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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding

This section of the website is intended to provide information on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding as it pertains to higher education in Massachusetts. The ARRA, a federal act signed into law on February 17, 2009, provides $787 billion in tax credits and federal spending for education, health, housing, and infrastructure.

Information provided here includes:

• Status Updates on ARRA State Fiscal Stabilization Funding for Higher Education
• Status Updates on ARRA Competitive Grants for Higher Education
• Background Information and Related Links

What's New

July 2, 2009

As Commissioner Freeland indicated in his June 25 memo (.DOC), state and community college presidents are required to submit to the Department of Higher Education a detailed spending plan for State Fiscal Stabilization Funds and a signed Statement of Assurances. Commissioner Freeland has set the deadline for this submission as Friday, July 17, 2009.

The templates for those two documents are now posted on the State Fiscal Stabilization Funding page.