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TESOL Education Policy Outlook: the View from DC
John Segota, CAE Associate Executive Director for Public Policy & Professional Relations
2013 GATESOL Conference
Overview
• 113th Congress • Obama Administration • Education Policy
– ESEA – WIA – Immigration – Common Core
113th Congress
• House of Representatives – 234 Republicans – 201 Democrats
• Senate – 53 Democrats – 45 Republicans – 2 Independents
House of Representatives
• Leadership – Speaker of the House – Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
• Education and Workforce – Chairman – Rep. John Kline (R-MN)
U.S. Senate
• Leadership – Majority Leader - Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
• Health, Education, Labor and Pensions – Chairman – Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
U.S. Department of Education
• Deborah Delisle, Assistant Secretary, Elem. & Sec. Ed.
• Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary, Voc. & Adult Ed.
• Libia Gil, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, OELA
Federal Budget
• Continuing Resolution – HR 2775
• Sequestration – Approximately 5% cut
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
• S 1094 - Strengthen America Schools Act
• HR 5 – Student Success Act
• S 1158 - English Learning and Innovation Act
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
• NCLB Waivers – 42 States + DC and Puerto Rico have
been approved
• Flexibility on some provisions of NCLB in exchange for State-developed plans
Common Core Standards
• PARCC and Smarter Balanced
• English language proficiency assessment – ASSETS and ELPA 21
• Understanding Language Project
Higher Education Act
• Last reauthorized in 2008 • 12 Senate hearings • Title II – Teacher Quality
– State grants – Partnership grants
Adult Education
• Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
– S. 1356 – Workforce Investment Act of 2013
– HR 803 – Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (“SKILLS”) Act
– HR 798 – Workforce Investment Act of 2013
Adult Education
• Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) – Sponsored by Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD) – 24 countries – Results released October 2013 – Webcast – November 2 @ 1 pm EDT
http://www.national-coalition-literacy.org/webcast.html
Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals
• Eligibility criteria"• Application procedure"• Protection from deportation – 2 years"• Possible employment authorization"• Not a pathway to permanent residency or
citizenship""
Immigration Reform
• S. 744 – Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act"– Border Security"– Pathway to
citizenship"– DREAM Act"
TESOL International Association http://www.tesol.org
E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @JohnSegota
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