1. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 0f 2009 A Year in Review February 17, 2010

2. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce D’Arcy Philps & Vic Klatt Van Scoyoc Associates Cheryl L. Sattler, Ph.D. Senior Partner Ethica, LLC

3. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ARRA Enacted a year ago today: $787 billion Education Related Funding Made up $100 billion Jobs and Reform

4. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Funding: Original $$ Awarded SFSF$48.6 billion$36.9 billion Student Financial Assistance $17.3 billion$8.7 billion IDEA$12.2 billion$12.2 billion Title I$10 billion$10.0 billion Sec. Grants (RTTT/I3)$5 billion$5 billion School Improvement Grants$3 billion$149 million Education Technology$650 million$650 million Vocational Rehabilitation$539 million$539 million Teacher Incentive Fund$200 million$54 million Independent Living$140 million$73 million Impact Aid$100 million$40 million McKinney Vento Homeless$70 million$70 million TOTAL$98.4 billion$76.5 billion*

5. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Funding The amount of funds actually drawn down is much lower: $32 billion –Audits –Interest –Drawdown Requirements Different programs have different spending deadlines

6. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Is it working? From the perspective of creating (or keeping) jobs - probably. According to grant recipients, last quarter, over 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors. 400K when including corrections officers, public health personnel, and construction workers. Some believe these are inflated, others think too low – a close look at data does show many inconsistencies, but ultimately, one would expect significant job creation given amount of funding.

7. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Is it working? From the perspective of reform… –Catalyst for common standards and assessments –Has moved the debate forward on teacher performance based on student achievement and teacher distribution –Boost to State data systems –Focus on low achieving schools –Charter school movement has benefited –Positive movement overall, but still much to be proven

8. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Review of Major Programs State Fiscal Stabilization Funding Race to the Top I3 Teacher Incentive School Improvement Grants

9. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Share Similar Focus College and Career Ready Standards and assessments Strategies to recruit, train and retain Effective teachers and leaders Statewide data systems Turn around Nation's Lowest-Achieving Schools

10. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Total Funding = $48.6 billion ($36.8 billion in Phase I and $11.5 billion in Phase II) Phase I Applications: Governor’s assurances to “take action and make progress in four areas of education reform:” Adopting internationally benchmarked standards and assessments; Recruiting, developing, and retaining effective teachers and principals; Building data systems that measure student success and inform teachers and principals how they can improve their practices; and Turning around our lowest-achieving schools.

11. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce SFSF Phase I Phase I application also provided insight on how funds would be allocated: –Education Grants: Majority to restore K-12 $25+ Approx $6 billion to restore higher education Approx $5 billion for school districts (after restoring funds) –Government Services: $8 billion Uses of fund varied greatly, although majority not for education Recent Phase I amendments resulted in some changes, but generally not significant

12. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce SFSF Phase II All States submitted in January 2010 – www.ed.gov Governors required to provide data in each of these four areas of reform. Data to public - “empowering them to identify needs and drive reform.” States not required to show progress – just prove information is in place – or Submit a plan for ensuring this information will be publicly reported as soon as possible, but no later than September 30, 2011.

13. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce SFSF Will States come through? Is data helpful? What happens when funding is gone?

14. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Race To The Top $4 billion State enthusiasm Phase I - 40 States and DC Timing Phase II

15. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce RTTT Comparing Applications –LEA participation –Union “buy-in” –Business involvement –“Ambitious yet Achievable” Goals –Teacher related provisions –STEM and other competitive preferences

16. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce RTTT How will they be judged? Phase I – handful of winners? Impact on Phase II Political challenges Future funding?

17. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Other Programs RTTT Assessment Program I3 Teacher Incentive Grants School Improvement Grants

18. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Reform Opportunities Get involved in State and local RTTT discussions – most States will be in Phase II Take advantage of the data –Learn from what other States are doing –How does your State stack up? –What is the business community doing in other States? –Follow the spending

19. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce The Data States must begin to report more data – user-friendly portals Recovery.gov Ed.gov

20. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Challenges Many moving parts Too much information – not enough “good” information? Complicated accountability systems – ARRA vs. NCLB What happens when the $ is gone?

21. An Affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce What’s Next? Another Jobs/Stimulus bill? FY11 Budget ESEA Reauthorization