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Recently the U.S. Department of Education announced that $44 billion for states and schools is now available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  More information on from this agency and others is available on 51·çÁ÷'s Stimulus at Work Web site, .  The funding announced by the Department of Education includes $32.6 billion under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, which is two-thirds of the total dollars in the fund.  The remaining funds will be released later in the year.  A state-by-state breakdown on this initial release of funds can be found .  Detailed information on education funding in the stimulus package can be found .   Details on stimulus funding for school construction, modernization, renovation and repair can be found in Section V (pages 33-37) of the Department of Education's "."  The Department's "School Modernization" page can be found . For more information contact Mike Stark at starkm@agc.org or (703) 837-5365.