State doles out $250M in education stimulus money - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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That includes general operationws funds forthe 2009-10 school funds for special education programs and programs that server disadvantaged children, grants for school lunc h equipment and funds for homelesw students. The funding includes $164.7 million in stabilization money that has been includedf in the public school funding formula forthe 2009-10 school year. School districts can use the monehy for regular operating It will be availableJuly 1, pending approval by the U.S. Departmentg of Education. About $47.2 million will go toward projects under the Individuals with DisabilitiezsEducation Act.
This represents abouyt half of the special educatiohn stimulus funds schools are expectexd to receivein 2009. School s can use this money to hire additionaol support staff andparent liaisons, do traininfg and professional development for speciakl education teachers and hire job coaches to work with high schoo l students with special needs so they can enter the work The funds are available now. About $38.77 million is in Title I funds fordisadvantaged That’s about half of the Titl I funds schools are likely to receive in 2009.
The moneyt can be used for expanding after-schooll programs, hiring additional staff and professional developmengt for teachers and principalsd working in schools with highpovertt rates. That money is also available now. All of that mone y has been allocated through existingfunding formulas. Other awards the states is disbursinginclude $548,313 for grantes under the Education for the Homeleszs Fund to address the needw of homeless children. In the new fiscal year, whichg starts in July, $383,313 will be awarded to 24 schoolp districts. Another $165,000 will be awarded through a competitive grant procesxin August.
About $924,743 will go towarc purchasing or renovating food service equipment as part of the Nationalp SchoolLunch Program. That money has been awardeds to 31 districts and schools through a competitivwegrant process.