Finance Department
About the Finance Dept.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD is committed to transparency in every aspect of its operations and believes that financial transparency and accountability are critical components of good stewardship of taxpayer resources. It is our mission to present accurate, timely, understandable, and readily accessible information to our citizens as part of this continuing commitment.
ESSER III Fund Info
On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act was signed into law. In it, the U.S. Department of Education provided additional funding for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER III Fund).
This legislation awarded grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) for providing local educational agencies (LEAs) with emergency relief funds to address the impact that COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools across the nation.
This ARP Act includes $122 billion in Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds for LEAs across the country, which is the single largest investment in federal elementary and secondary education in the nation’s history.
PSJA ISD will utilize these funds to accelerate learning and mitigate impact on student learning.
ESSER will provide resources for:
- critical one-time investments
- time-limited programming to respond to the pandemic
- and innovation that can redefine student learning, acceleration, and development
PSJA ISD's allocation is $120,600,040 to be expended from March 2020 through the 2023–2024 school year.
At this time $80,374,061, 2/3 of the allocation has been released by TEA through the US Department of Education (USDE). The remaining 1/3 of the allocation will be release later this spring after an application process is completed by the state and reviewed by USDE.
El 11 de marzo de 2021, se promulgó la Ley del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense (ARP). En él, el Departamento de Educación de EE. UU. brindó fondos adicionales para el Fondo de Ayuda de Emergencia para Escuelas Primarias y Secundarias (Fondo ESSER III).
Esta legislación otorgó subvenciones a las agencias educativas estatales (SEA) por proporcionar a las agencias educativas locales (LEA) fondos de ayuda de emergencia para abordar el impacto que COVID-19 ha tenido y continúa teniendo en las escuelas primarias y secundarias de todo el país.
Esta Ley ARP incluye $122 mil millones en fondos de Ayuda de Emergencia (ESSER) para las LEA en todo el país, que es la inversión individual más grande en la educación primaria y secundaria federal en la historia de la nación.
PSJA ISD utilizará estos fondos para acelerar el aprendizaje y mitigar el impacto en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes.
ESSER proporcionará recursos para:
inversiones críticas de una sola vez
programación por tiempo limitado para responder a la pandemia
e innovación que puede redefinir el aprendizaje, la aceleración y el desarrollo de los estudiantes
La asignación de PSJA ISD es de $120,600,040 para gastar desde marzo de 2020 hasta el año escolar 2023–2024.
En este momento, TEA ha liberado $80,374,061, 2/3 de la asignación a través del Departamento de Educación de EE. UU. (USDE). El 1/3 restante de la asignación se liberará más adelante esta primavera después de que el estado complete un proceso de solicitud y el USDE lo revise.
Ongoing / En curso:
Community & Stakeholder Survey (Ongoing, parents can take the survey at anytime)
Encuesta de la cumunidad (Los padres en curso pueden tomar la encuesta en cualquier momento)
Meeting Dates / Fechas de Juntas
July 26, 2021
December 8, 2021
February 18, 2022
May 9, 2022
January 16, 2023
Community & Stakeholder Survey Results (Jan. 18, 2022)
Resultados de la encuestra comunitaria (Enero 18, 2022)
PSJA ISD ESSER III Community and Stakeholder Summary Survey Results/Resultados de la Encuesta (May 2022)
PSJA ISD ESSER III Community and Stakeholder Summary Survey Results/Resultados de la Encuesta (Updated December 2022)
ESSER III Safe Return to In-Person Instruction & Continuity of Service Plan (July 2023)
ESSER III Regreso a la instrucciόn en persona y al plan de continuidad del servicio (Julio 2023)
Notices
- Title IX Rules and Regulations
- Website Accessibility Notice
- Non-Discrimination Disclaimer
- Translation Procedure
- Campus Behavior Coordinator Notice
Title IX Rules and Regulations
It is the policy of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of sex, disability, race, color, religion, national origin or age.
Title IX Coordinator
Virginia Saenz, PSJA Counseling and Guidance Director
virginia.saenz@psjaisd.us
956-354-2000
Non-Discrimination Policies – Board policy FFH series and Board policy DIA series
Training Materials
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD’s Title IX administrators have attended Eichelbaum Wardell Hansen Powell & Muñoz P.C.’s “New Title IX Rules and Regulations” series. Materials from this series in compliance with Section 106.45(b)(10)(i)(D) of the regulations can be found here: http://www.edlaw.com/materials/new-title-ix-rules-and-regulations-materials.aspx.
Website Accessibility Notice
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District is committed to ensuring that its website is accessible to people with disabilities. All the pages on our website will meet W3C WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, Level AA conformance. Any issues should be sent to compliance@psjaisd.us .
It is the district’s goal that the information on its website will be accessible to individuals with disabilities in compliance with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and that the statute's implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 104, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and that statute's implementing regulations at 28 C.F.R. Part 35.
If you have difficulty accessing information on our website because of a disability, please contact us at compliance@psjaisd.us and provide the URL (web address) of the material you tried to access, the problem you experienced, and your contact information. Be sure to include your name, email address, and phone number so that we may contact you to provide the information in another format.
Grievances can be filed with the district using the procedures established by the PSJA ISD Public Complaints policy at http://pol.tasb.org/Policy/Code/640?filter=GF . Grievance forms may be picked up at the PSJA ISD Human Resources Office at 601 E. Kelly, Pharr, Texas 78577.
Non-Discrimination Disclaimer
It is the policy of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of sex, disability, race, color, religion, national origin or age.
Es norma del Distrito Escolar de Pharr-San Juan-Alamo no discriminar en base al sexo, inhabilidad, raza, color, religión, nacionalidad o edad.
Translation Procedure
Purpose:
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD will take practicable steps to ensure that parents, guardians, and others English Learners have access and equal opportunity to important school information. Information will be provided in an understandable and uniform format, and to the extent practicable, in a language that parents/guardians can understand [Section 1112(e)(4); 114(b)(4); 1116(e)(5); 1116(f)].
Types of Translation Available:
Language assistance will be provided through a bilingual staff interpreter, written translated materials and documents, and technology-assisted website translation capabilities.
Data Used to Determine Translation Needs:
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD will conduct annual review of the language access needs of our parents, guardians, and others through review of the Home Language Forms, district/campus ethnicity data, and educator/parent/student feedback and requests.
Based on this analysis, the district has determined that they will provide information in the following languages: _Spanish and English__
Documents/Information to be Translated:
The District/Campus(es) Improvement Plan(s) and the Parent Family Engagement written policy(ies) will be available in Spanish and available upon request verbally via an interpreter or via website translation capability.
Written parent newsletters from the Parent Family Engagement State-Wide Initiative will be provided to parents/guardians in the identified language(s).
School Parent Compact written information will be translated into the identified language(s). Teacher-Parent Conferences (Compact) will be conducted in the presence of a staff interpreter.
Written reports will be translated into the identified language for the parent/guardian. Further explanation or detail on the report will be provided to the parent/guardian via a staff interpreter.
Monitoring:
On an ongoing basis, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD will assess changes in demographics, types of services or other needs that may require reevaluation of this procedure. In addition, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD will regularly assess the efficacy of these procedures used for the delivery of language assistance.
