Superintendents’ Quarterly Meeting

transcript

March 13, 2009

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

of 2009Dr. June S. Atkinson

State Superintendent March 13, 2009

Guiding Principles

• Deliver funds quickly• Save and create jobs• Ensure transparency and

accountability• Advance reforms

North Carolina Direct Allocations

• Title I-A $258 m• IDEA, Part B $314 m

• Title 1 (School Improvement) $76 m• IDEA, Part C $13 m• IDEA, Preschool $12 m• Education Technology $16 m• School Lunch Equipment $2.8 m• Homeless Education $1.3 m

• State Stabilization Fund $1.2 b

Progress Toward Four Reforms

• Rigorous standards and quality assessments

• Data systems• Teacher effectiveness and

equitable distribution• Intensive support and effective

interventions

Existing Appropriation Streams

1. Education for the Disadvantaged

• Part 1 and 2: Title 1-A Targeted Grants and Education Finance Incentive Grants

• Part 3: School Improvement Grants

Title I, Part ASome possible uses• Instructional leaders• Intensive, year-long teacher training

for teachers and principals • Early childhood education• High-quality, online courseware

Title I, Part A (continued)

Some possible uses• Professional development on use of data• Sustainable extended learning before

school, after school, during the summer, or over an extended school year

Existing Appropriation Streams

2. Students with Disabilities• Part 1: IDEA, Part B• Part 2: IDEA Preschool Grants under Part B• Part 3: Part C, IDEA – Infant and Toddlers

IDEA, Part BSome possible uses• Assistive technology devices• Professional development• Availability of placement options• Transition coordinators

Title I, Part A & IDEA, Part B

• End of March• 50 percent• No new application

Title I and IDEA

• Remainder of funds available July 1-September 30, 2009

• Additional information required

Other Existing Funding Streams

• IDEA, Part C 50%• Impact Aid Construction 40%• Education for Homeless 100%

Fall 2009 (formula)

• Title I School Improvement• Education Technology State

Grants

State Fiscal Stabilization Funds (SFSF)

• Public early learning, K-12, higher education (81.8%)

• Education, public safety, and other government services (18.2%)

81.8% Funds

• Salaries to avoid lay off of teachers and other employees

• Modernization, renovation, repair–early childhood–“green” buildings

SFSF Requirements

• Assurances• Baseline data• Basic fund use

81.8% Funds Any activity authorized by

• ESEA• IDEA• Carl D. Perkins CTE Act• Adult Education and Family

Literacy Act

SFSF Provisions

• Governor• 67 percent available – March 31• Streamlined state application• Two-week turnaround

1. Basic Stabilization FundsGrant Application Assurances

• Maintenance of state effort• Teacher effectiveness and distribution• Data systems• Academic assessments• Standards• School improvement

2. Incentive Grants

• Governor must submit application to the Secretary of Education; some items are-State’s status in each area addressed

in the assurances-Achievement and graduation rates-How grant will be used to improve

student academic achievement

Competitive Grant Process (Fall 2009)

• Teacher Incentive Fund• Teacher Quality

Enhancement• Statewide Data Systems

$5 Billion

InnovationRace to the Top

Race to the Top(Fall 2009, Spring 2010)

Invest in What Works and Innovation$650 Million

• Competitive• Districts and non-profit groups• Strong track record of results

3. Local Innovation Fund

• Direct grants to LEAs or partnerships

3. Local Innovation Fund

Uses• Significantly closing achievement gaps or

increasing student achievement• Exceeding the state’s measurable

objectives for performance on state assessments

• Significant improvements in other areas such as graduation rate

• Demonstrated established partnerships

Accountability

Accountability and Transparency

• Detailed description of uses of funds• Quarterly reports—financial and program

outcomes/results• Estimated number of jobs created and

retained• Compliance of subcontracts and subgrants

Note: All reports on www.recovery.gov

Accountability• Jobs saved or created• Use of funds• State’s progress in areas

covered by application assurances

• Disrupting Class(Clay Christenson, 2007)

• Leading the Revolution(Gary Hamels, 2000)

• It’s Being Done(Karin Chenoweth, 2007)

• Whatever It Takes(Paul Tough, 2008)

From…

School-Wide system of support for student achievement should look like this:

Intensive Intervention 5%

Strategic Interventions 15%

Core Curriculum 80%

•Failure•Flight•Fight

Questions???

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

of 2009Dr. June S. Atkinson

State Superintendent March 13, 2009

Superintendents’ Quarterly Meeting

March 13, 2009

Superintendents’ Quarterly Meeting

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