Congress passes bill to send Pennsylvania $387.8 million to support 5,900 education jobs statewide
Published: August 11, 2010
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On Aug. 11, by vote of 247-161, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to provide $10 billion to support an estimated 160,000 education jobs nationwide and another $16 billion to help states fund Medicaid budgets. The bill allocates $387.8 million to support 5,900 education jobs in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Senate passed the bill last Thursday by a vote of 61-39. The President signed the bill into law.
The $10 billion fund will support education jobs in the 2010-11 school year and be distributed to states by a formula based on population figures. States can distribute their funding to school districts based on their own primary funding formula or districts’ relative share of federal Title I funds.
In order to ensure that states receive funding as quickly as possible, the Department will streamline the application process so that states can submit applications within days. The Department will award funding to states within two weeks of their submission of an approvable application.
