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American Recovery and Reinvestment ActDistrict Communication
SAVING AND CREATING JOBS AND
REFORMING EDUCATION
Florida Department of Education
April 6, 2009
2American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Historic, One-time Investment
• Over $100 billion education investment • Historic opportunity to stimulate economy and
improve education• Success depends on leadership, judgment,
coordination, and communication
3American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Guiding Principles
4American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Improve the Collection and Use of Data
Support Struggling Schools
Enhance Academic Standards and Assessments
Achieve Equity In Teacher Distribution and Teacher
Quality
Advance Core Reforms: Assurances
5American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Significant Impact on High Needs Schools’ Budgets
Additional funds available through ARRA over 2 years
6American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
PK-12 ARRA Formula Funds $3.5 Billion
Funding Category All States FloridaRecipie
ntAvailable
Stabilization Fund - Education (81.8%)
$39.8B $2.2 B Gov.67% April33% Fall
Title I, Part A Recovery Funds$10 B
$492.5 M
SEA50% April50% Fall
IDEA Part B grants to States$11.3 B
$627.2M
SEA50% April50% Fall
IDEA Part B preschool grant$400 M $19.7M SEA
50% April50% Fall
School Lunch Equipment Grant (competitive sub-grant)
$100 M $5.4M SEA 100% April
Education for homeless children and youths
$70 M $3.1M SEA 100% April
Title I - School Improvement Grants$3 B
$142.7M
SEA 100% Fall
Educational Technology State Grants $650 M $30.3M SEA 100% Fall
7American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
PK-12 ARRA Competitive Funds
Funding CategoryAll
States
Florida Recipient Available
Stabilization Fund – Incentive Grant -“Race to the Top”
$4.35 B TBD
SEA Fall 2009
Stabilization Fund – Innovation fund - “Invest in what works and innovation”
$650 M TBD LEA or non
profit TBD
Title VIII - Impact Aid Construction
(60% competitive)$100 M
TBD LEA 40% in March
60% TBD
Title V- Teacher Incentive Fund $200 M
TBD SEA Fall 2009
Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants
$100 M TBD
IHE Fall 2009
Longitudinal Statewide Data System / Inst. of Education Sciences
$250 M TBD
SEA Fall 2009
8American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Balance Speed and Effectiveness
• Balance speed and stimulus with careful planning and effective reforms
• States should award funds to LEAs as quickly as is prudent and LEAs should use funds expeditiously but sensibly
• LEA obligation timelines:– State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF): must be obligated by
September 30, 2011– Title I, Part A: in absence of a waiver, 85% by Sept 30, 2010;
any remaining by Sept 30, 2011– IDEA, Part B: majority during school years 2008/09 and
2009/10 and remainder by September 30, 2011
9American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Avoid “The Cliff”
• Maximize short-term investments with lasting results for:– students– teacher, school, and district capacity for improvement
• Minimize unsustainable ongoing commitments
• Integrate coherent improvement strategies that are aligned with the core reform goals
10American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Investment Strategies Aligned to Assurances and Principles:
Save and Create Jobs
1. Assign high-performing teachers to low-performing schools in tested areas.
2. Hire high-performing Teach for America (TFA) teachers in low-performing schools
3. Provide reading coaches and other appropriate coaches for all schools with focus on low-performing schools.
4. Provide district and school-level Response to Intervention (RtI) trained facilitators with focus on low-performing schools
5. Provide student services personnel for all schools with a focus on low-performing schools
• Provide social workers and psychologists at all Title I and Correct II schools to address attendance, intervention strategies, testing/placement, RtI, and Positive Behavior Support (PBS)
11American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Investment Strategies Aligned to Assurances and Principles:
Save and Create Jobs
6. Provide related services personnel for students with disabilities at all schools in order to provide services/therapies identified on the students’ Individualized Education Plans (IEPs); provide paraprofessionals in accordance with the students’ IEPs; and provide a full-time Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Specialist at all Title I schools and schools with more than 20% ESE enrollment
7. Increase Public School PreK to full day (VPK half-day,
Title-I or IDEA PreK the remainder) during the school year
in low-performing schools
12American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Investment Strategies Aligned to Assurances and Principles
Professional Development8. Provide intensive professional development focused on the
language arts standards including RtI, integration of technology and access points for students with disabilities and English Language Proficient (ELP) standards for ELL students
9. Provide intensive professional development focused on the math standards including RtI, integration of technology and access points for students with disabilities (including teachers of SWD and ELL)
10. Provide intensive professional development focused on the science standards including RtI, integration of technology and access points for students with disabilities (including teachers of SWD and ELL)
11. Implement and provide professional development on the new reading assessment
12. Provide intensive professional development in Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
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Investment Strategies Aligned to Assurances and Principles
Technology
13. Provide necessary technology tools and other teaching resources (including appropriate accommodations and assistive technology) for reading, math and science for all students including ELL and SWD.
