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Title I:
About
$5 Billion of Title I formula funds will be added to the regular Title I
allocation (probably will be $6-$7 billion).
This money (the $5 billion) is scheduled to be distributed on July 1 with
the remainder of the regular funding formula funding ($6-$7 billion) going out
after October 1.
It is
projected that large urban school districts with high percentages of low income
students will stand to gain the most.
The
expected course of action is that districts will be advised not to expand Title
I pograms, but to use the stimulus funds to invest in instructional staff, with professional
development being a focus. At the same time districts are advised not to used
stimulus funds for large recurring costs.
The
final version of the Title I guidance would "direct the Department to
encourage States to use 40 percent of their School Improvement allocation for
middle and high schools, as proposed by the Senate." This is based on the fact that although
middle schools make up only 15% of all Title I schools, they do make up a larger percentage
schools that have failed to meet AYP for six or more years. |
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Special Education
Special Education stimulus funds equal about 12.2
billion. $400 million is slated for the Family and Infants Program and an
additional $500 million for early intervention pre-K programs. Slightly half of
the $2.2 billion for Head Start will be allocated to states in July of 2009,
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State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
There
is $53.6 billion allocated for the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF)
allowing for flexibility for school modernization. Funds will be allocated as
follows:
61 % based on population ages 5-24
39 % based on total state population
There
is slightly over $40 billion to be allocated to K-12 and institutes of higher
education to restore state aid to the greater of Fiscal Year 2008 or 2009
level. Acceptable use of these funds would be the same as those authorized
under:
ESEA
IDEA
Perkins Act of 2006
Governors
must provide the following assurances to receive SFSF funds:
Restore state funds to Fiscal Year
2006 levels
Take steps to achieve equity in
teacher distribution
Establish longitudinal data systems
Enhance the quality of academic
assessments related to ELL and students with disabilities
After
funds are allocated to restore previously cut state funding, remaining funds must be
allocated to school districts based on the Federal Title I Formula. |
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Areas of Interest:
Insiders
are recommending that a strong focus be placed on IDEA ($12.2 billion) and Title
I ($10 billion) funds. Special focus should be made on the local adjustment
provision.
Depending on how individual governors plan to use monies, it is not
certain how much of the stabilization funds districts will be able to access.
Half of the IDEA funding amount was scheduled to be allocated to the states by
the end of March and once received by the states, the states have 30 days to
release it to districts.
It
appears that the most flexible stream of funding is the local adjustment
provision. A little used option, it allows a district to use up to 50% of the
increase in IDEA funding from one year to the next to supplant local funds used
for IDEA Special Education Funds. These funds could be allocated for
professional development.
You
can click on the following link to view how much your state is allocated:
http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/ARRA-estimatedstateeducationfunding-20090213.pdf
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