solanco school district received an extra $3,885,572 in american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (arra) - federal stimulus money to be used in specific programs like special education and meeting the academic needs of low-income students. the funding was limited to the 2009–10 and 2010-2011 school years. due to the temporary nature of the funding, schools were repeatedly advised to use the funds for one-time expenditures like: acquiring equipment, making repairs to buildings, training teachers to provide more effective instruction or purchasing books and software.