PRESS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2010 MEDIA
CONTACT
Trey Pollard 202.225.5401
Department
of Education has now provided more than $1.1 billion to Commonwealth from
Recovery Act
(Washington, DC)
Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) announced that the Commonwealth of
Kentucky would receive an additional $175 million in funding through the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to prevent education job cuts, avoid
reductions in public services, and help modernize and improve schools. This new
funding brings the total amount of Recovery Act dollars the Commonwealth has
received from the U.S. Department of Education to more than $1.14 billion. Late
last year, Kentucky reported that initial funds from the Recovery Act had been
used to fund more than 7,300 education jobs.
“This Recovery Act
funding will save and create some of the most important jobs in our community –
teachers and educational staff,” said Congressman Yarmuth. “While budgets
are tight, we simply cannot afford to neglect the education of our children in
Kentucky. With this investment, our nation is guaranteeing our students have
the resources to receive a high-quality education while maintaining the
highest-skilled workforce in the world. ”
The new funding from
the Recovery Act will be awarded as State Fiscal Stabilization funds intended
to help stabilize local budgets and ensure schools throughout the Commonwealth
can avoid job cuts, retain vital faculty and staff, and modernize, renovate,
and repair schools and colleges.
Kentucky recently
reported that more than 7,300 education jobs had been funded with Recovery Act
dollars. In addition to the $175 million announced today, the Commonwealth has
received more than $964 million in Recovery Act funds from the Department of
Education, including:
· $475
million in initial State Fiscal Stabilization Funds
· $155
million in Title 1 funds to support improvements in schools with high
concentrations of low-income students.
· $174
million to help ensure students with disabilities have access to educational
opportunities that meet their needs and unique abilities.
· $9
million in grants to develop programs to help students become technologically
literate.
· $133
million in Pell Grants for Kentucky students
· $2
million in work study funds to provide jobs to students to help them
pay college expenses.
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