American Recovery

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American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Overview of Education Funding to Pennsylvania

• April 2009

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• In a global economy where the most valuable
  skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good
  education is no longer just a pathway to
  opportunity - it is a pre-requisite. The
  countries that out-teach us today will
  out-compete us tomorrow.
• - President Barack Obama

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Historic, One-time Investment

• Over 100 billion national investment in
  education
• - 2.6 billion for Pennsylvania
• Historic opportunity to stimulate economy and
  improve education
• Success depends on leadership, judgment,
  coordination, and communication

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Goals of Recovery Act

• Spend funds quickly to save and create jobs
• Raise student achievement through school
  improvement and reform
• Ensure transparency, reporting and accountability
• Invest one-time ARRA funds thoughtfully

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Federal Stimulus Funding for Education
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Federal Stimulus Funding for Education,
cont.(Amounts in thousands)
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Title I Stimulus

• Title I Stimulus Grant 383 million to school
  districts
• LEA Title I Stimulus allocations are in addition
  to regular Title I funds and may be used to
  increase or expand current Title I programs.
• Regular Title I Funds TBD

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Possible Uses for Title I Stimulus

• Identify and train highly effective teachers to
  be instructional coaches
• Build teacher capacity through intensive year
  long prof dev
• Align Title I pre-K programs with early learning
  K-3 standards
• Create high quality online coursework for high
  school math and science
• Use longitudinal data systems for continuous
  improvement at classroom level
• Support reading or math coaches

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IDEA Stimulus

• IDEA Stimulus Grant 390 Million
• IDEA Stimulus allocations must be used
  consistently with the current IDEA, Part B
  statutory and regulatory requirements
• LEAs may reduce the level of expenditures for
  education of children with disabilities made by
  the LEA from state and local funds by up to 50
  of the amount of IDEA stimulus funds, as long as
  the LEA uses freed-up local funds for ESEA
  authorized activities
• Supplement and supplant requirements remain
  applicable for the use of supplemental IDEA Funds
• Regular IDEA Funds TBD July 2009

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Possible Uses for IDEA Stimulus

• State-of-the art assistive technology devices and
  training in their use
• Intensive district-wide professional development
  to improve outcomes for students with
  disabilities
• Capacity to collect and use data to improve
  teaching and learning
• Transition coordinators to work with employers in
  the community to develop job placements for youth
  with disabilities

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State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF)

• Total SFSF Grant 1.559 billion
• States must use their allocations to first
  restore support for elementary, secondary and
  higher education
• Awarded to states based upon the assurance that
  it will
• (1) increase teacher effectiveness and address
  inequities in the distribution of highly
  qualified teachers
• (2) establish and use a PK-college and career
  data system to foster continuous improvement
• (3) make progress towards rigorous college and
  career standards and high quality assessments
  and
• (4) provide targeted, intensive support and
  interventions to turn around low achieving
  schools

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SFSF Restores Funding to Institutions of Higher
Education

• 88 million over two years to state related
  institutions to replace budget cuts this year
• Penn State 40.604 million
• Pitt 20.488 million
• Temple 21.060 million
• Thaddeus Stevens 4.760 million
• Lincoln 1.740 million

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SFSF Uses for IHEs

• IHEs may use education funds for
• education and general expenditures
• mitigating tuition and fee increases for in-State
  students
• modernization, renovation, and repair of
  facilities used for instruction, research,
  student housing

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After Restoring Higher Ed Funding, Additional
Funds

• May be driven out on the basis of the relative
  Title I, Part A or through the states primary
  funding formula
• May be used for any activity authorized under
  ESEA/NCLB, IDEA, Perkins Act, and Adult and
  Family Literacy Act

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Governors Proposal for SFSF Basic Education
Funding Increase

• Fund years two and three of six-year plan to
  adequacy
• - 418 million in 2009-10
• - 735 million in 2010-11
• Distributed according to Funding Formula adopted
  in 2008-09 budget (slightly modified)

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Possible Uses of Increased BEF Sustainable/Long
Term

• Increase in instructional time
• Extend the school day
• Extend the school year
• Tutoring
• Implement high-quality, rigorous
  curricula/advanced courses
• Create professional development strategies to
  promote college and career ready high school
  graduates
• Reduce class size
• Develop/enhance pre-K or full day Kindergarten
  programs
• Provide teacher or principal incentives in
  struggling schools
• Support school library services

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Remaining SFSF After BEF Increase

• Distribute remaining 317 million by relative
  share of Title I funding
• Encourage districts to spend on one-time, short
  term expenditures that can be funded within two
  years and do not need to be sustained.

