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Ways School Districts May Use ARRA Funds for Special Education - 0 views

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ARRA_Education federal_funding IDEA stimulus

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  • Anne Bubnic on 03 May 09
     
    Suggestions for use of special education ARRA funds are:\n\n1. Teacher salaries and salaries for other trained educators. Possible use could also be trained para professionals that will help a child benefit from an inclusive placement.\n\n2. Scientifically research based curriculums in the areas of reading and math, which are required by No Child Left Behind and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Many school districts are continuing to use outdated curriculums that are not proven to help children learn reading and math. Once a school district purchases the curriculum and trains their teachers the benefits will continue for years to come.\n\n3. Obtain state of the art assistive technology devices and also provide training in their use to enhance access to the general curriculum for students with disabilities.\n\n4. Provide intensive district wide professional training for regular and special education teachers, that focuses on research based curriculums and strategies in the areas of reading, math, writing, and science.\n\n5. Provide intensive district wide professional development in the area of positive behavioral supports and plans to improve outcomes for children with disabilities. Many children with disabilities are continuing to be suspended and expelled for behavior that is part of their disability; though this is not allowed under IDEA. School wide use of positive behavioral supports and plans will benefit all children not just those with disabilities.\n\n6. Hire transition coordinators to work with employers in the community to develop job placements and training for youths with disabilities. This will ensure that children graduating will have a job and a future!\n\n
Anne Bubnic

Federal Recovery Dollars for Title I & Special Ed [California] - 0 views

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ARRA_Education IDEA Title_I special_education stimulus

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  • Establishing a system for identifying and training highly effective teachers to serve as instructional leaders in Title I school wide programs and modifying the school schedule to allow for collaboration among the instructional staff. Providing new opportunities for Title I school-wide programs for secondary school students to use high-quality, online coursework as supplemental learning materials for meeting mathematics and science requirements. Developing and expanding longitudinal data systems to drive continuous improvement efforts focused on increased achievement in Title I schools. Districts are also encouraged to consider using these funds to support and improve preschool and early childhood development programs which are an existing allowable use for Title I.
  • Obtain state-of-the art assistive technology devices and provide training in their use to enhance access to the general curriculum for students with disabilities, including online professional development, online student courses and learning opportunities, and electronic records management for student progress monitoring and data-based decisions for instruction/intervention. Provide intensive district-wide professional development for special education and regular education teachers that focuses on scaling-up, through replication, proven and innovative evidence-based school-wide strategies in reading, math, writing and science, and positive behavioral supports to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. Develop or expand the capacity to collect and use data to improve teaching and learning. Expand the availability and range of inclusive placement options for preschoolers with disabilities by developing the capacity of public and private preschool programs to serve these children. Hire transition coordinators to work with employers in the community to develop job placements for youths with disabilities.
  • . The ARRA SFSF funds provide an opportunity to jump start school reform and improvement efforts while also saving and creating jobs and stimulating the economy. California received $2.56 billion in SFSF for K-12 LEAs.
  • Anne Bubnic on 07 May 09
     
    May 4 09: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today released California Department of Education (CDE) calculations of the amount of Title I funds that local educational agencies (LEAs) in California will receive, as well as the amount of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B funds that Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPAs) will receive under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
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ARRA: IDEA Recovery Funds for Services to Children and Youths with Disabilities - 0 views

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ARRA_Education IDEA_PartB DISABILITIES stimulus

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  • Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09
     
    Part B of the IDEA provides funds to state educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) to help them ensure that children with disabilities, including children aged three through five, have access to a free appropriate public education to meet each child's unique needs and prepare him or her for further education, employment, and independent living. Part C of the IDEA provides funds to each state lead agency designated by the Governor to implement statewide systems of coordinated, comprehensive, multidisciplinary interagency programs and make early intervention services available to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
Anne Bubnic

Assistive Technology and Turn-key Computer Systems for People with Disabilities. - 0 views

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ARRA_Education DELL IDEA technology stimulus

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  • Anne Bubnic on 01 May 09
     
    Technology companies are gearing up to take their fair share of economic stimulus funding. Web sites have been updated to reflect ARRA opportunities. This page links to Dell's technology solutions specifically designed for people who are visually, physically, hearing or learning disabled.
Anne Bubnic

The status of federal stimulus dollars in California Education - 0 views

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ARRA_Education SFSF IDEA ACSA stimulus Title I

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  • Anne Bubnic on 16 May 09
     
    This is an analysis of economic stimulus funding for education, provided by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA). Federal stimulus dollars have begun flowing to the state. But LEAs are still a few weeks away from getting them in their hands. LEAs will begin receiving these funds in May. There are three primary one-time funding sources in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA): Title I, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF).
Anne Bubnic

List of State Allocations for IDEA Recovery Funds [.xls] - 0 views

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ARRA_Education IDEA State_allocations stimulus

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  • Anne Bubnic on 27 Apr 09
     
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) appropriates significant new funding for programs under Parts B and C of IDEA. Part B of the IDEA provides funds to state educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) to help them ensure that children with disabilities, including children aged three through five, have access to a free appropriate public education to meet each child's unique needs and prepare him or her for further education, employment, and independent living.
Anne Bubnic

Using ARRA Funds to Drive School Reform and Improvement [.doc] - 0 views

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ARRA_education SFSF Title__1 IDEA stimulus

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  • Anne Bubnic on 27 Apr 09
     
