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 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…
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
