<P> Total: $100 billion </P> <Ul> <Li> $53.6 billion in aid to local school districts to prevent layoffs and cutbacks, with flexibility to use the funds for school modernization and repair (State Fiscal Stabilization Fund) </Li> <Li> $15.6 billion to increase Pell Grants from $4,731 to $5,350 </Li> <Li> $13 billion for low - income public schoolchildren </Li> <Li> $12.2 billion for IDEA special education </Li> <Li> $2.1 billion for Head Start </Li> <Li> $2 billion for childcare services </Li> <Li> $650 million for educational technology </Li> <Li> $300 million for increased teacher salaries </Li> <Li> $250 million for states to analyze student performance </Li> <Li> $200 million to support working college students </Li> <Li> $70 million for the education of homeless children </Li> </Ul> <Li> $53.6 billion in aid to local school districts to prevent layoffs and cutbacks, with flexibility to use the funds for school modernization and repair (State Fiscal Stabilization Fund) </Li> <Li> $15.6 billion to increase Pell Grants from $4,731 to $5,350 </Li>

Fiscal policy under the 2009 american recovery and reinvestment act took the form of