Department of Education - ED
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Department of Education Recovery Overview
Updates for ED Recovery Act Implementation:
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• August 12, 2009:
The Teacher Quality Partnership
Next Deadline: Oct 06, 2009
Supports activities to reduce shortages of highly qualified teachers in high-need school districts. Eligible applicants are states, or partnerships consisting of high need local educational agencies, teacher preparation institutions, or schools of arts & sciences. Recipients must carry out a needs assessment & then design & implement recruitment activities. ARRA amount: $143 million.
See
http://www.ed.gov/programs/tqpartnership/index.html
for details.
CFDA Number:84.405
Contact:
Peggi Zelinko, Director
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
202/260-2614
E-mail: peggi.zelinko@ed.gov
• March 23, 2009:
Teacher Quality Partnership Competition
The supplemental funds, appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), are intended to help stimulate the American economy. The Teacher Quality Partnership program seeks to improve the quality of new teachers working in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) and high-need schools by creating successful and high-quality model Pre-Baccalaureate Teacher Preparation programs and/or Teaching Residency programs for those qualified to begin teaching. Projects may also include a school leadership component to train superintendents, principals, early childhood educator program directors and other school leaders in high-need or rural LEAs. Initiatives to support development of digital education content, to improve the quality of pre-baccalaureate teacher preparation programs, and/or to enhance the quality of pre-service training for prospective teachers are also supported..The purpose of ARRA is
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(1) To preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery;
(2) To assist those most impacted by the recession;
(3) To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health;
(4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits; and
(5) To stabilize State and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases.
Award recipients are legally obligated to meet specific reporting requirements established by the Act. Applications for grants under the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program, CFDA number (Not Available), must be submitted electronically using the Government-wide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.405). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail: support@grants.gov.
Education Recovery Act Summary
U.S. Department of Education (ED)
ED's portion of ARRA funding is approximately $81.1 billion. The bulk of this amount, approximately $53.6 billion, will be funded directly to states under the State Stabilization Fund. The average award size to states will be approximately $929 million.
Of the $53.6 billion, approximately 81.8 percent of the funds must be used for education-related expenses. The remaining 18.2 percent must be used for other government services, including "modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities and institutions of higher education (IHE) facilities, including modernization, renovation, and repairs that are consistent with a recognized green building rating system." Interestingly, the House requested $6 billion specifically for higher education modernization, but that measure did not get past the Senate and therefore was not part of the ARRA.
Other highlights of ED's portion of the ARRA include the following:
- $13 billion for Title I, Part A grants to states and school improvement grants;
- $12.2 billion for special education grants to states, preschool grants and grants for infants and families-all under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA);
- $650 million for education technology grants;
- $300 million for teacher quality, with $200 million for the Teacher Incentive Fund and $100 million for Teacher Quality Partnership Grants; and
- $17.1 billion (both discretionary and mandatory funding) to increase the maximum Pell Grant by $500, to $5,350 in 2009
