Missouri gets $54M in stimulus to turn around worst schools
By Cara | April 13, 2010
Sigh – looks like this money will only go to charter schools or closing schools in St. Louis since the SLPS cannot afford to replace principals and half the teachers in the district. But I wonder if “individual” schools can apply, or only entire districts…
via St. Louis Business Journal:.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Monday that Missouri will receive $54 million in federal funding to turn around its lowest-achieving schools, particularly 50 struggling schools in St. Louis and Kansas City.
These funds are part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to states this spring from money set aside in the 2009 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Missouri’s application, which includes its list of persistently lowest-achieving schools, can be downloaded here.
When school districts apply to the state for the money this spring, they must indicate their plans to reopen schools as charter schools, close schools or replace principals and half the teachers, federal education officials said. Each school building is eligible to receive $50,000 to $2 million over three years.
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