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Area schools to share $21M in federal funds

Dayton, Huber Heights, Mad River, Northmont, Trotwood-Madison and Xenia to receive large shares.

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By Tom Beyerlein , Staff Writer Updated 8:52 AM Thursday, September 2, 2010

Dayton Public Schools are in line to receive nearly $4.4 million in federal funds designed to help cash-strapped districts save or create jobs that promote learning.

Ohio’s public and charter schools will get a total of $361 million through the Education Jobs Fund, a $10 billion program to help districts nationwide in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years. Ohio will divide its money using the state’s primary funding formula.

Other big recipients locally include Huber Heights with $1.25 million, Mad River with $1.16 million, Northmont with more than $1 million, Xenia with $939,000 and Trotwood-Madison with $885,000. All told, Dayton area public schools will get an estimated $21 million.

The news comes just a week after Ohio won $400 million in the federal “Race to the Top” school reform grant competition, with a dozen Montgomery County districts getting nearly $10.3 million.

Gov. Ted Strickland and the Ohio Department of Education late Tuesday, Aug. 31, released estimates of how much schools will receive through the program.

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