Vermilion Parish School Board
$5.7 million
Stimulus funds awarded*
$4.7 million
Stimulus dollars spent
82%
Percent of stimulus dollars spent
8,937
Total students in 2008-2009
* Figures are grants tracked by Edmoney.org updated for the second quarter 2011.
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Title I
Amount: $2,148,486
Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) received $10 billion for schools with high concentrations of students from families who live in poverty. The guidelines call for educators to implement innovative strategies to improve teaching and learning and to close the achievement gap for at-risk students. The Education Department's website notes that the funding should enable schools to serve more students than the estimated 20 million previously covered by Title 1.
Awarded May 21, 2009
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IDEA B
Amount: $2,301,791
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) comes in two parts. IDEA Part B provides funds to states, school districts, and charter schools to ensure that children with disabilities, including pre-schoolers ages 3 to 5, have access to a "free and appropriate" public education. The stimulus dollars targeted for IDEA Part B call for states to implement "innovative strategies" to improve outcomes for children and youths with disabilities while stimulating the economy. The ARRA funding provided $11.3 billion to states and another $400 million in preschool funding. "
Awarded May 21, 2009
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Ed Tech
Amount: $70,976
The Ed Tech Grants program's goal is to ensure that every student is technologically literate by the end of 8th grade and to encourage the effective integration of technology with teacher training and curriculum development. States may retain up to 5 percent of their allocations for state-level activities, and must award at least one half of the remainder competitively to eligible districts. The stimulus fund provided $650 million toward the grants.
Awarded June 15, 2009
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State Stabilization Fund
Amount: $1,178,333
The State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) program is a one-time appropriation of $53.6 billion distributed directly to states to: help stabilize state and local government budgets in order to minimize and avoid reductions in education and other essential public services; help ensure that school districts have the resources to avert cuts and retain educational personnel and staff; help support the modernization, renovation, and repair of schools.
Awarded June 15, 2009
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Grants highlighted here are grants identified by Edmoney.org as having gone to this district. They are called "secondary" grants, where the primary grant went to a state agency. Edmoney.org is not currently tracking grants to charter schools. In some rare cases, grants were made directly from the federal government to an individual school. Those grants are not included in these figures.
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