Nearly $5.5 billion in Recovery Act funding has been approved for three states: $4 billion for California, $1.4 billion for Illinois, and $85.4 million for South Dakota. This money is available to states under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, which, at $53.6 billion, is the largest pot of money for education in the Recovery Act. Five more states — Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oregon, and Utah — have applied. Also, earlier this month all 50 states received funding under Title I, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and several other formula grant programs. For more information, please see today’s CNN article.
ED Staff