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The Sentencing Law & Policy blog posted a link yesterday to an article on al.com disclosing that the biggest beneficiary of federal education stimulus dollars given to Alabama has been the department of corrections.

March 9, 2011 at 10:33 am The Federal Education Stimulus Gap In Hartford, Connecticut Learning Matters: Reporting you trust on education stories that matter says:

So why, with over half a billion dollars in federal education stimulus money flowing to Connecticut — money intended to promote reform and protect jobs — is Hartford Public High School laying off teachers?

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In some instances, the federal stimulus plan could make our financial problems worse, by providing temporary financial support for permanent increases in our base - line health care and education spending, that eventually will need new, state - level sources of revenues to support.

«It's outrageous that Palin wants to turn down Alaskans» fair share of federal stimulus money for education, public safety, unemployment services and health programs,» said State Democratic Party Chair Patti Higgins.

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.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The Wisconsin Senate passed a series of education reform bills Thursday designed to make the state compete for nearly $ 4.5 billion in federal stimulus money.

CATO Institute Associate Director with the Center for Education Freedom Neal McClusky says in order to understand the push for Common Core, you have to go back to 2009, when the federal government created the Economic Stimulus package.

According to the mayor, the state budget reduced education spending next year by $ 1.2 billion, while the city also lost $ 850 million in federal stimulus money that's used to support teachers» salaries.

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.

State education officials and local school districts are working to use technology money from the federal economic - stimulus package to develop initiatives that do everything from consolidate data systems to create high - quality digital content for school laptops.

Education Stimulus: Gauging the Impact of a Federal Windfall Read a transcript of the discussion between Hechinger Institute Director Richard Lee Colvin and Education Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil on the impact of the 2009 economic - stimulus package on eEducation Stimulus: Gauging the Impact of a Federal Windfall Read a transcript of the discussion between Hechinger Institute Director Richard Lee Colvin and Education Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil on the impact of the 2009 economic - stimulus package on edStimulus: Gauging the Impact of a Federal Windfall Read a transcript of the discussion between Hechinger Institute Director Richard Lee Colvin and Education Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil on the impact of the 2009 economic - stimulus package on eEducation Week Assistant Editor Michele McNeil on the impact of the 2009 economic - stimulus package on edstimulus package on educationeducation.

In some ways, the XQ competition resembled Race to the Top (RttT), the $ 4.3 billion federal education program tucked into Barack Obama's 2009 economic 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 long - term reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

District superintendents predict worse to come in 2011, when federal stimulus dollars for education run out.

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.

Although the total number of education jobs is dropping at unprecedented levels, the federal economic - stimulus package approved last year by Congress can be credited with paying for 342,000, or 5.5 percent, of all teaching jobs nationally this school year, according to a new report.

Accounting for nearly $ 100 billion (or about double the typical annual federal appropriation for education), the education portion of the stimulus package was one of its central components.

The education industry hoped and expected the stimulus package would set a new floor for federal expenditure.

The budget challenges Mr. Duncan foresaw are now reality: States and districts face tough decisions about education spending as revenue declines and federal stimulus spending dries up.

To many education reformers, the passage of the federal government's massive stimulus plan, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), appeared to be a final bright star falling into alignment.

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.

The New York City - based Foundation Center has launched a Web portal to help the philanthropic community leverage federal education dollars, particularly the new grants available as part of the economic - stimulus package.

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.

In the last three months of 2009, the education portion of the federal economic - stimulus program paid for 329,551 school - related jobs, such as teachers, librarians, and counselors, according to the latest reports that states and school districts filed with the U.S. Department of Eeducation portion of the federal economic - stimulus program paid for 329,551 school - related jobs, such as teachers, librarians, and counselors, according to the latest reports that states and school districts filed with the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

which is now available at www.EducationNext.org and will appear in the Spring 2010 issue of Education Next, Smarick reviews the impact of the federal government's education stimulus spendingEducation Next, Smarick reviews the impact of the federal government's education stimulus spendingeducation stimulus spending to date.

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).

Two years ago this month, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the economic - stimulus package — with its one - time federal investment of nearly $ 100 billion in education.

As a result of this legislation, over 350,000 education - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers Asseducation - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers AssEducation and the Media and the Education Writers AssEducation Writers Association.

Billions in federal economic - stimulus dollars are slated to be spent to help improve public education, but Americans relying on traditional news outlets are likely to find out little, if anything, about what that effort might mean for the schools in their communities, a new report suggests.

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.

As recent news reports have detailed, over half of the jobs created or saved by the federal stimulus package (325,000 out of 640,000 jobs) have been in public education.

Amid fanfare around the billions of dollars being delivered to schools through the federal economic - stimulus package, members of the National Conference of State Legislatures are warning that the education agenda being pushed by the Obama administration is shaping up to be just as prescriptive and intrusive as the 8 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act.

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.

These are federal stimulus dollars designed to spur education reform at the state level.

«I think it's ingenious on the part of the Obama administration... to get all of these states to change their laws» based on the chance to win a portion of the federal stimulus aid, said Mr. Wiman, whose union is an affiliate of the National Education Association.

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.

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.

«The group's proposed reforms correspond to criteria the federal government will use to award additional education stimulus dollars on a competitive basis starting this fall.»

The California Department of Education announced Thursday preliminary calculations for the amount of money each local educational agency will receive from the latest federal school stimulus appropriation approved by Congress last month.

The NEA was among the groups that championed $ 100 billion in federal stimulus aid for education that helped many teachers maintain their positions, as well as a supplemental $ 10 billion specifically earmarked for education jobs.

recognizing the importance of the matter, president Obama and congressional leaders included $ 650 million in the federal stimulus package for the enhancing education Through technology (eett) state grant program — 25 percent of which must be used for professional development on the best uses of technology — that will begin flowing to schools later this month.