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Stimulus to Reward States That Overhaul School Systems – Chances of Race to the Top for Education’s $4.3 Billion slim in Montana

A handful of states stand to win significant federal funding to revamp schools and impose strict testing standards under an Obama administration effort to alter educational practices across the country.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to release final rules Thursday that states must follow to vie for $4.35 billion in education grants, one of the most significant competitions within the $787 billion stimulus package and the largest pot of federal discretionary funding ever for local schools.

The program, called Race to the Top http://www.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html , comes as states are struggling to fill huge school budget gaps, which some estimates say could top $20 billion by 2011.

By NEIL KING JR.

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