The ARRA Offers an Opportunity to Create Jobs and Advance Reform in U.S.
Education
Education Secretary Duncan emphasized the urgency of distributing the
funds to states on an aggressive timetable in order to avert education-related layoffs nationwide. The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides more than $100 billion in education
funding, college grants and tuition tax credits, as well as billions more for school modernization. Read
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