14. Bring schools and districts up to readiness level in technology (student/computer ratio; adequate data connection, appropriate capacity caching and proxy servers, etc.)
• To track student performance on all curriculum standards and in the accelerated programs
• To collect accurate and timely formative student performance data
• To access computer-based testing needs
15. Enhance the collection and reporting of data to provide accessibility and transparency for use of funds
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Investment Strategies Aligned to Assurances and Principles:
Increase Access to Rigorous Courses
16. Increase student participation in more rigorous advanced courses International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, Advanced International Certificate of Education, Dual Enrollment and Industry Certification• Insure access by increasing classes and programs offered in
accelerated programs
• Increase online opportunities• Provide Professional Development for more teachers and counselors
in those acceleration programs
• Plan additional parent information efforts
• Increase the availability of accelerated c0-curricular activities
15American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Investment Strategies Aligned to Assurances and Principles:
Quality Educators
17.Provide mentoring and induction for new and struggling teachers.
18.Provide teachers with the professional development necessary and/or with reimbursement for courses and certification examinations upon completion to become highly-qualified• Provide incentives for Reading Endorsement, ESOL
Endorsement, Content-area certification for ESE teachers
16American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Investment Strategies Aligned to Assurances and Principles:
Leadership
19. Provide professional development to leadership teams that includes: monitoring instruction, lesson study, RtI, and how to schedule a school to provide embedded time for professional development and intervention.
20.Provide performance bonus pay for high-performing leadership teams and assign them to lowest-performing schools
Other:
21.Other district-determined focused strategies aligned to the assurances and principles.
DRAFT
American Recovery and Reinvestment ActDistrict Communication
IDEA, CEIS and ARRA
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, Cooperative Early Intervention Services and American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of
2009
18American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Supplement not Supplant
• This federal requirement is designed to ensure that the services provided with Federal dollars are in addition to, and DO NOT replace (supplant) the services that students would otherwise receive. (DOE 900e p. 2)
• Federal funds are for the additional supports and programs that go above an beyond the minimum requirements statutorily required for students.
19American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Supplement vs. Supplant
Title I, III and IDEA may not be used in the following situations (DOE 900e p.3)
The intervention is required by law
Intervention is part of the core instruction
Federal funds may not be used to replace any interventions were previously funded with district, state and local funds the previous year may.
**Note: the rules for supplanting differ between IDEA and Title I
20American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Core InstructionCore Instruction includes, all students receiving high-quality instruction, research based Core Instruction in the regular classroom.
Core Instruction includes whole group and small group instruction (such as reading groups) available for ALL students.
Because Core Instruction is provided for ALL students, IDEA, Title I and Title III may not be used to fund core instruction.
21American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
CEIS (Coordinated Early Intervening Services)
CEIS IS used for:
High Quality Research Based interventions
Progress Monitoring & Supports
Professional Development
CEIS is NOT used for:
Identified Special Needs Students (ESE)
Small group Instruction
Screenings
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CEIS Requirement (34 CFR 300.646(b)(2)
• Monroe County has been identified by the State with a disproportionality based on race/ ethnicity and discipline rates of ESE students. Monroe County is therefore required to utilize the maximum amount of funds under CEIS. That exact amount as calculated by the FDOE is $16,594.00 (PK) $532,729.00 (IDEA) both amounts are to cover the next two years of CEIS.
• The guidance states specifically, “the children in the identified groups should be targeted”.
23American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
ARRA funds & IDEA
Unlike CEIS which is for NON –ESE, IDEA Federal funds must be used to provide the additional supports and services above and beyond the required for students WITH special needs.
