| Stimulus Funds Provide a Brief Reprieve from State Cuts | |||
| The Education Department has so far approved applications from 43 states and the District of Columbia for federal stimulus money for education. That money will make up for most of those states’ cuts in higher education this year. But that isn’t the case for the 2010 fiscal year, which began on July 1 for most states. And by 2011, that money will be gone in 19 of the states. | |||
| State | State aid for higher education in 2008 | Change in 2009, from 2008, with stimulus | Projected change in 2010, from 2008, with stimulus |
|---|---|---|---|
| * States that have received a waiver from the federal maintenance-of-effort requirement to spend at least as much on public schools and higher education as they spent in the 2006 fiscal year. | |||
| NOTE: The figures are the latest estimates available for each fiscal year. | |||
| SOURCES: State applications to the U.S. Education Department for funds under the stimulus law’s State Fiscal Stabilization Fund; Chronicle reporting | |||
| Alabama | $1,764,512,468 | –4% | –20% |
| Alaska | $295,807,600 | 6% | 9% |
| Arizona | $1,240,879,200 | 0% | –5% |
| Arkansas | $799,817,111 | 3% | 3% |
| California | $8,857,000,000 | 23% | 23% |
| Colorado | $652,927,495 | 8% | 8% |
| Connecticut | $656,149,622 | 1% | 7% |
| District of Columbia | $62,769,786 | 0% | 0% |
| Florida* | $3,731,802,149 | 0% | –4% |
| Georgia | $2,158,266,886 | 6% | 1% |
| Hawaii | $674,981,123 | 8% | 0% |
| Idaho* | $332,585,400 | 2% | 2% |
| Illinois | $1,657,500,073 | 0% | –1% |
| Indiana | $1,300,820,215 | 4% | 4% |
| Iowa | $729,615,252 | 4% | 5% |
| Kansas | $827,769,213 | 0% | 0% |
| Louisiana | $1,291,609,186 | 0% | 0% |
| Maine | $243,520,985 | 4% | 4% |
| Maryland | $1,314,489,041 | 6% | 8% |
| Massachusetts* | $930,701,945 | 4% | 4% |
| Michigan | $1,802,867,100 | 1% | 1% |
| Minnesota | $1,372,805,000 | 0% | 0% |
| Mississippi | $754,197,290 | 0% | 0% |
| Montana | $150,980,024 | 8% | 8% |
| Nebraska | $584,063,890 | 4% | 6% |
| Nevada* | $619,820,315 | –5% | –4% |
| New Hampshire | $129,037,645 | 7% | 7% |
| New Jersey | $1,858,835,000 | 0% | 0% |
| New Mexico | $791,958,500 | 2% | 2% |
| New York | $4,072,911,000 | 4% | 4% |
| North Carolina | $3,256,806,228 | 0% | 6% |
| North Dakota | $182,755,137 | 11% | 17% |
| Ohio | $1,944,967,656 | 7% | 7% |
| Oklahoma | $900,354,297 | 1% | 1% |
| Oregon | $653,252,106 | 6% | –13% |
| Rhode Island* | $189,982,771 | 0% | –1% |
| South Carolina* | $795,208,180 | 0% | –25% |
| South Dakota | $170,010,033 | –5% | –5% |
| Tennessee | $1,275,975,900 | 0% | 0% |
| Utah | $796,124,500 | 0% | –9% |
| Virginia | $1,639,265,748 | 2% | 1% |
| Washington | $1,581,406,000 | 0% | –10% |
| West Virginia | $340,367,599 | 5% | 5% |
| Wisconsin | $1,235,329,200 | –14% | –15% |
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