9 States get new chance at federal education aid

05-26-2011

By Sam Dillon/New York Times

Nine states that were also-rans in last year’s Race to the Top school improvement competition will get another chance, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday, though this time $200 million will be up for grabs, compared with $4 billion awarded last year. An additional $500 million will be devoted to a parallel competition among all states to raise the quality of early learning and child care programs and to increase families’ access to them, federal officials said. The nine states that were Race to the Top finalists but came up short last year —Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and South Carolina — are eligible to submit new applications this year seeking $10 million to $50 million, depending on population and other factors, the Department of Education said. (more...)

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