A one time fund of $2 billion for addiction and mental health treatment "is pocket change" said Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.
The one-time funding also would support research to learn what strategies are most cost-effective.
More than $3 billion of the increase is one-time funding, so school systems will be reluctant to tie those funds to a permanent rise in wages.
But it won't allow us to set an open-for-business date if it's one-time funding," William Leith, the USGS senior science advisor for earthquakes, said in a statement.
During a special meeting Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified school board will try to figure out how the district should spend more than $113 million in one-time funding to get teachers and students ready for the Common Core curriculum, the new standards in English and math that are to go into effect next year and that emphasize critical thinking over rote memorization.
This represented one-time funding, with no sustainable ongoing monies pledged.
Despite prevailing funding challenges, all centres were successful in securing some implementation funding through research grants, one-time funding arrangements, or special project funding.
The FGD also spent some time discussing the limitations of one-time funding, especially in IGA, as they felt that one-off funding does not produce sustainable results.
Many grants only provide one-time funding.
Based on projected estimates, for many districts this would mean eligibility to receive one-time funds equaling about 1-21-2% the average operating budget over the next two to four years.
Mr. Obama has portrayed Mr. Rezko as a one-time fund-raiser whom he had occasionally seen socially.
