Transcript Federal Education Update
Federal Education Update
Noelle Ellerson PARSS April 2015
The GOOD News of Public Education
High School Graduation Rate at Record High
Sources: For 1975-76 to 2009-10: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD),
State Dropout and Completion File
, 2009-10. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2013309rev For 2010-11 to 2012-13: CCD
Public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR)
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/tables/ACGR_2010-11_to_2012-13.asp
70% 65% 60% 55% 50% 80%
More Hispanic and African-American Students Graduating
High school graduation rates: School years 2002-2003 through 2011-2012
75% Black Hispanic SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data file," School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a; School Year 2010-11, Provisional 1a; School Year 2009-10, 1a; School Year 2008-09, 1a; School Year 2007-08, 1b., http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/tables/AFGR0812.asp Pew Research Hispanic Center, http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/05/09/hispanic-high-school-graduates-pass-whites-in-rate-of-college-enrollment/
Dropout Rates Decreasing
Dropout rate, 2000-2012
30,0 25,0 20,0 15,0 10,0 5,0 0,0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Lowest Income Quartile 2005 2006 2007 All Races 2008 Black 2009 2010 Hispanic 2011 2012 SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2013).
The Condition of Education
2013, Tables 128 and 129, http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/ and
Digest of Education Statistics
, Tables 219.70, 219.71, 219.75, and 219.76.
Rising K-12 Enrollments
Source: CEF based on NCES
Projections of Education Statistics to 2022
More Children in Poverty
Majority of Public School Children are Low-Income
More Students in High-Poverty Schools
Percentage distribution of public school students, by school poverty level: School years 1999-2000 and 2010-11 Source: NCES:
Condition of Education 2013
Fewer Local Education Employees
8 200 8 100 8 000 7 900 7 800 7 700 7 600 7 500 8 119 8 084 8 069 7 948 324,000 fewer jobs 7 801 7 776 7 765 7 795
Source: CEF based on BLS seasonally adjusted employment data: http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cesbtab1.htm
Per Student Public Education Spending Flat Since 2010
K-12 Spending Flat as Share of GDP
Source: NCES; 2012
Digest of Education Statistics:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2014015
Federal Education Update
Climates & To-Do List
• • • Funding – State and local budgets have yet to reach pre recession levels – Sequestration at the federal level Political – ….partisan, and battle of the wills between Cong and the admin State Government – Trend in legislation and policy to undermine public education • • • • • • Annual approps process ESEA IDEA Higher Education Early Ed (Head Start and CCDBG) Perkins Career/Tech • • Other WOIA ESRA
What is Going On?
• • • • • Activity vs. Productivity Authorizations and Reauthorizations Regulations Funding – Budget & Appropriations Hearings/Mark Ups
Things to Focus on…
• • • • • • • These decisions get made whether you weigh in or not It’s a marathon, not a sprint Relationships, not just content Systems and information, not just lobbying and letter You are best positioned to tell your district’s story Use your professional organizations!
15 minutes a month
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ESEA: Things to Watch For
Where do things stand?!
Portability & Vouchers: Whatever happens re: vouchers/portability in Title I is what they will push for in IDEA and Perkins – OPPOSE vouchers and portability; Title I dollars must remain targeted on concentrations of poverty Assessment: AASA welcomes language that would reduce the amount of federally mandated testing, with continued focus on high-quality, rigorous assessments – Important to note that the burden of overtesting is most exacerbated at state/local level. Fed govt can reduce its role, but states/locals must do their part, too.
– Proposal for grade span testing, random sampling (like NAEP!) or every year (with alternating subjects) – Alexander bill maintains annual testing requirement
ESEA: Things to Look For
• • Accountability: Return autonomy to state/local level – Maintain current data disaggregation, oppose effort to expand accountability matrix – Reduce highly prescriptive turn around models Funding: Oppose funding caps; AASA prefers the language ‘such sums’, allowing appropriators to fund programs
ESEA: Things to Look For
• • • • • Comparability: AASA opposes any effort to include teacher salaries in the calculation of comparability. Keep current law. Maintenance of Effort: AASA opposes the elimination of MoE. We want to keep current law, with the 90% threshold.
