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FEDERAL EDUCATION UPDATEAssociation of Education Service Agencies
Colorado Springs, CO
December 1, 2011
OVERVIEW ESEA
Reauthorization Waivers Title I Formula Fairness
Appropriations FY12 Super Committee/Deficit Commission IDEA Full Funding
Ed Tech Child Nutrition Rural Education Other Topics Advocacy Resources
CLIMATES Funding
Continued recession at state and local level Cessation of ARRA/EduJobs Actual and anticipated cuts from FY11 and FY12 Anticipated cuts from Debt Ceiling
Commission/Sequestration Political
Partisan. Middle ground moderates are gone. Gearing up to an election year
Federal Gridlock between House and Senate
State State legislatures were heavily impacted by last year’s
elections Strong push on education issues with grassroots
implications
ESEA REAUTHORIZATION Areas of Agreement
Measuring Growth Disaggregation Annual summative
assessment New higher standards New better
assessments SES & Choice, less
prescriptive
Area of Debate Accountability
framework - AYP or growth
Assessments –Quality/Type
Teacher evaluation – test weight/multiple measures/performance levels
Flexibility/transferability – how much/where
Charter schools – rules same or different
Comparability – the sleeper issue!!
ESEA REAUTHORIZATION: HOUSEH.R. 1891 "Setting New Priorities in
Education Spending Act" Full Committee Wednesday, May 25, 2011Ordered favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a vote of 23-16
H.R. 2218, "Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act"Full CommitteeWednesday, June 22, 2011Ordered favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a vote of 34-5. Voted out of full House 9/13
HR 2445 “State and Local Funding Flexibility Act”Wednesday July 14, 2011Ordered favorable reported, as amended, to the House by a vote of 23-17
ESEA REAUTHORIZATION: SENATE
Marathon Mark Up in late October Bipartisan bill passed out of committee, 16-7
12 Ds and 4 Rs 144 filed amendments
24 adopted 10 rejected The balance were either withdrawn, not offered,
ignored, and/or will be offered on the floor
ESEA REAUTHORIZATION: SENATE
Improvements Eliminates impossible goal of 100% Eliminates AYP and AMOs Eliminates 2 percent testing cap Changes testing requirement for ELL from one
year to two years Permits shifting to measure growth while
retaining status testing Permit multiple measures Includes computer adaptive assessment Shifts control of accountability to the states Requires adoption of more accurate assessments
ESEA REAUTHORIZATION: SENATE
Accountability Changes Requires continuous improvement towards C/CR Maintains disaggregation Ranks schools, focus on bottom 5%
Achievement Gaps and Persistently Low Achieving Achievement based on test scores, graduation rates,
state summative test scores, and % on track for C/CR. Turn Around Models
Transformation, Strategic Staffing, Turnaround, Whole School Reform, Restart, Closure, State Flexibility and Rural Waiver
ESEA REAUTHORIZATION: SENATE
Points of Concern Comparability Changes Reliance on One-Time testing Treatment of Foster Kids Codification of RttT and i3
ESEA: REGULATORY RELIEF
• Flexibility being offered in 11 specific areas• States have to adopt all three policy
priorities:– Higher standards– Differentiated accountability system– Teacher/principal evaluation system based on
growth• NCLB Waiver Watch: www.cep-dc.org • AASA position: we agree with the areas in
which flexibility is being provided but are opposed to the conditional nature of the process.
ESEA: REGULATORY RELIEF
Conditional, quid-pro-quo deal, with states having to adopt specific policy priorities I exchange for relief
To date, 39 states have expressed interest in the waivers
11 states submitted applications in the first round: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tennessee
Next Deadline for Applying: Mid-February
TITLE I FORMULA FAIRNESS
www.formulafairness.com Led by Rural School and Community Trust Current statute uses two weighting brackets to
determine an LEA’s Title I allocation Unintended consequence is that some larger,
less-poor schools can end up receiving more Title I dollars per-child than smaller, poorer districts
TITLE I FORMULA FAIRNESS
All Children are Equal (ACE) Act (HR 2485) provides legislative fix
Turns down the volume on number weighting to ensure that Title I dollars are distributed to concentrations of poverty
11 original co-sponsors: Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Ruben Hinojosa (D – TX), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Dan Boren (D-OK), Mike Ross (D-AR), Tom Petri (R-WI), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Todd Platts (R-PA), and Richard Hanna (R-NY).
Also joined by Reps. Roby (R-AL), Hartzler (R-MO), and Crawford (R-AR)
Urge your representative to sign on!
