Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Kellogg Center, MSU, Lansing
8:30-4:00

President Barack Obama calls it a “major milestone on our road to recovery.”

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calls it an “historic opportunity to create jobs and advance education reform.”

State Superintendent Michael P. Flanagan says, “it will lay the groundwork for a generation of education reform.”

But there’s a catch.

The funding flowing to schools through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) “must advance reforms and improve learning,” according to Duncan. “We are putting real money on the line to challenge every state to push harder and do more for its children.”

How can your district meet the dual demands by the federal government to Reform your system as you Restore jobs and services to students?
What best practices are suggested through the regulations and guidance coming out of Washington D.C. and Lansing?
Who are the experts who can advise you?
Where can you find resources to guide you along the way?
When can you expect to see funds start to flow to your district?

Reform and Restore: Implementing the ARRA is a workshop designed to answer these questions and help jump-start your district’s planning. We recommend you send a district team so you can begin work on a plan and leave with a strategy that fits your needs and goals.

Invited speakers include:

• Mary Kuessler, AASA 
• Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
• Mike Flanagan, State Superintendent for Public Instruction
• Jann Jenka, Michigan’s education liaison to ….:

Program will feature:

• ARRA Overview and federal perspective
• Michigan’s approach to ARRA education spending
• Timelines for application and disbursement of funds
• Guidelines for spending within the spirit and letter of ARRA
• Evidence based ideas/best practices for use of ARRA funding

Plus, MDE specialists will offer information related to each of the major streams of funding through ARRA:

• Title I, Part A
• Title I, Part A School Improvement
• Title II, Part D Educational Technology
• Title X, Part C Homeless Children and Youth
• IDEA Special Education—Part B, Special Education and SE Preschool; Part C,
• School Lunch Emergency Food Assistance Program
• Equipment Assistance for School Food Authorities
• State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
• Race to the Top & Innovation competitive funds

Register a team today at www.gomiem.org.