Ed Tech: AASA advocates a strong, stand alone ed tech program, currently Title II Part D.
Background Checks
& Much More!
Rural!
• • • • • Rural Education: Included in both the House and Senate bills as stand alone program All Children Are Equal Act: Stand alone bill in the House; language in House base bill that opens up Title I formula Rural Technical Assistance Amendment: Instructs USED secretary to provide TA to rural LEAs as they navigate competitive grants AND allows rural LEAs to submit consolidated plans through ESAs Office of Rural Education: Filed, not accessed Forest Counties: 2 year funding extension
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
How Has State K-12 Funding Fared in Your State?
$700 $650 $600
NDD Cap Levels
(in billions) $550 $500 $450 $400 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 FY 12 Cap adjusted for inflation FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 BCA Pre-Sequester Caps
Source: CEF Calculations based on CBO and OMB data
FY 19 FY 20 Sequestration FY 21 FY 22 Ryan-Murray FY 23
Appropriations: FY14, FY15, & FY16
• • • • The final FY14 appropriations package restored roughly 80% of all sequester cuts. USED received an amount that covered roughly 65% of its cuts.
– Impact Aid: fully restored – Title I and IDEA have most of cuts restored (~90%) – REAP left at post-sequester level For FY15, the final deal was essentially level funding, with nominal increases for Title I and IDEA.
– FY16 (as indicated on the previous slide) is the third consecutive year of level funding.
Pres Obama’s FY16 budget included $2.7b increase for ESEA House and Senate committed to timeline budget process (relates to pressure on ESEA)
Federal Funding: Sequestration
• • • • • Unless rescinded, sequestration cuts return in FY16 FY15 reality is such that most programs are still not to pre sequester levels No across-the-board cuts in FY16, unless Defense is exempted.
Continued push to isolate cuts to non-defense discretionary Important to keep the pressure on Congress to protect education funding, preferably through avoiding sequester, if not at least ensuring cuts are to ALL of the budget
IDEA: Maintenance of Effort
– The recession proved that a 100% MOE requirement is neither good, nor equitable public policy – Current provisions do not incentivize additional investments in special education when districts budgets improve – More flexibility is needed in IDEA to encourage districts to invest in special education when budgets are good, and ensure districts can utilize optimize efficiency when budgets aren’t as good
IDEA Reauthorization
• • On the horizon…Jan 2016?
Big issues for reauthorization – Fixing Due Process • Rate of due process continues to decrease, but not because system is working • Due process drives good teachers away from special education • Due process is incredibly costly
Perkins/CTE
• Administration’s Perkins Blueprint – Removes the basic state grant guaranteed to any school district with a CTE program – Requires districts to partner with post-secondary institutions for Perkins funding – Creates a “Pay-to-Play” system for Perkins funding – Mandates a set-aside within current Perkins allocation for innovative programs • Themes for Reauthorization – Common definitions for Perkins – Requirement for consortium application – Increased reporting requirements – Career counseling
E-Rate: Impacting Schools
• • • • • The core of the program is still the same. Category One and Category Two remain in place, with comparable functionality.
Poverty indicator is now district level (not school-based).
Legacy services will be phased out (phone, webhosting, paging, etc…).
Reduction of top-level discount (from 90% to 85%) FCC voted on Dec 11 to raise the E-Rate cap (permanently!) by $1.5 billion.
Student Data & Privacy
• • • FERPA, COPPA, CIPA, but not in ESEA!
Provide coherent and easy-to-understand guidance for parents and educators regarding FERPA, PPRA, and COPPA and their protections of the privacy and security of student data. Update definitions to address the realities of the digital age, making it possible to protect data while ensuring appropriate use of student data for legitimate educational needs and reforms.
Other Topics
• • • • • • • Charters Higher Education Act Affordable Care Act School Nutrition Early Learning Educational Broadband Services More?
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