American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L.111-5) Resource List
Sunday, 08 March 2009
From the White House:
Recovery.gov is a website that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going. There are going to be a few different ways to search for information. The money is being distributed by Federal agencies, and soon you'll be able to see where it's going -- to which states, to which congressional districts, even to which Federal contractors. As soon as we are able to, we'll display that information visually in maps, charts, and graphics. http://www.recovery.gov/
From the U.S. Department Of Education
OVERVIEW OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 17, 2009. This historic law provides more than $100 billion dollars over the next two years to save education jobs, send young people to college, modernize America's classrooms, and advance education reforms. Information on education provisions in the law can be found below. http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
School Modernization Funds
from State Fiscal Stabilization Fund in Division A of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) may be used "for
modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities and
institutions of higher education facilities" [page 166, Sec. 14002(b)].
The School Construction Tax Credits in Division B of the ARRA ― also
cited as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 (ARRTA)
― may be used for "the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of a
public school facility, or for the acquisition of land on which such a
facility is to be constructed" [page 166, Sec. 14002(b)].
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
President
Obama announced the expedited release of Recovery Act funds to help pay
for health care for families hit hard by the economic crisis and for
some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens. HHS will begin
distributing more than $15 billion in federal assistance under the
Recovery Act to help states cover the costs of Medicaid programs. More
than 49 million Americans rely on Medicaid for health care coverage.
NIH
is well positioned to fund the best science in pursuit of improving the
length and the quality of the lives of our citizens, while at the same
time stimulating the economy. NIH conducts and supports outstanding
biomedical and behavioral research, through more than 3,000
institutions across the country—institutions that have a direct impact
upon the local economies in their towns, cities, and states.
From the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009
NIH CHALLENGE GRANTS IN HEALTH AND SCIENCE RESEARCH (RFA-OD-09-003)
NIH
has received new funds for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 as part of the
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Pub.
L. No. 111-5. The NIH has designated at least $200 million in FYs 2009
– 2010 for a new initiative called the NIH Challenge Grants in Health
and Science Research.
This new program will support research on
topic areas that address specific scientific and health research
challenges in biomedical and behavioral research that would benefit
from significant 2-year jumpstart funds.
The NIH has identified a
range of Challenge Areas that focus on specific knowledge gaps,
scientific opportunities, new technologies, data generation, or
research methods that would benefit from an influx of funds to quickly
advance the area in significant ways. Each NIH Institute, Center, and
Office has selected specific Challenge Topics within the broad
Challenge Areas related to its mission. The research in these Challenge
Areas should have a high impact in biomedical or behavioral science
and/or public health.
NIH anticipates funding 200 or more grants,
each of up to $1 million in total costs, pending the number and quality
of applications and availability of funds. Additional funds may be
available to support additional grants, particularly in the Challenge
Area of Comparative Effectiveness Research. The application due date is April 27, 2009.
From the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) at NIST
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides a total of $610 million in funding to NIST. The funding includes:
$220 million for NIST laboratory research, measurements, and other
services supporting economic growth and U.S. innovation through funding
of such items as competitive grants; research fellowships; and advanced
measurement equipment and supplies;
$360 million to address
NIST’s backlog of maintenance and renovation projects and for
construction of new facilities and laboratories, including $180 million
for a competitive construction grant program for funding research
science buildings outside of NIST;
$20 million in funds
transferred from the Department of Health and Human Services for
standards-related research that supports the security and
interoperability of electronic medical records to reduce health care
costs and improve the quality of care; and
$10 million in
funds transferred from the Department of Energy to help develop a
comprehensive framework for a nationwide, fully interoperable smart
grid for the U.S. electric power system.
NSF Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was
signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an
unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions
of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges
so our country can thrive in the 21st century. The Act is an
extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great
Depression, and includes measures to modernize our nation's
infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational
opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax
relief, and protect those in greatest need.
From the House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee:
Below
are documents prepared by the Congressional Research Service, which
estimate the amount of education funding that each state will receive
from certain aspects of the final American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act. Specifically, these documents estimate what each state would
receive under the bill’s following program allocations: State
Stabilization Funds, Title I, Title I School Improvement, IDEA,
McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance, Education Technology, and
Child Care and Development Block Grant Discretionary Funding.
These
are estimates only based on available and current data and may not
reflect exact allocations that states or school districts receive when
these funds are actually allocated.'
From the New America Foundation, Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP)
Our
Findings: The average district will receive approximately $890 in Title
I stimulus dollars per poor student and $401 in total stimulus dollars
per student. That's a 4 percent increase over the 2005-06 average per
pupil expenditure of $10,615. Examining in detail the district
stimulus allocations for all 14,000 districts expected to receive funds
is a challenge. As a result, we've taken a closer look at the 50
largest districts in the country. These 50 districts serve more than
7.9 million elementary and secondary students, almost 16 percent of the
country's total student population.
The
State Education Data Center (SEDC) is a new service of the Council of
Chief State School Officers, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation as part of the Council's National Education Data
Partnership.