FY12 APPROPRIATIONS
House: Education down over all, huge increases for Title I and IDEA, cuts for many other ed programs
Senate: overall increase for education, lack funding increases for Title I and IDEA
Current Dear Colleague in the House; Sign on by Friday!
FY12: Started October 1, without a budgetFirst CR thru 11/18; Current CR thru 12/16Differing House and Senate Edu NumbersRole of final approps bills vs. CR vs. megabus
FY12 APPROPRIATIONS
First CR Included $329 m in cuts to education programs Title I: $163 million IDEA part B: $129 million Title II: $25 million Perkins: $12 million
Reach out to your Senator and Representative to urge them to reinstate the funds.
FY12 APPROPRIATIONS
Joint Deficit CommissionSuper Committee Roster:
Senate: Murray (WA), Baucus (MT), Kerry (MA), Kyl (AZ), Portman (OH), and Toomey (PA)
House: Hensarling (TX), Becerra (CA), Camp (MI), Clyburn (SC), Upton (MI), and VanHollen (MD)
Has to identify $1.5 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years
Failed to announce plan by Thanksgiving and take vote by Christmas
Includes required vote on Balanced Budget Amendment House failed to pass BBA
FY12 APPROPRIATIONS
Potential Cuts in the Deficit Debacle Sequestration triggered 1/1/12 Cuts go in to effect 1/1/13 CBO estimates sequestration will be a 7.8%
across-the-board cut Estimated Education Impact:
Title I: $1.1 billion IDEA: 978 million Perkins: $136 million Head Start: $590 million
IDEA FULL FUNDING
AASA’s #1 legislative priority Senator Harkin has introduced the IDEA Full
Funding Act (S 1403). We are waiting for the House partner bill.
Rep. Polis has a IDEA funding bill, but our focus is on the Harkin version
Urge your Senator to sign on the S 1403, and talk with your entire Congressional delegation about the funding pressures of IDEA and the importance of protecting and increasing IDEA funding in FY12 and debt ceiling conversations.
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY: E-RATE
FCC program that provides discounts to help schools and libraries afford telecommunications services
Anti-Deficiency Act (S 297) Raise the spending cap Waiting for final action by the FCC on a
host of rules/notices:Gift ruleCIPARoll-over funds
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY: ED TECH
Title II Part D, Enhancing Education Through Technology, E2T2
Zero-funded by the administration, eliminated by the House in its ESEA eliminations bill
Not included in Senate Base Bill Sen. Bingaman introduced the ATTAIN
Act (S 1178), which allows for EETT-type program ($300 m trigger); Offered as amendment in Senate ESEA mark up
CHILD NUTRITION NSLP/SBP reauthorized last December AASA, NSBA and Council opposed unfunded mandates
within the law Increased reimbursement, higher nutrition
standards Set paid lunch price Set training and certification requirements Review indirect cost process
Continue to work on the regulations, which affirm our suspicions
Hullabaloo in the FY12 agriculture appropriations bill related to language that limits the use of FY12 funds for implementing new language
AMENDMENTS TO REAP Changes to REAP in Senate version of ESEA
Transition to new locale codes (move from 7/8 to 33, 41, 42, 43)
Allow districts to choose between RLIS and SRSA funding
If appropriation for REAP is increased, base grant moves from 20 to 25, max grant goes from 60 to 80
Changes not made to Senate Version of ESEA Transition to FRLP as poverty measure from 20% census
data
OFFICE OF RURAL EDUCATION POLICY ACT
Bill introduced in May; Goal: Adding it to ESEA Would establish an Office inside the Dept of Ed
headed by a Director who wouldAdvise the Secretary on the needs of rural
schools and ensure that all regulations issued by the Department of Education explicitly consideration the impact that the regulations will have on rural schools and communities
maintain a clearinghouse on best practices and research for rural schools, produce an annual report to Congress, coordinate efforts throughout federal agencies related to rural schools
OTHER ISSUES
Federal Mandates RttT, I3, SIG
Foster Care Bullying Common Core/Testing Consortia America’s Jobs Act
GET—AND STAY—INVOLVED!
• Weigh in early, weigh in often• These decisions are made whether or not
you weigh in.• 15 minutes per month is all it takes.• Get to know your Senator/Representative,
and perhaps more importantly, their education staffer.
• Invite the Representative/Senator and staffer to your ESA. Anecdotes and stories have a lot of sticking power with this Congress. Let the face of your ESA be the one that sticks in their mind!
AASA/AESA ADVOCACY RESOURCES
AASA Website: www.aasa.org AASA Blog: www.aasa.org/aasablog.aspx AASA Twitter: @Noellerson AASA Legislative Corps: Weekly Newsletter Advocacy Network: Monthly Update