information as the State educational agency may reason-
ably require. Such application shall— 
(1) describe how the local educational agency 
will use funds to locate missing students and re-
engage the students and their families with the 
school community; 
(2) describe how the local educational agency 
plans to facilitate family engagement to address con-
cerns about student learning, social-emotional well- 
being, and COVID–19 safety; 
(3) describe how the local educational agency 
plans to diagnose, measure, and reduce unfinished 
learning among students, including vulnerable stu-
dents; 
(4) describe how the local educational agency 
plans to implement evidence-based interventions and 
strategies that meet the requirements of section 
8101(21)(A)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (25 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A)(i)) 
to address unfinished learning as a result of the 
COVID–19 pandemic; 
(5) provide an assurance that the local edu-
cational agency will carry out a school extension pro-
gram; 
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(6) describe such program, including the provi-
sion of evidence-based, intensive tutoring services for 
students; 
(7) provide an assurance that the local edu-
cational agency will seek public input on the design 
and implementation of such program; 
(8) provide an assurance that the local edu-
cational agency will not charge a student or the stu-
dent’s family for participation in such school exten-
sion program; 
(9) provide an assurance that the local edu-
cational agency will meet the requirements of sub-
section (d); 
(10) provide an assurance that the local edu-
cational agency will establish protocols for program 
operation related to the COVID–19 pandemic, as 
applicable; and 
(11) provide a description of how the local edu-
cational agency will operationalize the assurance de-
scribed in paragraph (10), including— 
(A) how staff will be trained in imple-
menting such protocols; and 
(B) how the school day will be restructured 
due to such protocols, including through— 
(i) reduced class size; 
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(ii) split scheduling; 
(iii) staggered meal times or locations; 
(iv) changes in school bus routes, and 
more frequent bus routes (with the utiliza-
tion of additional bus drivers); and 
(v) special considerations necessary 
for students who are medically at-risk. 
(b) LOCAL USES.— 
(1) REQUIRED
USES.—A local educational 
agency that receives an allocation under section 
101(c) shall use such allocation to carry out the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Planning and implementation of not 
less than 1 school extension program at a 
school served by the local educational agency, 
ensuring that the increased learning time pro-
vided through such program focuses on vulner-
able students. 
(B) Supporting salaries and benefits of 
school leaders, teachers, counselors, paraprofes-
sionals, and other support staff involved with 
the school extension program. 
(C) Planning and implementing attendance 
intervention strategies that reengage, rather 
than punish, students and families within the 
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school community, including, to the extent prac-
ticable— 
(i) public service announcements; and 
(ii) utilizing languages understood by 
such families in addition to English. 
(D) Planning and implementing strategies 
to reengage and monitor student reengagement 
during the school extension program. 
(2) ALLOWABLE
USES.—A local educational 
agency that receives an allocation under section 
101(c) may use such allocation to carry out the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Administering and using high-quality 
assessments that are valid and reliable to accu-
rately assess students’ academic progress and 
assist educators in meeting students’ academic 
needs, including through differentiating instruc-
tion. 
(B) Providing professional development to 
educators, paraprofessionals, and other staff on 
how to— 
(i) use assessments to individualize 
academic instruction; 
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(ii) modify instruction and scheduling 
to accelerate students’ academic progress; 
and 
(iii) address the social, emotional, and 
learning needs of vulnerable students, 
which may be in coordination with a re-
gional educational laboratory or the State 
educational agency. 
(3) Providing opportunities for evidence-based 
intensive tutoring services for students as part of a 
school extension program described in the local edu-
cational agency’s application, including by estab-
lishing or expanding partnerships with evidenced- 
based tutoring interventions. 
(4) Providing social, emotional, and mental 
health related supports, including services provided 
by school counselors. 
(5) Implementing universal screenings for ad-
verse childhood experiences and trauma and imple-
menting 
interventions 
in 
response 
to 
such 
screenings. 
(6) Increasing student engagement in school 
through the establishment or reestablishment of 
well-rounded educational opportunities such as 
music and fine arts programming, athletics pro-
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