NEW YORK, STATE OF
Grant: $1,653,933,720 - Office of Elementary and Secondary Education - May. 8, 2009
11% voted satisfied - 89% voted not satisfied - 73 vote(s) cast
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Award Description: For the support of public elementary, secondary, and post secondary education and, as, applicable early childhood education programs and services
Project Description: For the support of public elementary, secondary, and post secondary education and, as, applicable early childhood education programs and services
Infrastructure Description: Educational stabilization funds may be used by some LEA's to construct or renovate facilities that will be used to educate children, such as classroom buildings, but not administration, maintenance or sports facilities. Infrastructure expenditures must conform to all applicable state and federal laws and regulations. At this time, the Department is not aware of any districts choosing to use Stabilization funds for construction activities. Any proposed projects are in the development and planning stage, have not received local voter approval, and have yet to be submitted to the department for approval. All projects will be reviewed and approved by the State Education Department. In New York, this Department is responsible for code compliance in schools and therefore will review all projects for compliance with ARRA requirements as well as Code, Safety and Health requirements prior to issuing a building permit.
Jobs Summary: New York State primarily used the ARRA State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) to restore proposed cuts in 2009-10 school aid compared to 2008-09 levels caused by the severe economic recession effect on State tax revenues. Public school districts were eligible for the Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) portion of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. Districts overwhelmingly used the ESF funds to retain jobs that would have been lost due to cuts in state aid. According to the first quarterly report, there were over 18,500 jobs retained or created due to the availability of these funds. Some districts had already planned for the restoration of the state aid at the time of their 2009-10 budget preparation in the spring and had found other ways to reduce staff costs, such as attrition and retirement incentives. In those cases, the job impacts may have shown up as jobs created when they hired or filled positions. Some other districts used the stabilization funds for other allowable purposes, such as program expenditures or vendor contracts. School districts were asked to gather direct job estimates from vendors and these are reported in the numbers. Other non-personnel expenditures added educational value to the State's students that would not have been provided, absent the ARRA funds. In addition to funds for elementary and secondary education, education stabilization funds were used to keep tuition low at community colleges. (Total jobs reported: 18,604)
Project Status: Less Than 50% Completed
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