Every Thursday, REL-NEI highlights state-based resources, press releases, and news around the Northeast and Islands Region related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). For a listing of REL Issues & Answers Reports categorized under ARRA topics and domains, click here.
Duncan Urges States to Submit Applications
On May 18th, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urged states to submit applications for State Fiscal Stabilization Funds as quickly as possible, saying teaching jobs are at risk and reforms must move forward. Read the press release. The Fed also modified guidance on school construction.
Last week, Connecticut added information to its Recovery website about the National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grant, which provides competitive grants for the purchase of food service equipment by National School Lunch Program Sponsors as authorized by the ARRA. (Download the RFP. Download a list of Connecticut schools participating in the national school lunch program based on free and reduced lunch eligibility rates as of October 2008.)
Last week, CT SDE’s Bureau of Special Education posted applications for two special education grant programs: (1) Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities and (2) Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities. The purpose of this Supplemental IDEA, Part B, grant is to provide the stimulus funds from the ARRA to eligible applicants (LEAs) to assist with the excess costs of providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. View the IDEA Grant Application and the IDEA Part B and Federal Preschool Preliminary Entitlement Amounts.
On May 15th, New Hampshire posted Title 1, Part A allocation information. Access the PDFs below.
Overview PDF
Allocations PDF
Allocation Process Overview PDF
Application (combined recovery and regular) Word
Application Instructions PDF
Frequently Asked Questions PDF
On May 14th, Vermont IDEA-B Basic and Pre-School Flow Through Application Forms for Regular Grant Funds and ARRA Funds for FY 2010 became available. You can view the forms and information needed to apply for FY-2010 IDEA-B Basic and Pre-School Flow Through grants. This includes both the regular grant funds and the funds made available for IDEA-B under the ARRA.
For more information, visit these Recovery.gov websites across the Northeast & Islands Region:
Connecticut
http://www.recovery.ct.gov/recovery/site/default.asp
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2703&Q=322296
Maine
http://www.maine.gov/recovery/
http://www.maine.gov/education/recovery/index.html
Massachusetts
www.mass.gov/recovery
http://www.doe.mass.edu/arra/
New Hampshire
http://www.nh.gov/recovery/
http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/recovery/index.htm
New York
http://uspeny.nysed.gov/arra/
Rhode Island
http://www.recovery.ri.gov/
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Finance/Funding/ARRA/
Vermont
http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/dept/recovery_act.html
Puerto Rico
http://www.buengobiernopr.com/arra/index.html
U.S. Virgin Islands
http://www.governordejongh.com/recovery/index.html
US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
Knowledge Alliance
http://www.knowledgeall.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=34
Council of State Governments: StateRecovery.org
http://www.staterecovery.org/education
