Sentences with phrase «education stimulus funding»

MADISON, Wis. (AP)- Three cash - strapped states may find themselves left at the starting line in the competition for more than $ 4 billion in education stimulus funding if they don't amend laws that prevent student test results from being tied to teacher evaluations...

As the Sept. 30 deadline passed for states and districts to spend the majority of their education stimulus funds, more than $ 2 billion was still left, at least on paper, according to the latest U.S. Department of Education spending report updated through the end of last month.

To date, Oregon has received nearly $ 121 million in education stimulus funds — representing a combination of funding for Title I, IDEA, Vocational Rehabilitation grants, Independent Living grants, Impact Aid dollars and Homeless Education grants.

Not exact matches

Created Race to the Top: With funds from stimulus, started $ 4.35 billion program of competîtive grants to encourage and reward states for education reform.

Much bigger cuts lie ahead: Education Secretary Arne Duncan warns that as stimulus funding dries up, as many as 300,000 teachers and other school personnel could lose their jobs this year to budget cuts.

In addition to cutting the Department of Education's budget by $ 350 million, the plan replaces $ 853 million of expiring Federal stimulus funding with city money.

There is, however, on the fact the state's spending is projected to jump significantly next year when federal stimulus funds for Medicaid and education run out.

Like the grab - bag package the county administration put together for federal stimulus funding in 2009, this application to the state does have broad appeal in addressing consolidation, firematic and education issues.

Remaining federal stimulus funding and rainy - day reserves in many districts could absorb the education cuts, Cuomo said, as well as wage freezes or benefit contributions.

A vital investment in America's future: Funding scientific research serves dual purposes: it is an immediate stimulus to the economy, and it is an investment in American leadership in science, engineering, technology, and education.

Andy Smarick talks with Education Next about how $ 75 billion in stimulus funds have been spent to sustain the status quo in education and whether Race to the Top funds will be spent difEducation Next about how $ 75 billion in stimulus funds have been spent to sustain the status quo in education and whether Race to the Top funds will be spent difeducation and whether Race to the Top funds will be spent differently.

While the recent passing of President Barack Obama's education stimulus package may come as a relief to many schools in the nation, it also raises serious questions about the distribution of funding, as well as the best ways to spend the money wisely.

Some important clues to how the Obama administration intends to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act may be found in an indirect source: the detailed rules set out for states competing for $ 4 billion in grants under the economic - stimulus program's Race to the Top Fund.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into long - term reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

The U.S. Department of Education launched Race to the Top in 2009, with funds from that year's big stimulus bill.

His U.S. Department of Education received $ 3 billion in «school improvement funds» through the stimulus legislation that might be applied to these activities.

District administrators clearly understood that the district's budget was heavily dependent on the state's basic education subsidy, and that the state had increased this subsidy in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 by using federal stimulus funding.

The termination of almost $ 1 billion in federal stimulus funding for education in Pennsylvania was to be offset by only a very modest replacement by the state.

In 2010 and early 2011, district management warned repeatedly that severe cuts would have to be made if the state or the city did not increase support for K — 12 education once the federal stimulus funding ended in 2011.

For Philadelphia, the end of the stimulus and the state's decision to offset only a small share of the federal cuts meant a 14 percent drop in state and federal education funding between 2011 and 2012.

The school district could not know exactly what Corbett planned to do with the education budget, but it recognized that a big increase in state funding to offset the elimination of federal stimulus funding was unlikely.

In 2010, the state faced reduced revenues and cut its own support for K — 12 education but used the stimulus funds to increase overall allocations to school districts.

Duncan announced Race to the Top (RttT), a competitive grants program that had been authorized and funded by the education stimulus package.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into lasting reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

According to a study released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last year, federal stimulus funds were being used for «retaining staff and current education programs» rather than advancing reforms.

The Center on Education Policy surveyed districts in the spring and found that 46 percent expect funding decreases of 5 percent or more in the 2011 — 12 school year (the poll asked districts about their «total funds available» for the year, excluding federal stimulus monies).

And with its (relatively) paltry 5 percent of the money, Race to the Top, on balance, is doing American kids a lot more good than the 95 percent of the education «stimulus» funding that wasn't part of it.

