Dive Brief:

• The Every Student Succeeds Act, signed into law last week, significantly changes the formula used in calculating states' funding for the $2.3 billion teacher quality grants program (a.k.a. Title II), and the formula will now eliminate pre-existing baseline payment amounts while also weighting state poverty more than overall population.

• Nothing is going to change overnight, as there will be a gradual shift that, according to Education Week, will ultimately result in Southern states obtaining more funding than those in the Rust Belt.

• The formula change is expected to be fully executed by the year 2023.

Dive Insight:

An analysis by Education Week projecting the impact of the change by the time it's fully implemented in 2023 found that Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico stand to lose $10 million or more dollars, while California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas would gain an additional $10 million or more.

Teacher quality grants have traditionally intended to boost student outcomes via the production of higher-quality teachers, utilizing better professional development, higher accountability standardsfor teacher prep programs, and a larger focus on recruiting teachers of color or those from other professions.

A chart of state-by-state projected outcomes was put together by the Congressional Research Service last month and can be downloaded as a free PDF.