More Than $1 Billion in Recovery Funds

Now Available for Ohio to Save Teaching Jobs and Drive Education Reform

More than $1 billion is now available for Ohio under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. This funding will lay the foundation for a generation of education reform and help save hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs at risk of state and local budget cuts. Ohio will be eligible to apply for another $590 million this fall. The funding is being made available per Ohio's successful completion of Part 1 of the State Stabilization Application, which was made available on April 1st.

To date, Ohio has received $432 million in education stimulus funds—representing a combination of funding for Title I, IDEA, Vocational Rehabilitation Grants and Independent Living Grants. On April 1, Ohio received $186 million in Title I funding and $233 million in IDEA funding. This represents 50 percent of the Title I and IDEA funding Ohio is eligible for in total. On April 1, Ohio also received $11 million in Vocational Rehab funds and $2 million in Independent Living funds.

In order to receive today's funds, Ohio provided assurances that it will collect, publish, analyze and act on basic information regarding the quality of classroom teachers, annual student improvements, college readiness, the effectiveness of state standards and assessments, progress on removing charter caps and interventions in turning around underperforming schools.

Ohio is also required by the Department of Education to report the number of jobs saved through Recovery Act funding, the amount of state and local tax increases averted and how funds are used.

Ohio application for initial funding under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Program

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