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The Clayton County Board of Education will receive more than $25 million in additional funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) over the next two years. ARRA funding will go to three main programs: low-income student services (Title I), individuals with disability education (IDEA) and construction.

Department of Education Title I-A funding
This program authorizes aid to local educational agencies (LEA) – school districts – for the education of disadvantaged children. Title I-A grants are used to provide supplementary educational and related services to schools with relatively high concentrations of pupils from low-income families.

Title I-A funding increase provided to Clayton County:
Clayton County School District - $7,246,000

Department of Education Construction Funding
This program appropriates funding for construction grants.

Constructing funding increase provided to Clayton County:
Clayton County School District - $16,535,700

Department of Education Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) funding
This program provides federal funding for the education of children with disabilities. The stimulus provides increased funding to assist states and school districts with paying for the rising costs of special education. Amounts presented here show the estimated increase in allocation to LEAs above the existing FY2009 allocation amount as a result of the stimulus.

Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) funding increase provided to Clayton County School District: 

                      2009                                                       2010
IDEA Increase       $5,605,400                IDEA increase      $6,796,000
Total for 2009        $29,387,000              Total for 2010      $14,041,900 

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