It turns out that school districts in red states with already deep cuts don't anticipate the stimulus money. Even with the language in the law expressly saying that school districts in the red get this money, the superintendents aren't holding their breath. From CQ Politics
"The economic stimulus package (PL 111-5) included a $53.6 billion state fiscal stabilization fund intended to be used to shore up the budgets of local school districts. But some Republican governors have rejected the funds outright, prompting concerns that even governors who accept the money might divert it to other uses."
This really chaps my ass. To divert money away from education when it was written in for poorer districts. For a governor, dem or repub, to take money away from students because they have some political agenda is infuriating.
There is also a nastier side of it. Govs might give them the money now, because of the law and then take away other money later.
"But even educators in states with governors who are taking stabilization funds say they’re worried that funding may never make it down to the school district level, or that states will make education budget cuts in the future knowing that districts have received the federal money." (emphasis mine.)
Sick!
