ARRA Stimulus Fund Chart
Click on the link below for additional information regarding your district's estimated allocation from the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009 Stimulus Bill).
http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/01/school-districts-will-benefit.shtml
Government Funding
Study Island programs qualify for government funding through:
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Title I - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
Title I, under No Child Left Behind, is designed to provide funds to school districts to ensure all children, especially disadvantaged children, receive a high-quality education and meet the prescribed state academic standards in core subject areas.
Approved programs through Title I need to provide additional academic support and opportunities to learn for all children. Funds may be used to extend and reinforce regular school curriculum including, but not limited to:
- Extra instruction in reading and math;
- School wide improvement programs;
- Targeted assistance school programs;
- Special preschool programs;
- After-school programs; and
- Summer programs.
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title I by:
- Promoting the mastery of challenging academic standards for all students through lessons, reviews, assessments, and reinforcements directly aligned with individual state standards.
- Increasing the accountability of students and schools by providing detailed reports that show just where a student or class, stands in their mastery of the required standards.
- Providing guidance and opportunities for individualized instruction (target teaching) for reported areas of weakness.
- Provide parents with meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education by allowing access to the program from home as well as emailing them real-time reports.
For more information regarding Title I, please visit:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html.
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Title II – Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals
Title IID – Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT)
Title II funds are to be used by schools and districts to increase student achievement by improving the quality of teachers and administrators through high-quality, research-based professional development. Title II also provides funds for schools to hold local educational agencies and schools accountable for improvements in student academic achievement.
The purpose of Title IID funds is to assist schools and districts in implementing and supporting a system that uses technology to improve student academic achievement. These initiatives should provide an integration of technology effectively in lessons and curriculum that are aligned with state academic standards.
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title II by:
- Promoting the mastery of challenging academic standards for all students through lessons, reviews, assessments, and reinforcements directly aligned with individual state standards.
- Improving teacher quality through professional development designed to improve student achievement using research-based programs directly aligned with challenging state standards.
- Promoting communication among parents, teachers, administrators and students through the use of technology.
- Providing parents with real-time reports of their child’s mastery of required standards.
For more information regarding Title II, please visit:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg34.html.
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Title III - Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient Children and Immigrant Students
Title III (ELL) programs are designed to ensure children (including immigrant children) who are ELS or have limited English skills meet the same challenging academic content standards all other children are expected to meet.
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title III by:
- Providing schools with technology and tools to serve underserved populations, including disadvantaged, illiterate, limited English proficient populations, and individuals with disabilities in mastering challenging state standards and improving assessment scores.
- Providing standards-based, academic content instruction and assessment programs for all children.
- Promoting communication among parents, teachers, administrators and students through the use of technology.
- Providing parents with real-time reports of their child’s mastery of required standards as well as meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education through the use of technology.
- Measuring a school or district’s progression in meeting their goals of AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress).
- Allowing students to work the program at their own pace.
- Providing built in remediation and building blocks for struggling students.
For more information regarding Title III, please visit:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg39.html.
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Title IV - 21st Century Schools
Title IV funds are to be used by schools and districts to offer a broad array of additional services designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of students. Title IV funds are also used to foster a safe education environment, address the needs of at-risk students, and enhance the school-to-home connection.
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title IV by:
- Providing programs that are designed to assist students in the mastery of challenging state standards through review, remediation, and enrichment activities provided during out-of-school time.
- Extending the learning day by allowing access to Study Island programs 24/7/365 through the use of technology.
- Promoting communication among parents, teachers, administrators and students through the use of technology.
- Providing parents with real-time reports of how their child stands in the mastery of required standards and meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education through the use of technology.
- Contributing to the reduction of drug use and violence in the community by offering exciting, engaging, efficient and effective standards-based learning opportunities and activities.
For more information regarding Title IV, please visit:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg51.html.
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Title V, Part A – Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs
The purpose of Title V, Part A, in part, is to provide a continuing source of innovation and educational improvement in schools and districts. This includes technology programs and activities that expand learning opportunities through best-practice models designed to improve classroom learning and teaching. Title V, Part A funds may be used on programs for the development or acquisition and use of instructional and educational materials, including library services and materials, academic assessments, reference materials, computer software and hardware for instructional use, and other curricular materials that are tied to high academic standards, that will be used to improve student achievement, and that are part of an overall education reform program.
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title V, Part A by:
- Providing schools with technology and tools to provide students with the opportunity to meet challenging state standards and student academic achievement standards.
- Offering professional development to improve teacher quality by using technology effectively in the classrooms.
- Providing schools with standards-based instructional and assessment tools that promote high academic standards and improve student academic achievement, including educationally disadvantaged students.
- Providing schools with technology and tools that gives teachers and administrators the knowledge and skills to provide students with the opportunity to meet challenging state standards and student academic achievement standards.
- Providing schools with technology and tools to improve knowledge and skills in literacy, mathematics, science, and other subjects tested by the state assessment program.
- Providing schools with technology and tools to serve underserved populations, including disadvantaged, illiterate, limited English proficient populations, and individuals with disabilities in mastering challenging state standards and improving assessment scores.