IDEA is a Federal grant that currently provides, occupational, physical and speech therapists, psychologists, teaching assistants, staffing specialists, behavioral specialist, transition for the 18-22 year olds, equipment, supplies etc.. Over 95% of the federal IDEA grant goes to directly support the schools and programs.
24American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
ARRA Federal Funds
On top of the annual funding we receive for special programs and services (IDEA) we now provided additional ARRA funds. These extra funds are available for additional, temporary funding through the ARRA grant.
While the requirements for data keeping and reporting for IDEA are extensive we will have the additional and far greater scope of monitoring ARRA funds.
The guidance regarding ARRA funds and data reporting are “considered to be far more intensive than even the existing federal grants”.
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ARRA
The ARRA funds follow the same statutory requirements as IDEA and strict adherence will be monitored when providing FAPE for ESE students.
Funds are to be used for the supplemental supports and services above what the district currently provides. With the “focus on improving teaching and learning for students with disabilities”.
Recommendations for ARRA funds are : Professional Development for school staff, materials, PCM, PBS, RTI (which is mandated in 2010), improving student achievement, avoid layoffs and to create jobs that can be sustained once the grant is terminated.
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ARRA
Strong caution has been issued to districts regarding use of ARRA funding. First -follow the IDEA guidelines, secondly, do not set up a cliff.
The funds are to cover the next two years only. Also, “federal funds may not provide services to non disabled students, including gifted”. (DOE 900e p.3)
Districts are expected to use the funds wisely and
ensure that when the grant period ceases that there will not be significant layoffs, or disruption on services.
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Title I, Part A - ARRA Funds - MonroeFirst 50% ARRA Second 50% ARRA TOTAL ARRA Reserve for
2009-10 2009-10 2009-10 2010-11? ALLOCATION ALLOCATION ALLOCATION
Set-Asides: 346,429
346,429 692,858 346,429
HQT 5% 17,321
17,321 34,643
17,321
Parent Involvement 1% 3,464
3,464
6,929
3,464
SINI PD 10% 34,643
34,643 69,286
34,643
CWT 5%FL DOE
submitting for waiver on the
20% CWT & SES set-aside
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-
-
SES 5%
- -
-
CWT & SES 10%
- -
-
Homeless Non-Title I schls ?? -
Neg & Delinq - Non-Title I ?? ___________ ____________ ___________ -
Total Set-Asides 55,429
55,429 110,858
55,429
Available for allocation: $291,000
$291,000 582,000 $291,000
$291,000 Allocation minus Mini-application now to request first 50% 2010-11 reserve Title I application due in June must include both the first & second 50% Use 2nd 50% for 2010-11 school year
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29American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Florida Department of Education
Funds must Supplement/Not Supplant
Would the position be funded in the absence of Title I funds? If the answer is “Yes”, you’re supplanting!
Would the purchase be made in the absence of Title I funds? If the answer is “Yes”, you’re supplanting!
District must have Maintenance of Effort and maintain Comparability
District must continue to provide Title I schools with the funds they would have received in the absence of Title I funds.
Research-based or Proven programs and strategies
Take into account the experience of model programs for the educationally disadvantaged, and the findings of relevant scientifically based research.
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Fiscal Reporting
Fiscal reporting requirements for these funds go above and beyond the routine fiscal reporting procedures
quarterly reporting of expenditures must be tied to the assurance, principles, and strategies associated with the ARRA programs
a unique final Project Expenditure Report format will be provided
FL Department of Education is creating a web-based system for reporting on expenditures to date for each of the proposed expenditures reflected in the approved project budget
Format is identical to the budget narrative in the project application
Report due to the FL DOE by the 5th day of each month following the end of the quarter. Reporting dates are as follows:
July 5, October 5, January 5, April 5
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How will funds be used in Monroe?
Principals are reviewing a packet issued by DOE identifying the principles and strategies for which the funds should be used to consider how funds may be used at their school or at district level.
Some thoughts so far: Summer School Program for Pre-K students entering Kindergarten in August
Extend school-year Pre-K program to a full-day Pre-K program at Title I schools
As Title I schools plan their program for the 2009-10 school year, identify
positions to be saved, created, or continued
professional development to be funded
instructional materials/software to be purchased