Superintendents Quarterly Meeting March 13, 2009.

Superintendents’ Quarterly Meeting

March 13, 2009

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

of 2009Dr. 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 $258 m• IDEA, Part B $314 m

North Carolina Direct Allocations

• Title 1 (School Improvement) $76 m• IDEA, Part C $13 m• IDEA, Preschool $12 m• Education Technology $16 m• School Lunch Equipment $2.8 m• Homeless Education $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• 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 50%

• Impact Aid Construction 40%

• Education for Homeless 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

• 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 FundsGrant Application Assurances

• 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

InnovationRace to the Top

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 2009Dr. June S. Atkinson

State Superintendent March 13, 2009

Superintendents’ Quarterly Meeting

March 13, 2009