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American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA)
On February 17, President
Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law. Through this
law, more than $100 billion was appropriated for
Education programs, including $53.6 billion for a State
Fiscal Stabilization Fund. Additionally, Title I received $13 billion
in new funding, IDEA received $12.2 billion, the Teacher
Incentive Fund received $200 million and support for the
development of statewide longitudinal data systems
received $250 million.
The goals of the Federal
government providing this money are to provide both
short and long term benefits to the economy and
education. The short term goal is to provide a
stimulus to the current economy. The long term
goals are to make wise investments in education, drive
major education reforms and to, ultimately, improve
results for students.
The ARRA funds are not to be used
by a state and/or district in any fashion they see fit,
but should be utilized in a way that focuses on
improving the nation’s educational system in four key
areas:
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Enhancing academic standards and
assessments
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Improving the collection and use
of data
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Achieving equity in teacher
distribution and teacher quality
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Supporting struggling schools and
students
The ARRA funding is divided
into two categories of grants – Entitlement and
Competitive. At DCPS, the following individuals
are taking the lead on pursuing the dollars associated
with the following grants in each category:
Entitlement Grants
Competitive Grants
DCPS A.R.I.S.E. - ARRA
Reinvesting in Schools & Education
The DCPS ARISE
is a monthly newsletter detailing the district’s
activities related to the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) or what most people know as the
Economic Stimulus dollars.
ARISE Archive>>
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