U.S. Department of Education

This information updated April 8, 2009

http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html

Within the education sector, "the Act" will provide an immediate stimulus to the economy by saving or creating hundreds of thousands of early childhood, K-12 and higher education jobs in states across America that are at risk of state and local budget cuts. It will further create thousands of additional construction jobs related to school modernization projects. In the long-term, "the Act" will strengthen the economy by raising Pell grants and tuition tax credits to help more young people attend college.

In the coming days, the Department of Education will post specific guidelines and a timetable for each funding stream included in the Act: early childhood and state stabilization funds, IDEA and Title I funds, college affordability funds, and school modernization funds. We will also post statutory language on our website along with state-by-state estimates to help school districts, public colleges and universities plan budgets. Our goal is to get half of the money to the states within 40 days and the second half within six months, conditioned upon receipt of a comprehensive reform plan. The money will be invested in the following categories (see "Funding Focus" below).

New ED ARRA Solicitations   

Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program Recovery Act (ARRA) CFDA 84.405A (August 5)
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-18614.pdf
Due Oct. 6

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Head Start Expansion (April 2)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Early Head Start Expansion (April 2)

ARRA Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program (March 27)
The Deadline for Transmittal of Applications has not been confirmed

Developed as agency’s ARRA solicitations are published.

• ARRA Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program (March 27)
  The Deadline for Transmittal of Applications has not been confirmed
• RECOVERY ACT (ARRA) - APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• RECOVERY ACT (ARRA) - R D ON ALTERNATIVE ISOTOPE PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES

• NIST Recovery Act Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grants Program: Providing the Technology Infrastructure to Address National Priorities

ED ARRA Program Information

DoED Secretary Duncan Urges "States to Act Now" and Submit Stimulus Fund Applications (March 21)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  (March 26)
Saving and Creating Jobs and Reforming Education
U.S. Department of Education PowerPoint & pdf Slide Show
Power Point     PDF FIle

ARRA Information Sources:  DoED 

Department of Education: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

   
ED ARRA Resource Links 

DoED ARRA Implementation Briefing--Archived Video Webcast Recorded on April 3, 2009 (April 7)

$44 Billion in Stimulus Funds Available to Drive Education Reforms and Save Teaching Jobs (April 2)

ED Funding Focus

Direct Funding for Education — $77 Billion:
$40 billion in state stabilization funds to help avert education cuts. This will be given to states in exchange for a commitment to begin advancing education reforms. School systems have discretion to use some of this money for school modernization.

• $13 billion for Title I, including $3 billion for Title I school improvement programs.
• $12 billion for IDEA
• $5 billion in incentive grants to be distributed on a competitive basis to states that most aggressively pursue higher standards, quality assessments, robust data systems and teacher quality initiatives. This includes $650 million to fund school systems and non-profits with strong track records of improving student achievement.
• $5 billion for Early Childhood, including Head Start, early Head Start, child care block grants, and programs for infants with disabilities. (Includes HHS programs)
• $2 billion for other education investments, including pay for performance, data systems, teacher quality investments, technology grants, vocational rehab, work study, and Impact Aid

College Affordability — $30.8 Billion:

• $17 billion to close the shortfall in the Pell Grant program and boost grant amounts by $500 to $5350 in the first year and more in the second year, serving an estimated 7 million low and moderate-income young people and adults.
• $13.8 billion to boost the tuition tax credit from $1800 to $2500 for families earning up to $180,000.

Additional School Modernization — (up to) $33.6 Billion:

An additional $8.8 billion in state stabilization funds are available for other state services including education. Modernization is an eligible use of this funding.

• Finally, the Act provides for states and school systems to issue $24.8 billion dollars in bonds for renovation, repairs and school construction that will be retired through a combination of local, state and federal dollars.

ED Award Process   

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009—On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed Public Law 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The following AARA tables are available:

• A table (last updated 02/23/2009) showing the amounts provided for the Education Department in PDF [9KB] and MS Excel [26KB];

• State tables (last updated 02/19/2009) showing preliminary State allocations of ARRA funds; and

• Tables (last updated 02/18/2009) showing preliminary ESEA Title I LEA allocations under the ARRA.
     

ED Competitive Process   

Developed as agency’s ARRA plans are published.