The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) contains $787 billion in new federal spending and tax cuts, including approximately $100 billion for education funding, college grants, and tuition tax credits. According to U.S. education Secretary Arne Duncan, this funding will lay the foundation for a generation of education reform and help save jobs at risk of state and local budget cuts.

The New York State Board of Regents and the State Education Department are committed to ensuring that ARRA dollars allocated to education reach eligible recipients as quickly as possible to support critical projects and prevent job loss. This website provides the latest news and information on ARRA and state funding for education. Check the site often; updates will be posted as soon as they become available.

Recent Updates

• January 12, 2010: ARRA Reporting System Closed for the Second ARRA Quarterly Report
  Thanks to all the many ARRA fund recipients for their efforts in complying with ARRA reporting requirements for the second quarterly report. Reports from all ARRA sub-recipients were due December 30, 2009 for the quarter ending December 31, 2009. Due to the holiday period, recipients were given an extension until yesterday, January 11, 2010 to submit. Today the ARRA reporting system closed for further submissions for the second ARRA quarterly report. Department staff will contact recipients for revisions to submitted reports beginning on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Reports that are due that were not submitted by January 11, 2010 can be submitted in the third quarterly report due March 31, 2010. The Department will provide more guidance on the third quarterly reporting after the process is complete for the second quarter.
• January 11, 2010 - New York State Fiscal Stabilization Fund: Phase II Application - This web site will provide information on the status of New York State's efforts to provide all indicators and descriptors in the four assurance areas in the Phase II application. The four assurance areas are:
  1. Achieving Equity in Teacher Distribution
  2. Improving the Collection and Use of Data
  3. Standards and Assessments, and
  4. Supporting Struggling Schools
  Reports will also be posted on this web site regarding proposed regulatory and policy changes, and instructions for providing comments.
• January 6, 2010: The deadline for reporting by all ARRA sub-recipients has been extended until January 11, 2010. If you don't submit by this deadline, your information will not be posted on federalreporting.gov .
  List of Missing Reports by ARRA Sub-Recipient (56 KB)
  For questions, please contact emscmgts@mail.nysed.gov.

• December 8, 2009: ARRA Reporting System Open for All Sub-Recipients

  The ARRA Quarterly Reporting System is now open to collect the second quarter data, required of all ARRA recipients, due December 30, 2009.

• December 8, 2009: Guidance Document for Second Quarter Reporting

• More updates