The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Feb. 17, 2009. The act includes two overarching sources of funds for elementary and secondary education: 1) State Fiscal Stabilization Fund and 2) Funding for Existing Education Programs.

Federal Guidance

• General Information
• State Fiscal Stablization Fund (April 1, 2009)
• Title I, Part A Recovery Funds (Jan. 13, 2010)
• IDEA, Part B Recovery Funds (April 1, 2009)
  • Q&A -- Use of funds for Coordinated Early Learning Services
• McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance (April 10, 2009)

State-Specific Information
As South Dakota specific information becomes available, it will be posted at this site. Please check back often.

• ARRA Reference Sheet (April 7, 2009)
  • SFSF Unallowable Uses of Funds
    
• FY10 State Fiscal Stabilization Funds by district
  • FY10 SFSF District Expenditure Reports
  • Hooray for ARRA - Powerpoint
• FY09 State Fiscal Stabilization Funds by district
  
  • FY09 SFSF District Expenditure Reports
  • DOE presentation -- 2009 ASBO Conference

• Title I, Part A Allocations -- Regular and ARRA
  (April 15, 2009)
  • Title I Waivers
  • REVISED: US Ed Guidance: Use of ARRA Title I Funds (November 2009)
  • SD DOE: Suggested Uses of Title I ARRA Funds
  • Q&A

• IDEA, Part B 611 Allocations -- Regular and ARRA (Updated June 10, 2009)
• IDEA, Part B 619 Allocations -- Regular and ARRA (Updated May 6, 2009)
  • US Ed Guidance: Use of IDEA Part B ARRA Funds
  • SD DOE: Suggested Uses of IDEA ARRA Funds
  • Q&A
  • ARRA eGrants Application ppt
  
  
• IDEA, Part C
  • US Ed Guidance: Use of IDEA Part C ARRA Funds
  • ARRA Part C Letter
  • ARRA Part C Grant Agreement

Competitive Grants
The ARRA includes opportunities to apply for competitive grants in various areas. As these opportunities are made available, they will be posted here.

• NEW! Title II Part D -- ARRA (Updated Oct. 23, 2009)

• McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children
  • Information
  • Application 2009-10 and 2010-11 (Regular and ARRA)
    
    
• State Clean Diesel Grant Program
  
  
• Equipment Assistance Grants for School Food Authorities
  • Food service equipment grant recipients
  • Memorandum
  • Application -- CLOSED
  • Federal guidance: Q&A (March 20, 2009)
  • Federal guidance: Q&A (April 8, 2009)
  • Equipment specifications (April 16, 2009)

School Modernization
The ARRA provides two types of bonds to help schools raise funds to rehabilitate facilities and to construct new facilities, including land acquisition.

• Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
  • 2009 QZAB Recipients
    
• Qualified School Construction Bonds -- Application CLOSED
  • 2009 QSCB Recipients

Other Grants

• Impact Aid Construction Formula Grants
• SD Race to the Top Grant Application

To view the State of South Dakota's ARRA Web page, visit www.recovery.sd.gov.

Anyone suspecting fraud, waste or abuse involving Department of Education funds or programs should call or write the Inspector General's Hotline (choose the method of contact which best suits you):

• Send an email message to oig.hotline@ed.gov
• Call the OIG Hotline's toll free number 1-800-MIS-USED. The Hotline's operating hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM, Eastern Time; Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM, Eastern Time except for holidays.

Visit www.ed.gov/misused for more information