Hawaii to receive more than $47 million in Title I education money

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Source: Hawaii News Now

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii will receive more than $47 million in Title I education money in the coming school year to help pay for programs at schools where a disproportionate number of students live in some form of poverty.

Hawaii will receive $47,810,387 in Title I Education dollars for the 2011-2012 school year, an increase of $5,211,565 from the $42,598,822 received for the 2010-2011 school year.

In Hawaii more than 80,000 public school kids live at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The total number of Hawaii public schools eligible for Title I money has increased to 186 from 161 in 2008.

Title I money is given to schools where children living in households at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level exceed 40 percent of total enrollment.



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