeamCISD 2021-22 Back-To-School Plan
*Approved by the Clifton ISD Board of Trustees on August 10, 2021
NOTICE
As a district, we would like to post, for our parents and the general public, the plan
we will follow when we open for the 2021-22 school year. On-campus
instruction for all #TeamCISD campuses is scheduled to begin Tuesday,
August 17, 2021. Clifton ISD will not be offering remote learning. The Plan
includes protocols in place to help prevent infectious, specifically COVID-19,
viruses from entering the school.
As decided by a majority vote of the Clifton ISD Board of Trustees on April 12,
2021, and in accordance with Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order
GA-38, all Clifton ISD students, staff and visitors have the option of wearing
masks or face coverings while in district buildings. Masks or face coverings
will not be required.Daily, Clifton ISD will only provide on-campus (face-to-face) instruction and
will not provide remote (online) instruction.
Please see the document below for the full plan and details.