Improving Teacher Quality State Grants: Included in the administration's proposal is a 5.4 percent cut to Improving Teacher Quality State Grants, compared to fiscal year 2008. The following table shows the cuts for each state, after taking inflation into account.
| Improving Teacher Quality State Grants | ||
| (obligations in thousands) | ||
| State or Territory | FY2009 Proposed | 5.4% Cut (compared to FY08) |
| Total (U.S.) | 2,835,248 | 162,069 |
| Alabama | 45,343 | 2,657 |
| Alaska | 13,495 | 788 |
| Arizona | 46,417 | 3,117 |
| Arkansas | 27,633 | 1,643 |
| California | 321,120 | 19,351 |
| Colorado | 31,696 | 1,892 |
| Connecticut | 25,905 | 1,363 |
| Delaware | 13,495 | 788 |
| District of Columbia | 13,495 | 788 |
| Florida | 128,952 | 7,817 |
| Georgia | 76,042 | 4,806 |
| Hawaii | 13,495 | 788 |
| Idaho | 13,495 | 788 |
| Illinois | 114,011 | 6,228 |
| Indiana | 48,514 | 2,893 |
| Iowa | 21,618 | 1,179 |
| Kansas | 21,993 | 1,195 |
| Kentucky | 43,656 | 2,386 |
| Louisiana | 63,279 | 3,354 |
| Maine | 13,495 | 788 |
| Maryland | 40,121 | 2,150 |
| Massachusetts | 50,280 | 2,620 |
| Michigan | 109,003 | 5,587 |
| Minnesota | 37,346 | 1,967 |
| Mississippi | 41,436 | 2,247 |
| Missouri | 49,172 | 2,862 |
| Montana | 13,495 | 788 |
| Nebraska | 13,771 | 795 |
| Nevada | 14,773 | 1,001 |
| New Hampshire | 13,495 | 788 |
| New Jersey | 63,351 | 3,439 |
| New Mexico | 22,315 | 1,271 |
| New York | 221,790 | 10,854 |
| North Carolina | 65,004 | 4,328 |
| North Dakota | 13,495 | 788 |
| Ohio | 104,427 | 5,711 |
| Oklahoma | 32,758 | 1,927 |
| Oregon | 27,832 | 1,667 |
| Pennsylvania | 111,973 | 5,779 |
| Rhode Island | 13,495 | 788 |
| South Carolina | 36,449 | 2,285 |
| South Dakota | 13,495 | 788 |
| Tennessee | 49,163 | 3,034 |
| Texas | 237,584 | 14,672 |
| Utah | 18,297 | 1,083 |
| Vermont | 13,495 | 788 |
| Virginia | 50,603 | 2,943 |
| Washington | 46,341 | 2,684 |
| West Virginia | 23,107 | 1,111 |
| Wisconsin | 44,986 | 2,348 |
| Wyoming | 13,495 | 788 |
| American Samoa | 3,345 | 210 |
| Guam | 4,972 | 272 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1,580 | 94 |
| Puerto Rico | 89,371 | 5,159 |
| Freely Associated States | ...... | ...... |
| Virgin Islands | 4,208 | 232 |
| Indian Tribes | 14,105 | 807 |
| Undistributed | ...... | ...... |
| Evaluation | 14,176 | 810 |