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Remove Images By the Numbers Stimulus Funds For Teachers and Furlough Friday Sentences by Jacob Shafer September 16, 2010 $39 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money coming to Hawaii to support public education jobs; Hawaii was one of six states and territories awarded stimulus funds this week  75 percent Portion of school districts awarded stimulus funds last year that still expect to cut teachers  60 hours Community service sentence given to four of the Furlough Friday protesters who participated in a sit-in at Gov. Lingle's office in April; 16 other protesters received lesser penalties  11 Number of convicted criminals pardoned by Gov. Lingle in the first half of the year, for offenses ranging from felony weapons possession to drug dealing to statutory rape  Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Hawaii.gov/gov, KITV