To: AACTE Members
From: Jane West, Senior Vice President, Policy, Programs, and Professional Issues
Date: February 13, 2009
Re: Stimulus Package – Good things do happen on Friday the 13th
Thank you for all of your phone calls to Congress to urge your representatives to vote for an economic recovery package that includes significant funding for education. Your efforts have paid off……the House and the Senate have conferenced their stimulus proposals, and each chamber is set to vote on the final package today or this weekend. Included within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a substantial amount of money for education. Below is a short summary of the funding. Of particular note is the $100 million included for the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants. AACTE members have been critically important in securing this funding in the final package!
To learn more, join your colleagues on February 26 from 1:30-3:00 EST at an AACTE webinar entitled “A New Administration + New Congress = New Opportunities”. Participants will get an update on implications for educator preparation in the stimulus package, the new Congress and the Administration. Additionally, presenters will discuss the implementation of the Higher Education Opportunity Act — the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants and new accountability provisions.
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Title I
$13 billion
Education Technology
$650 million
Statewide Data Systems
$250 million
Education for Homeless Children and Youth
$70 million
Teacher Incentive Fund
$200 million
Impact Aid
$100 million
State Stabilization
$53.6 billion
IDEA Part B
$12.2 billion
HeadStart
$1 billion
Early HeadStart
$1.1 billion
Childcare and Development Block Grant
$2 billion
Pell Grants
$15.6 billion
College Work Study
$200 million
Higher Education Tax Credit
$2500 maximum tax credit
National Science Foundation
$3 billion
Job Training
$4 billion
Americorps
$89 million
Teacher Quality Partnership Grants
$100 million
Student Aid Administration
$60 million