Stimulus saved, created 16K education jobs in Georgia
A new federal report shows that more than 16,000 Georgia education jobs were saved or created through stimulus funding.
Published: November 3, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) - A new federal report shows that more than 16,000 Georgia education jobs were saved or created through stimulus funding.
According to a report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education, Georgia has received $1.8 billion in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. That money has gone to programs for low-income students, to beef up technology in the classroom and to help homeless students, among others.
The money also helped districts like Muscogee County keep from laying off teachers and other workers. The district saved 100 jobs with the funding.
Officials say nearly 400,000 education jobs nationally have been retained or established thanks to $100 billion in stimulus money.
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That’s great. I mean, it will help a lot of students to have better education and better lives ahead of them. That’s perfect if their parents cannot afford to pay off to any 529 saving plan which was also badly affected by the economic downturn that the whole world has been through.
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