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Texas Education Agency

Texas Charter Schools Association

2nd Annual Statewide Charter School Budget Bootcamp

September 25, 2009

Texas Education Agency 2

Presentation Outline

I. ARRA OverviewII. ESEAIII. IDEAIV. SFSFV. ReportingVI. Resources


ARRA Overview

Over $100 billion education investment

Historic opportunity to stimulate economy and improve education

Success depends on leadership, judgment, coordination, and communication


Guiding Principals


ARRA Core Reforms


ARRA: National Landscape

Title I and IDEA Funds

$21.3 billion


ARRA: Texas Landscape

Texas State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

$6.2 billion

Stimulus: Title I, IDEA, Part B,

Title II Part D, Title VII

$2.2 billion

Stabilization: Education

Stabilization Fund & Government Services Fund

$3.9 billion

Tax Credit Bonds for Schools

$ 1 billion($465 million to

designated LEAs)


ARRA Funds for Texas

Stimulus

Title I, Part A $944 M

Title I, School Improvement Grants $285 M

Title II, Part D - Education Technology $59 M

Title VII, Subtitle B - McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act $3 M

IDEA, Part B - Grants to States $945 M

IDEA, Part B - Pre-School Grants $24 M

Total $2.2 B

Stabilization (SFSF)

Education Stabilization Fund (81.8%) $3.2 B

Government Services Fund (18.2%) $723 M

Total $3.9 B

Other

Tax Bonds - Specific LEAs $465 M

Tax Bonds - State Allocation $538 M

Total $1 B


Strategic Reform

Improve student achievement.

Effectiveness of our state reform efforts and the state’s success among our peers will be solely based on your commitment and progress toward the four target investments.

BE BOLD! Think very creatively and innovatively.

TEA is committed to providing every student in Texas with access to an effective teacher, in an

effort to close the achievement gap.


USDE Guiding Questions for Uses of Funds

Can the LEA answer "yes" to all five questions?


Question 1. Drive results for students?

Will the proposed use of funds drive improved results for students, including students in poverty, students with disabilities, and English Language Learners?


Question 2. Increase capacity?

Will the proposed use of funds increase educator's long-term capacity to improve results for students?


Question 3. Accelerate reform?

Will the proposed use of funds advance state, district, or school improvement plans and the reform goals encompassed in ARRA?


Question 4. Avoid the cliff and improve productivity?

Will the proposed use of funds avoid recurring costs that states, school systems, and schools are unprepared to assume when this funding ends? Given these economic times, will the proposed use serve as "bridge funding" to help transition to more effective and efficient approaches?


Question 5. Foster continuous improvement?

Will the proposed use of funds include approaches to measure and track implementation and results and create feedback loops to modify or discontinue strategies based on evidence?


Stimulus Funds:ESEA & IDEA


Title I ARRA

Title I Part A & Part D $944M

Two Year Grant Period – One Application

Application Closed 9/1/09

Funding must be expended for allowable Title I, Part A activities

FAQ at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/resources.aspx


Uses of Title I Part A ARRA Funds

ARRA Title I funding must be expended for allowable Title I, Part A activities.

All ARRA Title I funded activities must be supplemental to state and local requirements.

All Title I programmatic requirements apply.

Activities must meet identified needs from the comprehensive needs assessment process and be identified in the Campus Improvement Plan.


Title I: Comprehensive Needs Assessment Process

The Title I campus must conduct the Title I comprehensive needs assessment to determine the identified needs to be met with the ARRA Title I funds.

The Title I campus maintains proper documentation of those identified needs.


ESEA TITLE I ARRA

Title I SIP ARRA $285M

Application Closes 10/22/09

Allocations available at TEA Website


Division of NCLB Coordination 512-463-9374


ESEA TITLE II ARRA

Title I I Part D – Ed Tech $59M

Application Closes 10/19/09 (amendment)

Allocations available at TEA Website


Division of NCLB Coordination 512-463-9374


IDEA – B Stimulus Funds


IDEA – B ARRA

IDEA-B ARRA Formula (3-21) $945M

IDEA-B ARRA Preschool (3-5) $24M

Two Year Grant Period – One Application

Application Closed 9/1/09

Allowable uses same as regular IDEA-B


Uses of IDEA-B ARRA Funds

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.

