Provided below are the initial Phase II applications that States submitted under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) program. The Department is making these applications publicly available to help ensure greater accountability and transparency in the four education reform areas: (1) achieving equity in the distribution of highly qualified teachers; (2) improving collection and use of data; (3) enhancing standards and assessments; and (4) supporting struggling schools.

An application identified as an "Initial Application" has not yet been approved. The Department is in the process of reviewing each initial application and, as necessary, will work with each State to ensure that its application fully meets the standards established in the Notice of Final Requirements, Definitions, and Approval Criteria published in the Federal Register on November 12, 2009. (The notice can be found at http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2009-4/111209a.pdf.) The Department will post each State's final approved Phase II application.

Alabama	Phase II Initial Application PDF (3.28M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (37.2M)
Alaska	Phase II Initial Application PDF (3.55M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (2.96M)
Arizona	Phase II Initial Application PDF (6.02M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (4.8M) (submitted 3/17/2010)
Arkansas	Phase II Initial Application PDF (2.99M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (6.06M)
California	Phase II Initial Application PDF (10.7M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.19M)
Colorado	Phase II Initial Application PDF (895KB) Amendments to Application MS Word (49K) Approved Phase II Application PDF (991K)
Connecticut	Phase II Initial Application PDF (12.53M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.42M)
Delaware	Phase II Initial Application PDF (5.01M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.4M) (submitted 3/18/2010)
District of Columbia	Phase II Initial Application PDF (5.01M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.36M)
Florida	Phase II Initial Application PDF (2.16M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.5M) (submitted 3/2/2010)
Georgia	Phase II Initial Application PDF (4.51M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (2.7M) (submitted 3/22/2010)
Hawaii	Phase II Initial Application PDF (3.35M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (8.9M)
Idaho	Phase II Initial Application PDF (5.13M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.92M)
Illinois	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.42M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (574K)
Indiana	Phase II Initial Application PDF (10.53M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (9.4M) (submitted 3/17/2010)
Iowa	Phase II Initial Application PDF (859.36KB) Amendments to Application PDF (176K) Approved Phase II Application PDF (728K) (submitted 3/5/2010)
Kansas	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.27M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (17.6M)
Kentucky	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.32M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (36.9M)
Louisiana	Phase II Initial Application PDF (5.05M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (5.1M)
Maine	Phase II Initial Application PDF (728KB) Approved Phase II Application PDF (7.2M)
Maryland	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.89M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (688K)
Massachusetts	Phase II Initial Application PDF (3.13M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (830K)
Michigan	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.30M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.3M) (submitted 3/3/2010)
Minnesota	Phase II Initial Application PDF (15.7M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (6.17M)
Mississippi	Phase II Initial Application PDF (5.33M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (129.2M)
Missouri	Phase II Initial Application PDF (725.87KB) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.18M)
Montana	Phase II Initial Application PDF (562.50KB) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.59M)
Nebraska	Phase II Initial Application PDF (4.26M) Amendments to Application PDF (50K) Approved Phase II Application PDF (6.85M)
Nevada	Phase II Initial Application PDF (5.66M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (7.64M)
New Hampshire	Phase II Initial Application PDF (2.80M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (15.7M)
New Jersey	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.21M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (5.29M) Amendments to Application PDF (1.9M)
New Mexico	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.44M) Amendments to Application PDF (40K) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.4M)
New York	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.38M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.3M)
North Carolina	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.85M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.8M) (submitted 3/3/2010) Amendments to Application PDF (4.09M)
North Dakota	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.3M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (30.7M)
Ohio	Phase II Initial Application PDF (986KB) Amendments to Application PDF (48K) Approved Phase II Application PDF (848K) (submitted 2/25/2010)
Oklahoma	Phase II Initial Application PDF (5.44M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (6.8M)
Oregon	Phase II Initial Application PDF (837KB) Approved Phase II Application PDF (664K)
Pennsylvania	Phase II Initial Application PDF (2.91M) Amendments to Application PDF (94.3K) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.14M)
Puerto Rico	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.6M)
Rhode Island	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.11M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (21.6M)
South Carolina	Phase II Initial Application PDF (4.49M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (4.58M)
South Dakota	Phase II Initial Application PDF (6.92M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (21.1M)
Tennessee	Phase II Initial Application PDF (2.34M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.9M) (submitted 3/23/2010)
Texas	Phase II Initial Application PDF (3.23M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (3.4M)
Utah	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.10M) Amendments to Application PDF (76K) Approved Phase II Application PDF (652K)
Vermont	Phase II Initial Application PDF (2.92M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.4M)
Virginia	Phase II Initial Application PDF (1.6M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (1.73M)
Washington	Phase II Initial Application PDF (4.94M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (11.9M)
West Virginia	Phase II Initial Application PDF (8.85M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (5.72M)
Wisconsin	Phase II Initial Application PDF (8.11M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (995K)
Wyoming	Phase II Initial Application PDF (6.05M) Approved Phase II Application PDF (5.81M)

The State Fiscal Stabilization Fund is Title XIV of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 17, 2009.

This historic law provides more than $100 billion dollars over the next two years to save education jobs, send young people to college, modernize America's classrooms, and advance education reforms.

Information on education provisions in the law can be found at on the Education Department's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 web page.