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Superintendents’ Quarterly Meeting
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
North Carolina Direct Allocations
• 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
North Carolina Direct Allocations
• 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 A
Some 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 B
Some 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…
To…
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