Higher Education Stimulus - Recovery & Reinvestment Act

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), commonly referred to as the economic stimulus bill, provides approximately $100 billion for education across the United States, including early learning, K-12, and post-secondary education.

The pages below provide estimates of what each state and Puerto Rico will receive in various allocations that will specifically benefit higher education in 2009 and 2010.  Nationally, the highlights include:

• Approximately $17 billion in new funding for Pell Grants that will increase the average award for the 2009-10 academic year from $3400 to $3,850.
• $13 billion to make higher education tax credits available to students from lower-income families that currently do not pay taxes.
• An additional $200 million for work-study programs.
• $100 million in teacher quality partnership grants.
• $500 million for health professional training programs.
• A portion of the $1.2 billion in educational technology funds.
• A portion of the $53.6 billion available to states through the stabilization fund to "backfill" cuts that have been made to the 2008 or 2009 budgets for elementary, secondary or postsecondary education.
• $16 billion to several federal agencies for research grants and facilities improvements, much of which will flow to academic institutions. These agencies include the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the Energy Department.

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Sources:

• U.S. Department of Education
• Stimulus Watch

Disclaimer:

These allocations are preliminary estimates based on currently available data. Allocations based on new data may result in significant changes from these preliminary estimates. The data on this site is for information purposes only and does not constitute any binding agreement on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and/or EarnMyDegree.com.