The Teacher Education Stimulus Package

To: AACTE Members
From: Jane West, Senior Vice President, Policy, Programs, and Professional Issues
Date: February 13, 2009
Re: Stimulus Package - Good things do happen on Friday the 13th

Thank you for all of your phone calls to Congress to urge your representatives to vote for an economic recovery package that includes significant funding for education. Your efforts have paid off......the House and the Senate have conferenced their stimulus proposals, and each chamber is set to vote on the final package today or this weekend. Included within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a substantial amount of money for education. Below is a short summary of the funding. Of particular note is the $100 million included for the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants. AACTE members have been critically important in securing this funding in the final package!

To learn more, join your colleagues on February 26 from 1:30-3:00 EST at an AACTE webinar entitled "A New Administration + New Congress = New Opportunities". Participants will get an update on implications for educator preparation in the stimulus package, the new Congress and the Administration. Additionally, presenters will discuss the implementation of the Higher Education Opportunity Act --- the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants and new accountability provisions.


Final

Title I
$13 billion

Education Technology
$650 million

Statewide Data Systems
$250 million

Education for Homeless Children and Youth
$70 million

Teacher Incentive Fund
$200 million

Impact Aid
$100 million

State Stabilization
$53.6 billion

IDEA Part B
$12.2 billion

HeadStart
$1 billion

Early HeadStart
$1.1 billion

Childcare and Development Block Grant
$2 billion

Pell Grants
$15.6 billion

College Work Study
$200 million

Higher Education Tax Credit
$2500 maximum tax credit

National Science Foundation
$3 billion

Job Training
$4 billion

Americorps
$89 million

Teacher Quality Partnership Grants
$100 million

Student Aid Administration
$60 million