Education
The table below shows the funding provided for various Department of Education programs.
Additional Funding in the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Millions of Dollars)
Title I - Grants to Local Educational Agencies
$10,000
Title I - School Improvement Grants
$3,000
IDEA - Special Education (Part B state grants)
$11,700
Impact Aid Construction
$100
Education Technology
$650
Education for Homeless Children and Youth
$70
Teacher Incentive Fund
$200
IDEA - Infants and Families (Part C state grants)
$500
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research
$680
Statewide Data Systems
$250
Total K-12 funding
$27,150
Student Financial Assistance (Pell Grants - Discretionary)
$15,640
Student Financial Assistance (Pell Grants - Mandatory)
$1,470
Student Aid Administration
$60
College Work-Study
$200
Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants
$100
Total Post-Secondary Education funding
$17,470
Total Education Funding
$44,620*
*This table does not include the $14 million provided for the Office of the Inspector General or any funds from
the $53.6 billion State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. For more information on the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
click here: http://www.cbpp.org/1-22-09bud-sfsf.pdf
State-by-State Distribution
On February 19th, 2009 the Department of Education released its preliminary state-by-state allocation of funds
from the Recovery Package. (http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/recovery.html)
Their state-by-state tables for various programs can be found here:
http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.xls.