The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) program provides education formula grants to states to stabilize state and local budgets and minimize reductions in education and other essential services. This funding is provided contingent upon a commitment to advance education reform in four key areas:
• Achieving equity in teacher distribution
• Improving collection and use of data
• Raising standards and assessments
• Supporting struggling schools
As part of the application for SFSF Phase II funding, states must demonstrate the ability to meet specific data and information requirements regarding the above four education reform areas. These data requirements are captured in a set of indicators and descriptors related to each of the four areas.
Outlined below are the four ARRA education reform areas, the indicators and descriptors required by the ARRA in each, and a link to where the required information is posted. If the information is not currently available, the item will indicate “plan”, which will link to the plan outlining how KDE will collect and report on these areas in the future. A copy of the total plan may be seen here.