2013-2014 Board of Education Proposed Budget Book

SOUTH WINDSOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Revenue Descriptions
Title I Grant: The first section of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title I refers to programs aimed at America's
most disadvantaged students. Title I Part A provides assistance to improve the teaching and learning of children in high poverty
schools to enable those children to meet challenging State academic content and performance standards.
Title II Grant: Funds to support principal and teacher professional development, retention and recruitment.
Title III Grant: Funds to support English Language Learner (ELL) programs.
Title IV Grant: Provides drug prevention/intervention support programs through a student assistance counselor and an anti-bullying
program.
IDEA Pt. B Section 611 Grant: Provides technology and support services for special needs students to address resource equity and
equality of educational opportunity.
IDEA Pt. B Section 619 Grant: Provides needed instruction for at risk and special education preschool students.
ARRA IDEA Pt. B Section 611 Grant: A supplemental grant to the IDEA grant, to provide the stimulus funds from the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act to assist with the excess costs of providing special education and related services to children with
disabilities. Funding expired FY 2012.
ARRA IDEA Pt. B Section 619 Grant: The portion of the supplemental IDEA ARRA grant to support special education preschool.
Funding expired FY 2012.
ARRA Title II Pt. D. Grant: These funds supported technology enhancements and/or teacher training. Funding expired FY2011.
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund: Funds provided to Boards of Education in accordance with the Federal American Reinvestment and
Recovery Act (ARRA). These federal dollars, as passed to the state, were intended to supplement its reductions to towns to ensure the
continuation of level funding in the area of education. Funding expired FY 2011.
Education Jobs Fund: A federal program intended to save or create jobs in public school districts. The funds were available for use
in the 2010-11 and/or 2011-12 school year. South Windsor Schools used these funds entirely in the 2011-2012 year to supplement the
loss of ARRA funding.
Perkins Grant: A federal grant that provides technology support.
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