Dearborn Public Schools has been allocated $144 million in various waves of covid relief funds. Every dollar of the funding came with restrictions on what items the money could be used for.
This graph details $137 million the district received in three waves of ESSER funding and before that GEER funds. It does not include the earlies covid-related funding because how those funds were spent was not categorized the same.
ESSER spending overview spreadsheet (final)
For an overview of the report, please see the First Bell article “District explains how it used COVID-related funding” posted on Feb. 4, 2025
Below are other resources related to how the district is spending that money.
Some property tax bills to include corrected school levies posted on June 13, 2024 – Budget report discusses last of planned ESSER spending
Summary of summer 2023 construction work released posted on Oct. 6, 2023 – Includes updates about ESSER funded building projects
District on track to invest nearly $100 million in buildings over two years posted 12/6/22 – Includes information about some planned infrastructure projects related to ESSERs funds
Change in state funding means reduction in local property tax bills this summer posted 6/22/22 – Includes information about some planned infrastructure projects related to ESSERs funds
Spreadsheet with more details for each spending category 4-21-22
See the Feb. 16, 2022 press release about COVID spending
See the related our poster graphic here
ESSERs fund documents (File also available on the district’s Transparency page)