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.
ED Proposal Increases States’ ARRA Admin Funds
On August 14th, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that the Education Department (ED) will publish a proposal in the Federal Register on August 17th to allow states to reserve more administrative funds under Title I, Part A and IDEA to defray data-collection costs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including those related to administering, monitoring, and reporting on use of ARRA funds. Title I and IDEA are programs that provide additional educational assistance to academically at-risk students and children with disabilities, respectively. The notice is a proposal, which will be open for public comment for 30 days.
On August 14th, Maine posted its “State Agency Reports on American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Activities for Period Covering July 24th – August 6th.” The Department received an ARRA grant award for Education Technology State Grants in the amount of $3,209,375.
On August 13th, the New York State Department of Education posted its Education Stabilization Fund (CFDA No. 84.394) Guidance Document, in Word and PDF versions.
For more information, visit these ARRA-related websites across the Northeast and Islands Region:
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
State Recovery Sites
http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/state-local-tribal-and-territorial-resources
State Education Agency Recovery Sites
Education Week’s “Schools and the Stimulus”
http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/schools-stimulus/index.html
