Stimulus Conference

We’re holding off saying much on the conference report on the stimulus bill until we can get a copy of the bill’s actual text, but for those who are interested here’s a quick run-down of the early education-related numbers released by House Appropriations and Education and Labor Committees:

• $53.6 billion for the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. Of this total, $39.5 billion will be for local school districts, including some funding that can be used for school modernization and repairs, and an additional $5 billion will provide bonuses for states that make progress on education reforms. $8.8 billion will be available for states to spend on other priority needs.
• $13 billion for Title I
• $12.2 billion for IDEA
• $2 billion for CCDBG
• $2.1 billion for Head Start and Early Head Start

Obviously these initial numbers leave a lot of questions to answer. We’ll say more as soon as we receive the text of the legislation.