SALEM – State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo announced today that Oregon was awarded $32.7 million through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program from the U.S. Department of Education.  This federal funding is an allocation from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Twelve Oregon schools have been selected to receive the grants over a three year period.

List of Tier I, II, and III Schools for 2010-2013

11/19/09: The revised Title I, Part A ARRA guidance concerning the treatment of State Fiscal Stabilization Funds (SFSF ) with regard to the comparability and supplement, not supplant requirements in Title I has been posted.  Select this LINK  to view the document.

The U.S. Department of Education has released updated guidance for use of ESEA Title I funds under ARRA.  Links to the guidance documents are below.

ARRA Use of Funds PowerPoint Presentation: Presentation

ARRA Title I Use of Funds Guidance: Guidance

Title I, Part A Recovery Funds for Grants to Local Educational Agencies

Updated ODE Title IA Guidance May 15, 2009

1. What are the Title IA ARRA allocations and the preliminary Title IA regular allocations?
The information in the following table gives the District allocations for Title IA ARRA funds and the Preliminary Title IA regular funds.  Please use this information for planning purposes only.  Actual allocations will be posted through the CIP Budget Narrative.  See question 2 for timelines.  See attachment link at bottom of the page or go to the following link:
 

GUIDANCE

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides significant new funding for programs under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Title I). Specifically, the ARRA provides $10 billion in additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Title I, Part A funds to local education agencies (LEAs) for schools that have high concentrations of students from families that live in poverty in order to help improve teaching and learning for students most at risk of failing to meet state academic achievement standards. These funds create an unprecedented opportunity for educators to implement innovative strategies in Title I schools that improve education for at-risk students and close the achievement gaps while also stimulating the economy. The additional resources will enable LEAs to serve more students beyond the approximately 18 million currently served and boost the quality of teaching and learning. Preliminary estimates of Title I, Part A recovery allocations to each state and LEA are available at:

http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/news.html#ARRA.

Early LEA Federal Projections.  These are subject to change.

Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies - OREGON

Allocations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Estimated Title I Actual amounts received by LEAs will be smaller than shown here due to State-level adjustments to Federal Title I allocations. States adjust allocations, for example, to reflect LEA boundary changes or the creation of new LEAs, including charter school LEAs, that are not accounted for in the statutory calculations. States also are permitted to reserve up to 1 percent of allocations for administration and generally must reserve 4 percent in fiscal year 2009 for school improvement activities.