American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

1. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act How the Stimulus Funds will impact Harford County Public Schools

2. Agenda • Overall goals of ARRA—Patricia Skebeck, Interim Superintendent of Schools • Reporting Requirements, State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, ARRA Equipment Grants—Eric Clark, Grants Accountant • Title I Grant—Allyn Watson, Supervisor of Tile I • IDEA Grants—Ann Marie Spakowski, Director of Special Education • Other ARRA Grant Opportunities—Mary Beth Stapleton, Coordinator of Grants

3. Overall Goals of ARRA • To Stimulate the economy in the short term • To invest in education and other essential public services to ensure the long-term economic health of our nation

4. Overarching Principles • Four principles guide the distribution and use of ARRA education funds • Spend quickly to save and create jobs • Improve student achievement through school improvement and reform • Ensure transparency, reporting and accountability • Invest one-time ARRA funds thoughtfully to minimize the “funding cliff”

5. Parts of ARRA • ARRA consists of many funding opportunities • The grants that will impact HCPS are: • State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) • Food Service Equipment • Title I • Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) • Various other opportunities

6. Ensure Transparency and Accountability • AARA funds are subject to additional and more rigorous reporting requirements • Recipients must publicly report on how funds are used • HCPS must report to MSDE who will then report to USDE • All reporting will be available for public access via the internet

7. Ensure Transparency and Accountability • ARRA requires that recipients separately account for, and report on, how those funds were spent and the results of those expenditures • ARRA requires that MSDE submit additional information that addresses how the state will meet the accountability and reporting requirements in section 1512 of ARRA

8. Section 1512 of ARRA • Quarterly Reporting Requirements • Not later than 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter, each recipient that received recovery funds from a Federal agency shall submit a report to that agency that contains:

9. Quarterly Reporting Requirements • Total amount of ARRA funds received • Amount of ARRA funds expended or obligated • Detailed list of all projects or activities for which ARRA funds were expended including: • The name of the project or activity • A description of the project or activity • An evaluation of the completion status of the project or activity • An estimate of the number of jobs created or retained by the project or activity

10. State Fiscal Stabilization Fund • Amounts provided: • Nationally $53.6 Billion • Maryland $879.8 Million • Purpose • To help stabilize state and local governments in order to avoid reductions in education and other essential public services

11. Education Stabilization Fund • 81.8 percent of the state allocation • Nationally $39.5 Billion • Maryland $719,676,984 • Of that $594.4 million is allocated to LEA’s as follows:

12. SFSF—Where Funds are Budgeted • In FY 2010 Maryland has appropriated the following SFSF Funds to fully fund the primary State funding formulae (in millions): • Geographical Cost of Ed. Index 88.5 • Supplemental Grant 24.5 • Transportation Grant 16.4 • Compensatory Education 25.8 • Limited English 4.7 • Subtotal Direct Grants 159.9 • Teacher Retirement 137.3 • Total FY 2010 Budget 297.2 • Same allocation for FY 2011 297.2 • Total SFSF FY10 and FY11 594.4

13. SFSF—What is HCPS Getting? • In FY 2010 Maryland has appropriated the following SFSF Funds to fully fund the primary State funding formulae to HCPS: • Geographical Cost of Ed. Index 0 • Supplemental Grant 468,387 • Transportation Grant 791,496 • Compensatory Education 732,321 • Limited English 61,174 • Subtotal Direct Grants 2,053,378 • Teacher Retirement N/A • Total FY 2010 Budget 2,053,378 • Same allocation for FY 2011 2,053,378 • Total SFSF FY10 and FY11 4,106,756

14. Unrestricted State Allocation Comparison FY09 to FY10 • FY10 State Allocation (Budget) $198,509,826 • FY10 SFSF Allocation (Budget) $ 2,053,378 • FY10 Total State Allocation $200,563,204 • FY09 State Allocation (Actual) $203,424,225 • Net Reduction FY09 to FY10 ($ 2,861,021)

15. Net Impact of SFSF to HCPS • The net loss of Unrestricted State Funds was reduced from $4,914,399 to $2,861,021. • If the SFSF had not been used to fund the Teacher’s Retirement system, HCPS could have seen that obligation moved from the State of Maryland to Harford County.

16. ARRA Equipment Grants for LEA’s • Part of the ARRA was to improve the National School Lunch Program infrastructure while stimulating the US economy. • Priority was given to schools in which at least 50% of students are eligible for Free and Reduced Meals

17. ARRA Equipment Grants for LEA’s • HCPS received $14,600 for: • Old Post Road ES Milk Coolers (2) $4,400 • Magnolia ES Large Milk Cooler $3,000 • Havre de Grace ES Reach-in Refrigerator $2,800 • GL @ Hillsdale ES Milk Coolers (2) $4,400 • Total $14,600

18. Title 1 ARRA Funds • Summary • 2 Year Grant • Supplements Regular Title 1 Allocation • Cut by 11% or $453,086 • Total Title 1 ARRA Allocation = $2.5 Million • Programs aligned to Federal Guidelines and Restrictions • Obtained input from stakeholders (school-based) for program expenditures

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23. Special Education ARRA Funds • Summary • 2 Year Grant • Supplements Other Special Education Funding • Total Special Education ARRA Allocation = $9,229,804 over two years • Programs aligned to State/Federal Guidelines and Restrictions

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29. ARRA CompetitiveGrant Opportunities • Homeless Children/Youth-McKinney-Vento • Submitted application on June 17,2009 to provide additional transportation services and supplemental education services for homeless children and youth in FY 2010 and FY 2011 • State Fiscal Stabilization Fund – • “Race to the Top” – 50% must be sub granted to LEAs (First Round December 2009/Second Round Spring 2010) Funds to support significant improvement in student achievement

30. ARRA CompetitiveGrant Opportunities • State Fiscal Stabilization Fund – • “Invest in What Works” up to $650 million to make competitive awards under the "Invest in What Works and Innovation" fund -reward LEAs or nonprofit organizations that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps to serve as models for best practices.

31. ARRA Competitive Grant Opportunities • School Improvement Grants – Applications available Fall 2009- Funds will be used to provide adequate resources to enable the lowest-achieving schools to meet the goals under school and division improvement, corrective action and restructuring plans

32. ARRA CompetitiveGrant Opportunities • Education Technology State Grants – 1/2 of funding Maryland received will be competitive grants to LEAs in late summer/fall 2009

33. ARRA CompetitiveGrant Opportunities • Partner Agency Funding: • Opportunities for other ARRA competitive grant funding through inter agency partnerships • Example: HCPS secured ARRA funds through Department of Labor’s Susquehanna Workforce Summer Youth Employment Fund for HCPS students in boys iI Men program

34. What does ARRA mean to HCPS? • ARRA SFSF Grant minimized the unrestricted state funding cut • ARRA Title I and IDEA Grants allow for a one time infusion into those programs • ARRA Competitive Grants will allow for more opportunities to provide extended services to teachers and students

35. What ARRA does not mean to HCPS • HCPS cannot spend the ARRA Funds anyway we want • There are significant restrictions on the Title I and IDEA Funds • There are significant accountability issues involved with all ARRA Funds

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