Q & A on the stimulus and its potential impact of public education from Ed Week's Politics K-12: Snippets...
1. How much will my state/district/school be getting from the stimulus? The House Education and Labor Committee has posted estimates by state and district here. Education department estimates here.
2. What are the specifics on the innovation fund? Here's a very large PDF of the stimulus bill.
3. How can districts, states, etc. access funds from the "race to the top" pot? Governors will apply, ...and must show progress in four areas: maintaining state funding for education at 2006 levels, achieving equity in teacher distribution, improving data collection and use, and improving standards and assessment. ...Duncan seems particularly interested in improving standards.
4. Are states supposed to restore spending to FY08 levels or FY06 levels? To qualify for state stabilization funds, states must be able to use their own state money to fund schools up to the level they were doing so in 2006. Then, they must use their federal stabilization money to backfill any cuts they made...
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