JEFFERSON CITY—The Senate Education Committee yesterday (1/20) received an update on Missouri’s application for the federal government’s Race to the Top program
during its weekly meeting in the Capitol.
Race to the Top is a newly established, highly competitive $4.3 billion grant program that is challenging states to develop ambitious school-improvement proposals addressing four central areas of education reform. These areas are: developing standards and assessments, supporting instruction through data systems, cultivating great teachers and leaders, and turning around struggling schools.
At the committee hearing, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education presented an update on the state’s application, which was officially submitted Tuesday, Jan. 19—the deadline for first-round consideration for federal funding under the program. First-round awards are scheduled to be announced April 2010.
Missouri’s Race to the Top plan has a proposed budget of $743 million, most of which would go directly to participating schools and school districts over the next four years.
An executive summary and the complete text of Missouri’s proposal can be found on the state’s Race to the Top website.
The Second Regular Session of the 95th Missouri General Assembly runs through, May 14, 2010. For more information about the Missouri Senate, visit www.senate.mo.gov. To contact the Senate Newsroom, call (573) 751-3824 or e-mail newsroom@senate.mo.gov.
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