Secretary Duncan claimed the stimulus package of 2009 funded more than 300,000 education jobs.

This year's report also features a special analysis by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, which tracks several key economic indicators over time, unpacks education funding tied to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and identifies education - related jobs saved as a result of the economic stimulusEducation Research Center, which tracks several key economic indicators over time, unpacks education funding tied to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and identifies education - related jobs saved as a result of the economic stimuluseducation funding tied to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and identifies education - related jobs saved as a result of the economic stimuluseducation - related jobs saved as a result of the economic stimulus package.

The whopping economic - stimulus package enacted in February included $ 2.1 billion more for Head Start and $ 2 billion more for child care, plus additional funding for disabled preschoolers and some $ 54 billion in assistance to state and local education budgets.

As states consider whether to apply for the first or second round of Race to the Top Fund grants under the economic - stimulus program, the U.S. Department of Education is emphasizing that they shouldn't worry about being first in line to win a piece of the $ 4 billion being awarded.

Twice during the presidential - campaign debates, Barack Obama termed early - childhood education one of his highest priorities, and even before serious planning got under way for an antirecession «stimulus» package, he had pledged to this priority an additional $ 10 billion in annual federal funding.

Programs serving the nation's economically disadvantaged students and those with disabilities are receiving massive funding boosts through the federal stimulus package — $ 13 billion for Title I aid and $ 11.3 billion for special education — but how school districts choose to use the money may set them up for problems when it dries up.

In fact, just two in 10 of those surveyed said they were aware that any of the economic - stimulus funding passed by Congress last year helped pay for education expenses in their communities — despite the fact some $ 100 billion over two years was allocated for education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Race to the Top was funded by the $ 4.3 billion allotted for education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commonly know as the «stimulus package.»

Race to the Top was funded by the $ 4.3 billion allotted for education in the president's «stimulus package.»

Shortly after Obama's inauguration, the new president launched the Race to the Top competition, which let recession - addled states vie for billions in extra stimulus funding in exchange for agreeing to certain education reforms.

Given the political climate and opportunities for change — the availability of stimulus funds (including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's commitment of $ 350 million in stimulus funding to support assessment work), the movement toward common standards, and the upcoming reauthorization of No Child Left Behind — we can bypass the debate between the two flawed options of either maintaining the status quo or returning to performance - based assessment systems of the 1990s.

In 2009, federal education programs received an unprecedented $ 100 billion in economic stimulus funds to help states address their budget deficits, forestall teacher layoffs, and promote education reform.

He argued that Governor M. Jodi Rell's use of federal stimulus money will put K - 12 education at a disadvantage when the extra funding runs out.

He discussed the state - by - state estimates of new education revenues included in the stimulus bill and set a goal of releasing a third of the more than $ 100 billion in funding within 30 days.

First, the lieutenant governor made no mention of the Great Recession, which was the worst since the 1930s, nor did he explain the degree to which federal stimulus dollars helped plug in the gaps in state funding for education.

In addition to what was arguably the most drastic expansion of power for an education secretary by way of allocating $ 100 billion in stimulus funds, Duncan has a long, often controversial resume:

Duncan has used the Race to the Top fund, created through the economic stimulus law, as leverage to drive the president's education agenda in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Colorado and elsewhere.

Maine is now likely to be out of the running for this huge pot of stimulus funds for public education, and Maine's future taxes will go to the other states who are showing more innovation in improving their public schools using the charter school model.

A July report from the independent Center on Education Policy found that 75 percent of school districts that received stimulus funds expect to cut teaching positions in the upcoming school year.

Over the last two years, the Department has been able to support 300,000 education jobs through stimulus funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

An independent statistical analysis found similar figures: 342,000 jobs, or 5.5 percent of K - 12 employment, were funded by the stimulus, the Center on Reinventing Public Education reported in March.

With stimulus funding coming to an end and the economic crisis still imperiling local finances, several cities across the country are feeling the education budget crunch and responding with layoffs — or threats of layoffs.

Obama has also made an effort to devote more spending to education, with $ 80 billion given to K - 12 districts in the stimulus bill and his Race to the Top program offering states and addition $ 4.35 billion in federal funds if they can come up with innovative reform plans.