lunes, 30 de enero de 2012

State doles out $250M in education stimulus money - Business First of Buffalo:

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That includes general operations funds forthe 2009-10 school funds for special education programs and programs that serve disadvantagecd children, grants for school luncjh equipment and funds for homeless The funding includes $164.7 million in stabilization money that has been includef in the public school funding formula for the 2009-10 school year. School districts can use the monety for regularoperating expenses. It will be availabld July 1, pending approval by the U.S. Departmenyt of Education. About $47.2 millionn will go toward projects under the Individualse with DisabilitiesEducation Act.
This representd about half of the special education stimulus funds schools are expectec to receivein 2009. Schools can use this mone y to hire additional support staffd andparent liaisons, do training and professional developmen t for special education teachers and hire job coachezs to work with high school students with specialo needs so they can enter the work The funds are available now. Aboug $38.7 million is in Title I fundzs fordisadvantaged students. That’a about half of the Title I fundsa schools are likely to receivein 2009.
The money can be used for expanding after-school hiring additional staff and professional development for teacherxs and principals working in schools with highpoverty rates. That moneu is also available now. All of that mone has been allocated througjh existingfunding formulas. Other awards the states is disbursinginclude $548,313 for grants underr the Education for the Homeless Fund to addresw the needs of homelesws children. In the new fiscal year, which starts in July, $383,313 will be awarded to 24 school Another $165,000 will be awarded through a competitive granrt process in August.
About $924,743 will go towardr purchasing or renovating food service equipment as part of the National SchooplLunch Program. That money has been awarded to 31 districtsa and schools through a competitivegrangt process.

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