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One Time/Short Term Ideas for SFSF Grant Funds

• Lost local tax revenue to avoid layoffs or
  program cuts
• Complete Classrooms for the Future deployment in
  high school or middle school
• Improve science labs in middle/high schools
• Purchase elementary school science exploration
  kits (Science! Its Elementary)
• Recruitment bonuses
• Pilot programs for teacher compensation
  incentives
• Career Technical Education Equipment

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Governors Proposal vs. Rollback Plan
Total federal stimulus funds for education in
PennsylvaniaLOST FOREVER
730 million lost
BEF 2008-09 level of 5.564 Billion
All State Funds 5.564 billion
State Funds and SFSF funds 5.564 billion
Governors Proposal to use SFSF to fund
increases in BEF.
Rollback Proposal to use SFSF to supplant state
funding for BEF.
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School Modernization

• One time/short term idea
• Funds may be used for
• Modernization
• Renovation
• Repair
• Possibly new construction
• Funds cannot be used for
• Payment of maintenance costs
• Stadiums (incl. facilities used for athletic
  contests)
• Purchase or upgrade of vehicles
• Improvement of central office admin, operations,
  or logistical support facilities

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School Modernization, cont.

• Green and Sustainable Schools
• Energy Portfolio Management
• Benchmark Current Energy Usage
• ESCO (Energy Service Contracts)
• Energy Savings Pay For Improvements Over 15 years
• Capital Improvements
• HVAC, Roofing Systems, Windows
• Plan Con
• Expedited Review Process

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One Time/Short Term Ideas for Early Childhood
Programs

• Provide professional development for school
  district and community personnel from PA Pre-K
  Counts, Head Start and STAR 2, 3 and 4 child care
  programs
• Improve transition from pre-K to Kindergarten
  programs
• Expand Work Sampling assessment to early
  childhood, kindergarten and first grade students

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Overview Sustainable and One-Time Funding Sources
Funding not sustained. Must be spent on one
time/short term needs.
2009-10 2010-11
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Other funds PDE will distribute

• Title I School Improvement 121 million
• Title IID Enhancing Education Through Technology
  25.32 million
• Homeless 2.6 million
• Food and Nutrition 2.872 million

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SFSF Incentive Fund Race to Top and Invest
in What Works and Innovation

• Race to the Top- 4.35 billion in competitive
  grants to states making most progress toward the
  assurances
• Investing in What Works and Innovation - 650
  million competitive grants to LEAs and
  non-profits making significant gains in closing
  achievement gaps to be models of best practices
• 2010 grant awards will be made in two rounds -
  late Fall 2009, Summer 2010
• Working Groups will be convened
• USDE Guidance has not yet been posted

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Recovery Funds Start Flowing to PA by the End of
March

• State Stabilization (67)
• IDEA, Parts B C (50)
• Title I, Part A (50)
• Homeless Youth (100)

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Additional Funding Becomes Available between
Summer and Fall 2009

• State Stabilization - 33
• IDEA , Parts B C - 50 
• Title I, Part A - 50
• Title I School Improvement - 100
• Title IID Enhancing Education through Technology
  - 100
• Statewide Data Systems - 100
• Teacher Incentive Fund - 100
• Teacher Quality Enhancement - 100
• Pell Work Study - 100

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Application Process

• eGrant System for applications
• Timeline
• Title I Stimulus April 5/May 15
• IDEA Stimulus April 28/June 3
• PaPACT late April/June 1
• Basic Ed/SFSF/ABG/EAP

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Transparency Accountability

• All ARRA funds must be tracked separately
• Quarterly reports on both and program
• Estimated number of jobs created
• Subcontracts and sub-grants required to comply
  with the Federal Funding Accountability and
  Transparency Act
• Reporting template being developed for use by
  states to capture required information
• Transparency allows opportunity to
  quantify/define goals and mobilize support for
  improving results for all students

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Transparency Accountability

• Reporting
• Frequent progress reports made available to the
  public
• State ARRA website www.pde.state.pa.us/stimulus
• Data to include
• of students served
• Academic improvement
• Layoffs avoided
• Class size impact
• Property tax increase avoided
• Energy efficiency
• Special Ed identification
• Special Ed services
• Pre-school services

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More Information . . .

• Pennsylvania Recovery website www.recovery.pa.go
  v
• PDE Recovery website www.pde.state.pa.us/stimulus
  
• Contact PDE
• By email Ra-stimulus-pde_at_state.pa.us
• By phone [phone]