Effects of the Stabilization Fund for Kansas Schools
The State of Kansas used approximately $138,700,000 in SFSF program funds, covering the 2009-10 fiscal year in the general fund. In addition, approximately $86,000,000 of SFSF funds were used to fund the Supplemental General Fund. For the 2010-11 school year, approximately $52.7 million of the SFSF monies was used to help fund the USDs general fund budget.
School Districts must follow the "Accountability Guidance for School Districts", listed below to ensure proper accounting of funds.
Federal Desk Audit Information for 2009-10
Requirements of KSDE for Desk Audit
Award Letters To Unified School Districts for SFSF:
Allocations by District:
Latest State Guidance for School Districts:
Assurance Information:
State Application to US Dept of Education:
Federal Guidelines for States and USD's:
Latest Federal Guidance for the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund:
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund—Phase 1
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund—Phase 2
Kansas Application for Stabilization Funds PDF 
Program Description:
- Is a one-time appropriation of $53.6 billion under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Of the amount appropriated, the U.S. Department of Education will award governors approximately $48.6 billion by formula under the SFSF program in exchange for a commitment to advance essential education reforms to benefit students from early learning through post-secondary education.
- These funds will help stabilize State and local government budgets in order to minimize and avoid reductions in education and other essential public services. The program will help ensure that local education agencies (LEAs) and publicly funded institutions of higher education (IHEs) have the resources to avert cuts and retain teachers and professors. In addition, the law provides governors with significant resources to support education (including school modernization renovation, and repair), public safety, and other government services.
- The Department will award the remaining $5 billion competitively under the “Race to the Top” and “Investing in What Works and Innovation” programs.
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund for Education: Uses of Funds
- States must use 81.8 percent of SFSF funds for the support of public elementary, secondary, and higher education, and, as applicable, early childhood education programs and services.
- States must use their allocations to help restore for FY 2009, 2010, and 2011 support for public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education to the greater of FY 2008 or FY 2009 level. The funds needed to restore support for elementary and secondary education must be run through the State’s primary elementary and secondary education funding formula.
- Subject to limited restrictions in ARRA as defined in further guidance LEAs may use their share of 81.8% of the SFSF education funds for any activity authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (which includes the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Adult Education Act), or the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins Act)
- LEAs should use funds consistent with the intent and overall goals of ARRA: to create and save jobs and to advance the education reforms set forth in the assurances section so as to produce lasting results for students from early learning to college. LEAs are also encouraged to consider uses of funds that create lasting results without creating unsustainable recurring costs.
For more information about the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund for Education please follow the link below:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/stabilization-fund.html
State Contacts:
Brad Neuenswander, Director (Financial Contact)
School Finance Team
Kansas State Department of Education
(785) 296-3872
bneuenswander@ksde.org
Dale Dennis, Deputy Commissioner (Financial Contact)
Fiscal and Administrative Services Division
Kansas State Department of Education
(785) 296-3871
ddennis@ksde.org
Diane DeBacker, Commissioner (Program Contact)
Learning and Innovative Services Division
Kansas State Department of Education
(785) 296-2303
ddebacker@ksde.org