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.


Uses of IDEA-B ARRA Funds

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.


SFSF Funds:Education Stabilization


State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF)

LEAs may use funds for any activity authorized under ESEA, IDEA, Adult Ed, or Perkins, including modernization of school facilities

LEAs encouraged to use funds for activities that advance progress on the assurances and drive lasting results without unsustainable recurring costs.


Education Stabilization Fund

Approx 67% of funds ($2.1B) available upon approval of initial application

State assured commitment to advance education reform in four specific areas

Baseline data that demonstrate the State's current status in each of the four education reform areas

Description of how the State intends to use its Stabilization allocation.


Education Stabilization Fund Continued

Remaining 33% ($1.2B) will be available with approval of Phase II application

Phase II application will ask for: The State's plan detailing its strategies for addressing the

education reform objectives described in the assurances; A description of how the State is implementing the

record-keeping and reporting requirements of ARRA; and A description of how SFSF and other funding will be used

in a fiscally prudent way.


SFSF ARRA

SFSF Education Services $3.2B

Two One Year Grant Periods (09-10 & 10-11)

09-10 Allocations Available at TEA website

09-10 Application Closes 9/30/09

10-11 Allocations Available Next Summer


Texas Steps Up Initiative

Provide technology to create 21st century classrooms, Libraries and Schools Establish and support a new professional development paradigm Reward demonstrated effectiveness Improve or replace human resources process and data systems Provide resources necessary for Languages Other than English in the

elementary grades Build enhanced student information & assessment systems Develop or expand Pre-K or full day kindergarten Restructure the traditional school schedule and class size Establish comprehensive teacher evaluation systems Provide resources to establish and support online learning

Additional guidance available at: www.tea.state.tx.us/arrastimulus


Texas Steps Up Initiative Benefits of Participation in Steps Up

First Step 51% to 65% of your SFSF allotment Additional priority points on any eligible TEA competitive

discretionary grant

Second Step 66% to 80% of your SFSF allotment Access to technical assistance resources to help with multiple

program design and implementation

Third Step 81%+ of your SFSF allotment Priority consideration for additional funding when ARRA funds

lapse


SFSF - Other Funds

“Race to the Top”- $4.35 B competitive grants to States making most progress toward the assurances

“Investing in What Works and Innovation” - $650 M competitive grants to LEAs and non-profits

Government Services Fund - $723


Applying for ARRA:Funded Grants through TEA


TEA ARRA Grant Applications

Applications for ARRA grants are available in eGrants

Accessed via the Texas Education Agency Secure Environment (TEA SE) portal: https://seguin.tea.state.tx.us/apps/logon.asp

If you do not have TEA SE access for eGrants, you should visit the TEA SE webpage at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/opge/egrant/index.html

An overview of the TEA SE online request process can be found at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/opge/egrant/eGrantsOverview.pdf

If further assistance is needed, please call the eGrants Help Desk at (512) 463-7025 or email [email protected]


Accountability, Reporting and Transparency


Accountability and Reporting

Funds received under ARRA must be reported and tracked separately.

Purchases should be meaningful and aligned to the ARRA goals and principals.

All purchases must address current needs. Districts must submit quarterly reports to TEA,

funding contingent upon compliance.


Accountability and Reporting

Information posted on recovery.gov

Reports will include: Expenditures Number and type of jobs saved/created Amount spent on infrastructure investments Vendors receiving payments of 25,000 or more

First Quarterly Reports Due October 10,2009

Additional Metric Reporting


ResourcesFederal Information State Informationwww.recovery.gov www.tea.state.tx.us/arrastimuluswww.FederalReporting.gov

For questions regarding Texas SFSF Email: [email protected]: (512) 936-3647

For questions regarding Texas NCLB funding in ARRAEmail: [email protected]: (512) 463-9374

ESCs may submit questions to:Email: [email protected]

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