In March 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law, nearly doubling the federal investment in public education. As funding reaches states, decisions must be made that reflect and support the law’s intention – to protect existing funding levels for our public schools while ensuring LEA’s prioritize improvement and opportunities for all students by institutionalizing resource accountability standards. Now is the time for state and local policymakers to take every available step to eliminate the opportunity gap.