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.
VT Commissioner Writes to Duncan on Small States
On September 1st, the Maine Department of Education posted the “School Administrative Unit Application for Funding under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Program For State Fiscal Year 2010.”
On August 28th, Vermont Commissioner of Education Armando Vilaseca sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about the Race to the Top ARRA Grant Application. He addresses several issues including differences between small and large states, transformation of education, and the department’s limited resources.
To view presentations on Connecticut’s overall implementation of the Recovery Act as well as the Act’s transportation components, click on these links:
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
