Title I, Part A Recovery Funds

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Title I, Part A Recovery Funds
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA)

• Principles
• Spend funds quickly to save and create jobs.
• Improve student achievement through school
  improvement and reform
• Ensure transparency, reporting and accountability
• Invest one-time ARRA funds thoughtfully to
  minimize the Funding cliff
• Intention is to enable districts to serve
  additional students and raise teaching and
  learning quality

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Availability of funds

• 50 of Title I, Part A recovery funds by end of
  March 2009
• Remainder after ED approves states amended
  Consolidated Application that addresses how it
  will meet the recordkeeping and reporting
  requirements of ARRA

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Availability of funds

• Funds are in addition to FY 2009 funds available
  July 1
• Regular Title I, Part A plus Recovery Title I,
  Part A funds equal total allocation to districts
  for 2009-2010
• Period of availability may differ (27 vs 30
  months)
• Separate applications to reflect separate
  accountability

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Obligation and Carryover

• 85 of the funds must be obligated by September
  30, 2010
• Up to 15 carryover must be obligated by
  September 30, 2011
• Waivers may be possible

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Determination of Funds

• Funds are determined on the same basis as for
  targeted grants
• Based on census
• At least 10 students (5-17) living in poverty
• Students 5-17 living in poverty comprise at least
  5 of the 5-17 year old population

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Amount to be Received

• Amounts on ED website are larger than will
  actually be received
• State must reserve 4 of Title I, Part A recovery
  funds for school improvement activities
• Note this has not been deducted from the amounts
  posted on the ED website
• State administration has not been deducted

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Use of funds

• Follow Title I, Part A statutory and regulatory
  requirements
• Align with core goals of ARRA
• Save and create jobs and advance reforms
• Focus on short-term investments with potential
  for long-term benefits
• Use for early childhood programs and activities
  is encouraged

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Suggested Uses

• Training highly effective teachers to be
  instructional coaches
• Intensive year-long teacher training for all
  elementary teachers and the principal of a school
  in corrective action or restructuring to train
  teachers to use a new curriculum
• Strengthen and expand early childhood education

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Suggested Uses

• Providing new opportunities for secondary
  students to use supplemental online course-wear
  to meet math or science requirements (schoolwide
  building)
• Use of longitudinal data systems to drive
  continuous improvement efforts in Title I, Part A
  schools
• Provide professional development to teachers
• Provide extended learning opportunities

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Possible Waivers

• For set aside requirements
• Private school equitable share will apply
• Calculate per pupil SES without regard to
  recovery funds
• Allow state to waive carryover limitation more
  than once in three years
• Consider SFSF funds as state funds for
  maintenance of effort requirements

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Fiscal Issues

• Maintenance of effort
• Applies, possible waiver to permit SFSF funds to
  be considered state funds
• Supplement not supplant may not be waived
• But may be rebutted in some instances
• Comparability may not be waived

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Accountability

• District must use prudently and in accordance
  with the law
• District receiving recovery funds shall report a
  school-by-school listing of per-pupil educational
  expenditures from state and local sources
• District must report how funds were spent at
  www.recovery.gov
• More guidance and government-wide data collection
  and reporting requirements will come