Congressman Cleaver will meet with all Public School District Superintendents of Missouri’s Fifth District to discuss the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. As you know, last week the President signed H.R. 1586 into law. The legislation will save or create 319,000 jobs, including 161,000 teacher jobs, and also discourages American corporations from shipping jobs overseas.
The legislation includes $10 billion to save teacher jobs and $16.1 billion in health assistance to the states. The bill is completely paid for.
Under the bill, Missouri will receive an estimated $189 million in emergency education funding. It is estimated that 3,300 Missouri teacher jobs would be saved by this funding.
The legislation uses the same formula to distribute the education funds to states as was used in the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund under the Recovery Act. The formula allocates funds based on each state’s relative population of individuals ages 5 to 24 and of each state’s share of the total population. Governors will distribute funds to districts using the state’s primary funding formulae for K-12 education or each district’s share of Title I. Once the bill is enacted, Governors will be required to tell local school districts which formula they plan to use to allocate the funds to ensure districts can plan immediately to hire back staff.
WHO: Congressman Cleaver, II and Missouri Fifth District Superintendents
WHAT: Meeting to discuss new federal money for teachers
WHEN: 11:00 am, August 18, 2010
WHERE: Raytown School District Building, Board Room, 6608 Raytown Road, Raytown, MO 64133