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The No Child Left Behind Act is Good News for Children and Families of Arkansas:
- Benefits an estimated 451,034 Arkansas public school children, 1,119 Arkansas public schools, and 29,025 Arkansas teachers
- Increases federal education funding for Arkansas to more than $430.6 million to help local schools ensure that no child is left behind - nearly $56 million more than last year, and a 31 percent increase over 2000 levels
- Increases Title I funding to more than $116.5 million to boost the quality of education for disadvantaged children of Arkansas - nearly $22 million more than last year, and a 31.9 percent increase over 2000 levels
- Provides more than $9.8 million in funding for Reading First to ensure that every public school child in Arkansas learns to read at or above grade level by the third grade
- Requires every classroom in Arkansas to have a highly-qualified teacher and provides more than $27.7 million to train and retain skilled educators
- Provides an estimated $4.3 million to help ensure safe and drug-free schools in Arkansas
- Provides an estimated $2.8 million to fund after-school programs for at-risk children in Arkansas
- Provides more than $4.9 million in funding to help Arkansas school districts assess how well children are learning and schools are teaching
- Increases Pell Grant funding to an estimated $110.7 million - $7.3 million more than last year, and a 24.5 percent increase over 2000 levels - to ensure greater access to a college education for deserving Arkansas students from disadvantaged backgrounds
Note: Funding figures are U.S. Department of Education estimates
Other figures include data from the Department's National Center for Education Statistics at www.nces.ed.gov
For more U.S. Department of Education information, please visit: www.ed.gov
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