Thursday, March 04, 2010

CA DOESN’T MAKE THE RACE TO THE TOP CUT

March 4, 2010

SacBee CapitolAlert: California doesn't make final cut for Race to the Top funds

California didn't make the cut for taking home cash in the first round of the Race to the Top competition for federal stimulus funds for education.

Lawmakers approved late last year a series of changes to the state's education system with the goal of ensuring California schools would qualify for a piece of $4.35 billion in competitive grants being doled out by the Obama administration.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other advocates of the reforms had estimated the state could win up to $700 million in the competition. But California's application was not one of 16 that made it to the final round of the competition.

Read the letter from Education Secretary Arne Duncan here.

See a list of the finalists after the jump. Winners will be announced in early April.

The phase one finalists are:

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