An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 0f 2009 A Year in Review February 17, 2010.

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 0f

2009A Year in ReviewFebruary 17, 2010

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D’Arcy Philps & Vic KlattVan Scoyoc Associates

Cheryl L. Sattler, Ph.D. Senior Partner Ethica, LLC

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ARRA• Enacted a year ago today: $787 billion

• Education Related Funding Made up $100 billion

• Jobs and Reform

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Funding:Original $ $ Awarded

SFSF $48.6 billion $36.9 billionStudent Financial Assistance $17.3 billion $8.7 billionIDEA $12.2 billion $12.2

billionTitle I $10 billion $10.0

billionSec. Grants (RTTT/I3) $5 billion $5

billionSchool Improvement Grants $3 billion $149 million

Education Technology $650 million $650 millionVocational Rehabilitation $539 million $539 millionTeacher Incentive Fund $200 million $54 millionIndependent Living $140 million $73 millionImpact Aid $100 million $40 millionMcKinney Vento Homeless $70 million $70 million

TOTAL $98.4 billion $76.5 billion*

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Funding• The amount of funds actually drawn down is much lower: $32 billion– Audits– Interest– Drawdown Requirements

• Different programs have different spending deadlines

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Is it working?• From the perspective of creating (or keeping) jobs - probably.

• According to grant recipients, last quarter, over 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors.

• 400K when including corrections officers, public health personnel, and construction workers.

• Some believe these are inflated, others think too low – a close look at data does show many inconsistencies, but ultimately, one would expect significant job creation given amount of funding.

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Is it working?• From the perspective of reform…

– Catalyst for common standards and assessments

– Has moved the debate forward on teacher performance based on student achievement and teacher distribution

– Boost to State data systems– Focus on low achieving schools– Charter school movement has benefited– Positive movement overall, but still much to be proven

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Review of Major Programs

•State Fiscal Stabilization Funding

•Race to the Top•I3•Teacher Incentive•School Improvement Grants

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Share Similar Focus• College and Career Ready Standards and assessments

• Strategies to recruit, train and retain Effective teachers and leaders

• Statewide data systems• Turn around Nation's Lowest-Achieving Schools

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State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

• Total Funding = $48.6 billion ($36.8 billion in Phase I and $11.5 billion in Phase II)

• Phase I Applications: Governor’s assurances to “take action and make progress in four areas of education reform:”

• Adopting internationally benchmarked standards and assessments;

• Recruiting, developing, and retaining effective teachers and principals;

• Building data systems that measure student success and inform teachers and principals how they can improve their practices; and

• Turning around our lowest-achieving schools.

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SFSF Phase I• Phase I application also provided insight on how

funds would be allocated:– Education Grants:

• Majority to restore K-12 $25+• Approx $6 billion to restore higher education• Approx $5 billion for school districts (after restoring funds)

– Government Services:• $8 billion• Uses of fund varied greatly, although majority not for education

• Recent Phase I amendments resulted in some changes, but generally not significant

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SFSF Phase II• All States submitted in January 2010 – www.ed.gov

• Governors required to provide data in each of these four areas of reform.

• Data to public - “empowering them to identify needs and drive reform.”

• States not required to show progress – just prove information is in place – or

• Submit a plan for ensuring this information will be publicly reported as soon as possible, but no later than September 30, 2011.

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SFSF• Will States come through?• Is data helpful?• What happens when funding is gone?

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Race To The Top•$4 billion •State enthusiasm•Phase I - 40 States and DC•Timing•Phase II

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RTTT• Comparing Applications

– LEA participation– Union “buy-in”– Business involvement– “Ambitious yet Achievable” Goals– Teacher related provisions– STEM and other competitive preferences

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RTTT• How will they be judged?• Phase I – handful of winners?• Impact on Phase II• Political challenges• Future funding?

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Other Programs• RTTT Assessment Program• I3• Teacher Incentive Grants• School Improvement Grants

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Reform Opportunities• Get involved in State and local RTTT discussions – most States will be in Phase II

• Take advantage of the data– Learn from what other States are doing

– How does your State stack up?– What is the business community doing in other States?

– Follow the spending

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The Data• States must begin to report more data – user-friendly portals

• Recovery.gov• Ed.gov

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Challenges• Many moving parts• Too much information – not enough “good” information?

• Complicated accountability systems – ARRA vs. NCLB

• What happens when the $ is gone?

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What’s Next?• Another Jobs/Stimulus bill?• FY11 Budget• ESEA Reauthorization