For this school year, as many as 964 full-time and part-time jobs were preserved and funded by stimulus dollars. The district will receive about $68 million over two years to save 750 full-time equivalent positions.
District leaders anticipate the federal stimulus dollars will not be available after next fiscal year, Superintendent Mo Green has told county officials several times during budget workshops.
Meanwhile, county officials are working on applications and financial plans to use $16.8 million from the Qualified School Construction Bonds program, another federal stimulus package, for school repairs. Last August, county commissioners approved using the 2009 $17.1 million installment of low-interest bonds to help pay off school construction projects on the 2008 bond list and to save $6 million in bond interest payments for the $457 million construction program.
The district received State Fiscal Stabilization Fund dollars from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction which funded 836 school-based custodian, treasurer, data manager and office support positions.
GCS also received Title I dollars through ARRA to pay for 30 positions. The schools chose to use their allocations in a variety of ways, including restoring cut positions and creating new positions. Schools also offered professional development opportunities for staff, increased tutoring and purchased additional technological equipment.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act stimulus dollars helped the district preserve 98 positions that serve children with special needs.
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ARRA Relief
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Jobs: The Council of the Great City Schools, which includes Guilford County Schools and 40 urban school districts, reported the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided $7.3 billion to their districts and paid for about 50,000 full-time equivalent jobs this school year.
Information: The full report is available at www.cgcs.org/Pubs/Stimulus_Report.pdf
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