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IDOE Stimulus Package Information

Release	Documents
6/10/09	ARRA McKinney-Vento Funds
6/10/09	McKinney-Vento EHCY Transportation Grant Application
6/10/09	McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth
6/10/09	Budget ARRA Grant
5/15/09	Stimulus Dollars Under Part B of the IDEA Memo
04/17/09	National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grants
04/14/09	FY 2010 Part B Stimulus Application
04/14/09	FY 2010 Preschool Stimulus Application
04/14/09	IDEA Stimulus Award - Indiana
04/14/09	Preschool Stimulus Award - Indiana
04/14/09	ARRA Application and April 17, 2009 Webcast
04/14/09	Stimulus Application and Webcast
04/07/09	US Department of Education webcast on use of stimulus
04/06/09	Recording of Conference Call for Superintendents re: Release of Stimulus Funds 4/6/09
04/06/09	Letter to Superintendents from Dr. Bennett regarding the release of stimulus funds
04/06/09	Title I Education Reform Fiscal Accountability Acknowledgements Assurances
04/06/09	IDEA Education Reform Fiscal Accountability Acknowledgements Assurances
03/27/09	Stimulus Funds
03/27/09	Funding Cliff
03/20/09	School Food Service Equipment Grants
03/09/09	Stimulus Update
03/05/09	States Cutting or Proposing to Cut K-12 Education Spending
03/05/09	Stimulus Q. and A.
02/25/09	Economic Stimulus Memo

Latest Information for School Corporations

• Public Notice for Waiver Requests regarding Title I
• Stimulus Dollars Under Part B of the IDEA
• Using Stimulus Funds to Drive School Reform and Improvement
• Final Title I ARRA Allocation with Transfer Amounts
• IDEA ARRA Local School Corporation Grant Awards
• ARRA Preschool Special Education Awards
• Memo from IDOE re: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Option for Reduction of Maintenance of Effort
• Memo from IDOE Re: ARRA Funds and Receipt
• ARRA Conference Call Questions & Answers (4/6/09)

It’s important to keep a few things in mind:

• This is one-time money. Funding should be used for items that do not add new ongoing expenditures.
• Most states are using this money to replace K-12 shortfalls (33 states have cut or proposed to cut funding to K-12 education). Indiana is fortunate that funding for education has not been cut.
• A large portion of the education money is tied to existing federal grants and programs. Those dollars will be distributed to local school corporations according the formulas set forth in those programs. The state will be required to track and report how those dollars are being spent.
• The state is anticipating final guidance from the US Education Department. As information becomes available to us, we will work to update this webpage as quickly as possible.

Q. How much money is Indiana receiving for K-12 education in the federal stimulus plan?

• As a rule, most of the money can be broken into three areas:
  • Title I (Poverty-based federal grants program): Approximately $168 million
  • IDEA (Special education federal grants program): Approximately $253 million for K-12 and approximately $9 million for Pre-K
  • State fiscal stabilization fund: Approximately $820 million of this fund is earmarked for K-12 Education and Higher Education
• There are smaller categories for competitive grants and specialized programs.

Q. How much money will each school corporation receive?

• There are two-types of money available for local school districts: Formula driven programs (such as Title I and IDEA) and competitive grants.
• We are anticipating information from the US ED to determine how much each corporation will receive through existing federal programs, and the amount available through a competitive grant procedure.

Q. When do we expect to receive the stimulus money?

• We are anticipating final notification on the timeline from US ED. As we receive more information, we will make it available on our webpage as soon as possible.

Q. What projects and programs do we plan to spend the state fiscal stabilization money on?

• We are anticipating guidance from US ED on the specific uses of the money. IDOE is coordinating efforts with the Governor’s office to develop a strategy. As we receive more information, we will make it available on this webpage as soon as possible.