The answer in for concerned teachers in Arizona school districts
gov. allocates stimulus funds for schools

By Nathan J King, December 2009
State News Editor

AP Photo Governor Jan Brewer's Office of Economic Recovery has distributed $1.017 billion to valley school districts.

The first phase of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund has been completed. According to an Oct. 30 press release, Gov. Brewer’s Office of Economic Recovery has distributed $1.017 billion to valley school districts. The findings of the SFSF report were finalized on Oct. 30 through www.federalreporting.gov.

• K-12 districts will receive $250 million in federal stimulus funding;
• Universities will receive $154 million in federal stimulus funding;
• Community colleges will receive $29 million in federal stimulus funding;
• $275 million will go to Government Services Fund, the second core component of Phase I of the SFSF, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education.

“Protecting education opportunities and advancement is absolutely critical to attracting new jobs and business opportunities to our great state,” said Brewer in the press release.

The federal stimulus funds were approved via letter to the President of the United States Barrack Hussein Obama from Brewer, representing 15 state agencies and three universities.

Of Phase I in the report released, six community colleges standing to benefit from the stimulus package:
• Maricopa County Community Colleges received $150,093,052;
• Navajo Community College received $1,304,024;
• Yuma and La Paz Community College Districts received $1,311,722;
• Coconino Community College received $649,258;
• Gila Community College received $175,353;
• Pinal Community College received $1,206,787.

All of this is covered under section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, an economic stimulus package that was signed into law on Feb. 17, 2009.