American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 0f 2009

1. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 0f 2009 A Year in Review February 17, 2010

2. D’Arcy Philps & Vic Klatt Van Scoyoc Associates Cheryl L. Sattler, Ph.D. Senior Partner Ethica, LLC

3. ARRA • Enacted a year ago today: $787 billion • Education Related Funding Made up $100 billion • Jobs and Reform

4. Funding: Original $$ Awarded SFSF $48.6 billion $36.9 billion Student Financial Assistance $17.3 billion $8.7 billion IDEA $12.2 billion $12.2 billion Title I $10 billion $10.0 billion Sec. Grants (RTTT/I3) $5 billion $5 billion School Improvement Grants $3 billion $149 million Education Technology $650 million $650 million Vocational Rehabilitation $539 million $539 million Teacher Incentive Fund $200 million $54 million Independent Living $140 million $73 million Impact Aid $100 million $40 million McKinney Vento Homeless $70 million $70 million TOTAL$98.4 billion$76.5 billion*

5. Funding • The amount of funds actually drawn down is much lower: $32 billion • Audits • Interest • Drawdown Requirements • Different programs have different spending deadlines

6. Is it working? • From the perspective of creating (or keeping) jobs - probably. • According to grant recipients, last quarter, over 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors. • 400K when including corrections officers, public health personnel, and construction workers. • Some believe these are inflated, others think too low – a close look at data does show many inconsistencies, but ultimately, one would expect significant job creation given amount of funding.

7. Is it working? • From the perspective of reform… • Catalyst for common standards and assessments • Has moved the debate forward on teacher performance based on student achievement and teacher distribution • Boost to State data systems • Focus on low achieving schools • Charter school movement has benefited • Positive movement overall, but still much to be proven

8. Review of Major Programs • State Fiscal Stabilization Funding • Race to the Top • I3 • Teacher Incentive • School Improvement Grants

9. Share Similar Focus • College and Career Ready Standards and assessments • Strategies to recruit, train and retain Effective teachers and leaders • Statewide data systems • Turn around Nation's Lowest-Achieving Schools

10. State Fiscal Stabilization Fund • Total Funding = $48.6 billion ($36.8 billion in Phase I and $11.5 billion in Phase II) • Phase I Applications: Governor’s assurances to “take action and make progress in four areas of education reform:” • Adopting internationally benchmarked standards and assessments; • Recruiting, developing, and retaining effective teachers and principals; • Building data systems that measure student success and inform teachers and principals how they can improve their practices; and • Turning around our lowest-achieving schools.

11. SFSF Phase I • Phase I application also provided insight on how funds would be allocated: • Education Grants: • Majority to restore K-12 $25+ • Approx $6 billion to restore higher education • Approx $5 billion for school districts (after restoring funds) • Government Services: • $8 billion • Uses of fund varied greatly, although majority not for education • Recent Phase I amendments resulted in some changes, but generally not significant

12. SFSF Phase II • All States submitted in January 2010 – www.ed.gov • Governors required to provide data in each of these four areas of reform. • Data to public - “empowering them to identify needs and drive reform.” • States not required to show progress – just prove information is in place – or • Submit a plan for ensuring this information will be publicly reported as soon as possible, but no later than September 30, 2011.

13. SFSF • Will States come through? • Is data helpful? • What happens when funding is gone?

14. Race To The Top • $4 billion • State enthusiasm • Phase I - 40 States and DC • Timing • Phase II

15. RTTT • Comparing Applications • LEA participation • Union “buy-in” • Business involvement • “Ambitious yet Achievable” Goals • Teacher related provisions • STEM and other competitive preferences

16. RTTT • How will they be judged? • Phase I – handful of winners? • Impact on Phase II • Political challenges • Future funding?

17. Other Programs • RTTT Assessment Program • I3 • Teacher Incentive Grants • School Improvement Grants

18. Reform Opportunities • Get involved in State and local RTTT discussions – most States will be in Phase II • Take advantage of the data • Learn from what other States are doing • How does your State stack up? • What is the business community doing in other States? • Follow the spending

19. The Data • States must begin to report more data – user-friendly portals • Recovery.gov • Ed.gov

20. Challenges • Many moving parts • Too much information – not enough “good” information? • Complicated accountability systems – ARRA vs. NCLB • What happens when the $ is gone?

21. What’s Next? • Another Jobs/Stimulus bill? • FY11 Budget • ESEA Reauthorization