The U.S. Department of Education released Washington’s first wave of state fiscal stabilization fund dollars, to the order of $672 million.
In our application, we asked for $820 million:
Restore the level of state support for K-12 in FY2009: $362 million
Restore the level of state support for colleges in FY2009: $0
Restore the level of state support for K-12 in FY2010: $357.3 million
Restore the level of state support for colleges in FY2010: $100.7 million
Nothing in the U.S. Dept. of Ed. press release indicates why we received less than we applied for. However, the feds do note that we are eligible to apply for an additional $331 million in SFSF monies this fall. And prior to the SFSF payout, Washington received $194 million in stimulus funds (for Title I, IDEA, vocational rehabilitation and independent living grants).
Much of our 23-page application contains assurances Gov. Gregoire had to sign off on. Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn only needed to sign one page, and even then it was optional, go figure. (Most likely because most school chiefs are appointed, rather than elected). Attachment A of the application provides a summary of Washington policies and procedures that “address the assurances” and “illustrate means by which Washington will address them” (page 15-16 of the PDF).
