Superintendents’
Quarterly Meeting
March 13, 2009
American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act
of 2009
Dr. 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
• IDEA, Part B
$258 m
$314 m
North Carolina
Direct Allocations
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Title 1 (School Improvement)
IDEA, Part C
IDEA, Preschool
Education Technology
School Lunch Equipment
Homeless Education
$76 m
$13 m
$12 m
$16 m
$2.8 m
$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
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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
• Impact Aid Construction
• Education for Homeless
50%
40%
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
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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 Funds
Grant Application Assurances
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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
Race to the Top
Innovation
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 2009
Dr. June S. Atkinson
State Superintendent
March 13, 2009
Superintendents’
Quarterly Meeting
March 13, 2009