By Nancy Badertscher
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Metro Atlanta/State News
March 30, 2010
Georgia lost out Monday on millions of dollars for education, finishing third out of 16 in Round 1 of the national Race to the Top competition.
Only the top two finishers -- Delaware and Tennessee – were awarded grants in the $4.35 billion program that President Barack Obama hopes will encourage states to enact significant education reform and bolster student achievement.
Delaware will receive $100 million over the next four years, and Tennessee will receive $500 million, the U.S. Department of Education announced.
The other finalists, including Georgia, have another chance in a second round that has a June deadline for applications. About $3.4 billion will be available then.
In Round 1, Georgia applied for $460 million and had 23 school systems -- including the city of Atlanta and Cherokee, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall and Rockdale counties -- lined up to be among the first to share in the money and put the reforms into place.
Gov. Sonny Perdue said Monday that state officials will be getting feedback from the U.S. Department of Education on their Round 1 application and will be “tough to beat” in the next phase.
“We were hoping to be among the final four in the Race to the Top competition, but unfortunately this time only two winners were chosen,” Perdue said in a prepared statement.
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