    The document, released on April 24, 2009, is intended to spark ideas about how schools and districts might use Recovery Act funds, particularly under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, Title I, and the Individuals with Disabilities Act Part B.
Anne Bubnic

Highlights of ARRA Funding Opportunities for Local Districts [PDF] - 0 views

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ARRA_Education Head_Start Title_I education_reform stimulus special_education IDEA_PartB IDEA_PartC SFSF

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  • Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09
     
    ARRA provides $12.2 billion in funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) under Part B and Part C. Part B consists of $11.3 billion allocated for Section 611 (ages 3-21) and $400 million for Section 619 (ages 3-5 only).1 $500 million is provided for Part C (infants and toddlers). In addition to IDEA funding, it's possible that other ARRA line items, including but not limited to Title I and Head Start funding, might also be dedicated to special education and educational reforms. State Fiscal Stabilization Funds can also be used by states for these purposes, but there is no requirement that they do so.
Anne Bubnic

ARRA and Special Education - 0 views

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ARRA_Education stimulus Special_Education IDEA Title_I SFSF

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  • Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09
     
    ARRA provides $12.2 billion in funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) under Part B and Part C. Part B consists of $11.3 billion allocated for Section 611 (ages 3-21) and $400 million for Section 619 (ages 3-5 only).1 $500 million is provided for Part C (infants and toddlers). In addition to IDEA funding, it's possible that other ARRA line items, including but not limited to Title I and Head Start funding, might also be dedicated to special education and educational reforms. State Fiscal \nStabilization Funds can also be used by states for these purposes, but there is no requirement that they do so/
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Stimulus Solutions from PCI Education - 0 views

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ARRA_Education funding IDEA Title_I assistive_technology

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  • Anne Bubnic on 25 Apr 09
     
    Special ed products, struggling learners, autism, Developmental disabilities, ELL/ESL
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Duncan has $5 b for education transformation. What should he do? - 0 views

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ARRA_Education data_system RaceToTheTop student_achievement assessment stimulus

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  • Making progress toward rigorous college- and career-ready standards and assessments that are valid and reliable for all students, including English language learners and students with disabilities;
  • Establishing prekindergarten to college and career data systems that track progress and foster continuous improvement;
  • Making improvements in teacher effectiveness and in equitable distribution of qualified teachers for all students, particularly students who are most in need;
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  • Providing intensive support and effective interventions for the lowest-performing schools.
  • First, every state should have a comprehensive data system that tracks student progress from one year to the next.
  • a class of test scores can tell whether a teacher is effective, and an entire state of test scores can tell whether a policy is working. When empirical data replace emotion as the basis for developing policy, America will be able to transform the quality of education into a world-class system of learning.
  • If a state needs educators to teach students who are gifted or disabled or learning to speak English, let's create the market that attracts their expertise.
  • A meaningful bump in pay -- $1,000 a month or more -- would provide an incentive for educators to teach tough subjects such as physics and trigonometry or to teach in schools with a high population of students living in poverty. Moreover, giving a bonus to teachers for every one of their students who pass an advanced placement test in science and math will create an incentive for success and generate American intellectual capital in critical fields. Third, low-performing schools must be fixed. It is morally wrong to consign students to schools that consistently fail to educate them. Let's help those schools be successful with whatever assistance it takes. Where schools don't improve, we believe parents should have the option of sending their children to public charter schools whose leadership has proved it can prepare students for the next grade and beyond.Finally, let's stop tinkering around the edges of reform and really revolutionize the way we deliver knowledge to students. Learning is no longer local, yet we still operate in a system ruled by traditional course work and antiquated textbooks. Our education system is an eight-track tape deck living in the high-speed digital age.
  • An online campus also would create an economic way to customize education for every child in America. Students wouldn't be limited by what was offered at their particular school. With the click of a mouse they could take Chinese at one virtual academy, geometry at another and 18th Century poetry at another. They could learn at their own pace, whether it is faster or slower than their peers.
Anne Bubnic

Education reform way to rake in stimulus money - 0 views

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ARRA_Education Title_I RaceToTheTop special_education stimulus

shared by Anne Bubnic on 27 Apr 09 - Cached
  • early $44 billion for schools was made available April 1 and is to help states and school districts jump-start reform efforts and stabilize shrinking budgets. Another round of funding will be made available for states' applications later in the year, according to the federal Education Department.States were given guidelines this month on how they could use stimulus funds. The majority of the money states receive must be applied to programs that serve low-income students in Title 1 and special education students in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act programs
  • states competing for Race to the Top funds will be judged on how well they are using the first round of stabilization and Title I funds to advance education reforms.
  • Every dollar we spend must advance reforms and improve learning," Duncan said in a release. "We are putting real money on the line to challenge every state to push harder and do more for its children."
  • Anne Bubnic on 27 Apr 09
     
    Nearly $44 billion for schools was made available April 1 and is to help states and school districts jump-start reform efforts and stabilize shrinking budgets. Another round of funding will be made available for states' applications later in the year, according to the federal Education Department.
Anne Bubnic

Taking Action on ARRA: Education & Learning Disabilities - 0 views

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ARRA_Education stimulus special_education

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  • Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09
     
    To reform education, and ensure that America's classrooms provide support for all learners, Congress and President Obama have provided an additional $12.2 billion in funding for special education through the stimulus package, known by its acronym as ARRA. That's the good news. The bad news is these funds may be endangered if they are not spent effectively, and as intended.
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