More Than $681 Million in Recovery Funds Now Available for Arizona to Save Teaching Jobs and Drive Education Reform
Application for Part 1 of Arizona's State Stabilization Funds Approved Today
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FOR RELEASE:
June 10, 2009
Contact: Sandra Abrevaya, (202) 401-1576
sandra.abrevaya@ed.gov

U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that more than $681 million is now available for Arizona under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. This funding will lay the foundation for a generation of education reform and help save hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs at risk of state and local budget cuts. Arizona will be eligible to apply for another $335.5 million this fall. Today's funding is being made available per Arizona's successful completion of Part 1 of the State Stabilization Application, which was made available on April 1st.

"The $681 million Arizona will receive today is part of the single largest boost in education funding in recent history," said Duncan. "The President's leadership and support from Congress have made this historic investment possible. Arizona can now utilize these funds to save jobs and lay the groundwork for a generation of education reform."

To date, Arizona has received $209 million in education stimulus funds—representing a combination of funding for Title I, IDEA, Vocational Rehabilitation Grants, Independent Living Grants and Impact Aid. On April 1, Arizona received $97.5 million in Title I funding and more than $97 million in IDEA funding. This represents 50 percent of the Title I and IDEA funding Arizona is eligible for in total. On April 1, Arizona also received $6.5 million in Vocational Rehab funds and more than $1 million in Independent Living funds. On April 10, Arizona received more than $7 million in Impact Aid funding.

In order to receive today's funds, Arizona provided assurances that it will collect, publish, analyze and act on basic information regarding the quality of classroom teachers, annual student improvements, college readiness, the effectiveness of state standards and assessments, progress on removing charter caps and interventions in turning around underperforming schools.

Arizona is also required by the Department of Education to report the number of jobs saved through Recovery Act funding, the amount of state and local tax increases averted and how funds are used.

See Arizona and other state applications for initial funding under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Program at http://www.ed.gov/programs/statestabilization/resources.html.

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