Education Highlights
$100 billion dollars in funding has been identified in ARRA to bring the education system into the 21st century. These funds are targeted at both lower and higher education and include stabilization funds for local school districts, special education funding for disabled children and a new tax credit for students pursuing higher education. Solutions required for these projects include video surveillance, broadband, digital signage, mobile computing/wireless, virtualization, and document imaging and management.
Some funding highlights include:
- $44 billion in a state fiscal stabilization fund to assist school districts and state-owned colleges and universities
- $12.4 billion for educating disadvantaged children
- $1 billion in funding for Head Start and Early Head Start programs
- $2,500 in tax credits per higher education student provided by The American Opportunity Tax Credit
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