For more information regarding Title V, Part A, please visit:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg57.html.
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Title VI, Part B – Rural Education Initiative
- Teacher recruitment and retention;
- Professional development;
- Educational technology; and
- Parental involvement activities.
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title VI, Part B by:
- Providing standards-based, academic content instruction and assessment programs for all children.
- Promoting communication among parents, teachers, administrators and students through the use of technology.
- Provide parents with meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education by allowing access to the program from home as well as emailing them real-time reports.
For more information regarding Title VI, Part B, please visit:
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/freedom/local/reap.html.
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Title VII – Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education
Title VII funding is designed to support programs in schools and districts to meet the unique educational and cultural needs of Alaska Native and American Indian students. These programs must help these children meet the same challenging state standards as all other students. Programs that qualify for Title VII funding may include early childhood and enrichment programs.
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title VII by:
- Providing standards-based, academic content instruction and assessment programs for all children.
- Provide parents with meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education by allowing access to the program from home as well as emailing them real-time reports.
- Promoting communication among parents, teachers, administrators and students through the use of technology.
For more information regarding Title VII, please visit:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg98.html.
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IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA is a federal law designed to protect students with disabilities by providing funding to ensure those students receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE). The intention is to make sure every child with disabilities receives an education that prepares them for advanced levels of education, employment, and independent living. IDEA funds are used to provide early intervention, special education and related services, including assistive technology.
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of IDEA by:
- Providing schools with technology and tools to serve underserved populations, including disadvantaged, illiterate, limited English proficient populations, and individuals with disabilities in mastering challenging state standards and improving assessment scores.
- Providing standards-based, academic content instruction and assessment programs for all children.
- Promoting communication among parents, teachers, administrators and students through the use of technology.
- Providing programs that are designed to assist students in the mastery of challenging state standards through review, remediation, and enrichment activities provided during out-of-school time.
- Extending the learning day by allowing access to Study Island programs 24/7/365 through the use of technology.
For more information regarding IDEA, please visit:
http://idea.ed.gov/.
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Head Start
Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families.
The Head Start funds grants to provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families. This program has a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school.
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Head Start by:
- Providing programs that are designed to assist students in the mastery of challenging state standards through review, remediation, and enrichment activities provided during out-of-school time.
- Providing schools with technology and tools to serve underserved populations, including disadvantaged, illiterate, limited English proficient populations, and individuals with disabilities in mastering challenging state standards and improving assessment scores.
- Provide parents with meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education by allowing access to the program from home as well as emailing them real-time reports.
- Providing schools with technology and tools to provide students with the opportunity to meet challenging state standards and student academic achievement standards.
For more information regarding Head Start, please visit:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/.
- Title I – Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
- Title II, Title IID – Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT)
- Title III – Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient Children and Immigrant Students
- Title IV – 21st Century Schools
- Title V, Part A – Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs
- Title VI, Part B – Rural Education Initiative
- Title VII – Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education
- IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Head Start
The U.S. Department of Education
is the administrator for all federal education programs and funding. Information about the programs
can be found in The Guide to U.S. Department of Education Programs, which is published annually.
Specific programs in the Guide that may be beneficial to understand include:
- Academic Improvement Programs
- Assessment Programs
- Indian Education Programs
- Reading Programs
- School Improvement Programs
- Special Education Programs
- Technology Programs
There are also free lesson plans, forums, libraries, and workshops listed at the
Federal Resources
for Educational Excellence.
There is no formula for writing a grant proposal or application.
In fact, the most common rule is no two grants are alike! However, we have some tips to
help you maneuver through the process.
- Read. Read. Read.
Be sure to read through the grant carefully.
There are guidelines, rules, deadlines, qualifications, and instructions that are generally
spelled out in great detail for the grant. Ensure that you qualify and meet or exceed the
requestor’s expectations; otherwise, your response most likely will be turned away.
- Write Cleanly and Concisely.
It is always best to say it straight.
Answer each question/section directly with enthusiasm and excitement in a specific manner.
Use terminology from the grant to highlight the parallels in the request and your answer.
- Map Out Your Goals/Plan.
The more specific you are, the better.
Remember that you are competing with others for the same funds. The most detailed, creative,
and effective proposals are more likely to be selected.
- Find a Sample of Success.
If it’s possible to review a past successful grant, do it.
Sometimes they are published, or you may request one from the funders.
- Ask for Help.
If something is unclear in the request, don’t be afraid to
ask for clarification. There are also a number of Web sites that offer free help. And, as
always, Study Island will do whatever possible to assist you or point you in the right direction.
- Proofread.
No explanation necessary!
- Be Positive.
Remember, grants are competitive and limited.
You will not be awarded every grant you apply for, but the experience will benefit you
in the future.
- Copy. Copy.
Create a log of all the submissions you make, and keep a
reference copy for yourself. Occasionally, you will be asked for additional information
related to your proposal, and it’s good to have a copy of your original on hand. They can
also become a good resource library for future applications!
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