Stimulus monies for Plainfield Schools detailed

Plainfield's public schools will benefit from stimulus monies being released to the states, according to a story in today's Star-Ledger (see here).

This will include the city's four charter schools as well as the school district overall.

In line with President Obama's warning that monies must be spent responsibly and transparently, Education Commissioner Lucile Davy has issued a memo (see here --PDF) underscoring this fact, as well as noting that districts should not plan on using the monies for long-term projects that will require repeated funding beyond the two-year period covered by the ARRA (Stimulus) funding.

Here are the figures for the School District --

PLAINFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS IDEA Funds
Basic Stimulus Award	$1,948,710
Preschool Stimulus Award	$70,038
PLAINFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Title I Funds	$1,662,896

And for the Charter Schools (in the order they appear in the State's tables) --

PLAINFIELD CHARTER SCHOOLS - Title I Funds
Pressman Charter School	$8,101
Central Jersey Arts Charter School	$23,474
Queen City Academy Charter School	$20,619
Union County TEAMS Charter School	$10,884

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• Ledger: "Schools to get $609M federal cash infusion"
• Dept. of Education (PDF): "Davy: Memo on use of funds" | "Title I Funds" | "IDEA Funds"

--Dan Damon