• July 29, 2010
• July 22, 2010
• May 27, 2010
• May 13, 2010
• April 29, 2010
• April 15, 2010
• April 1, 2010
• March 18, 2010
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• February 25, 2010
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• August 6, 2009

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 Announces Priorities for $650M Innovation Fund

On October 7th, the Vermont Department of Education posted IDEA-B Certification Letters. The letters certify that, “the infrastructure investment has received the full view and vetting required by law and the Commissioner accepts responsibility that the investment is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars.” Certification letters include a description of the investment, as well as the estimated and total cost.

• Addison Northwest SU
• Burlington School District
• Chittenden Central SU
• Essex North SU
• Hartford School District
• Montpelier School District
• Norwich Town School District
• St. Johnsbury School District
• South Burlington School District
• Washington West School District

On October 6th, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) announced that the ARRA reporting system had closed for the first quarterly report. Reports from all ARRA sub-recipients were due October 1st for the quarter ending September 23rd. Department staff will contact recipients for revisions to submitted reports beginning on Tuesday, October 13th. Reports that were not submitted by October 6th at 10 a.m. can be submitted in the second quarterly report due December 31st. NYSED will provide more guidance on the second quarterly reporting after the process is complete for the first quarter. Read a Q and A on ARRA reporting guidelines.

In Washington, D.C., on October 6th, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the Department’s priorities for grants under the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3). The fund, which is part of the historic $5 billion investment in school reform under ARRA, will support local efforts to start or expand research-based innovative programs that help close the achievement gap and improve outcomes for students.

In Education Week’s blog “Inside School Research,” Debbie Viadero on October 2nd reported that the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is planning a major study of Stimulus spending.

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

• Connecticut: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2703&Q=322296
• Maine: http://www.maine.gov/education/recovery/index.html
• Massachusetts: http://www.doe.mass.edu/arra/
• New Hampshire: http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/recovery/index.htm
• New York: http://uspeny.nysed.gov/arra/
• Rhode Island: 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

Education Week’s “Schools and the Stimulus”

http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/schools-stimulus/index.html