Senator Kennedy re-introduces S1410---Time for Innovation Matters in Education---Act (posted 8/6/09)

The TIME Act expands school time in high-need schools so low-income students have more opportunities to learn. It’s based, and not loosely, on the model used by Mass2020 -- planning and evaluation are front and center, there is a lot of flexibility in how time is used, and schools must increase time for core academics, enrichment activities, and teacher planning and collaboration. In total, TIME authorizes $350 million in the first year and up to $500 million in 2014 for competitive grants to state education agencies, who will match a percentage of the grant (10% in first year and up from there) and then distribute at least 90% via sub grant process to locals—the rest is for state planning, evaluation and technical assistance.

We will continue to monitor to see if this shows up in the reauthorization of ESEA.