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Orientation for State Presidents
and Presidents-Elect
July 26, 2011
Agenda
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NASSP Advocacy Resources
ESEA Reauthorization
Key Legislation
Federal Education Funding
NASSP Advocacy Resources
Information
 NewsLeader
 Principal’s Update
 Principal’s Policy Blog
(www.principalspolicyblog.org)
 Twitter
(@akarhuse and @kingston_m)
NASSP Advocacy Resources
Grassroots Advocacy
 Principal’s Legislative Action
Center (www.nassp.org/PLAC)
 Federal Grassroots Network
 NASSP Weekly Federal Education
Policy Update
 edWeb Communities
NASSP Advocacy Resources
Grassroots Advocacy: What You
Get Out of It
 Have a real impact on the federal
policymaking process
 Become an expert on federal
education policy and funding to
leverage your influence in your
community
NASSP Advocacy Resources
Grassroots Advocacy: What You
Get Out of It (cont.)
 Network with other passionate school
leaders
 Develop personally and
professionally with continuous
learning and speaking opportunities
NASSP Advocacy Resources
NASSP Board Position Statements
 Topics selected at July meeting
 Board states intent to adopt at
November or February meeting
 Comment period for 30-60 days
 Final approval by May meeting
 www.nassp.org/positionstatements
ESEA Reauthorization
Status of Reauthorization
 ED Blueprint released March 2010
 President Obama urges legislators
to pass a bill this year!
 House committee approved 3 bills
in May, June, and July
 Senate comprehensive ESEA bill
expected August 2011 (?)
ESEA Reauthorization
ED Plan on Regulatory Relief
 To waive 2014 deadline for 100%
proficiency, states could adopt
college- and career-ready standards
(Common Core)
 To freeze sanctions, states could
propose new accountability systems
using student growth targets
ESEA Reauthorization
ED Plan on Regulatory Relief
 To waive HQT requirements, states
could adopt evaluation systems for
teachers and principals that are
based on student growth
 Possible proposal on school
turnaround models…
ESEA Reauthorization
House ESEA Bill #1 (H.R. 1891)
 Fondly referred to as “Kill Bill”
 Eliminates 42 education programs
authorized under NCLB
 Unlikely that $ saved would be
transferred to other programs
 Party-line vote in committee; floor
consideration expected in July
ESEA Reauthorization
House ESEA Bill #2 (H.R. 2218)
 Reauthorizes federal Charter
Schools Program at $300 million
 Provides grants for new schools and
replication of high-quality schools
 Funding prioritized for states that
meet certain conditions
 Floor consideration expected in July
ESEA Reauthorization
House ESEA Bill #3 (H.R. 2445)
 Focus on local control & flexibility
 Allows districts to move funding
between all Titles of ESEA
 Districts could transfer all $ out of
Title I and Title III (ELLs)
 Districts free from reporting &
accountability requirements
ESEA Reauthorization
National Standards
 NASSP is endorsing partner of
Common Core State Standards
 Supports incentives for states to
adopt standards & development of
common assessments
 ED Blueprint links adoption of
common standards to Title I
ESEA Reauthorization
Graduation Rates
 NASSP supports uniform method of
calculating graduation rates
 Graduation rate should be extended
to at least 5 years
 Special exception for students with
significant cognitive disabilities
 No proposed changes to Title I reg.
ESEA Reauthorization
School Turnaround
 Continued focus on bottom 5% of
“challenge schools” in each state
 NASSP opposes 4 turnaround
models, which all require principal
to be replaced
 BR framework calls for fair
evaluation of schools and principals
ESEA Reauthorization
Growth Models
 States should use growth models
that measure individual student
achievement from year to year
 Pilot project was expanded in 2008
 15 states are using growth models
 ED proposes overhaul of AYP
ESEA Reauthorization
Multiple Measures of Performance
 NASSP recommends multiple
measures of student performance
 ED proposes improved data systems
for states and districts
 Data could include graduation rates,
college enrollment & school climate
ESEA Reauthorization
Great Teachers and Leaders
ED proposal requires
 State definition of effective &
highly effective principal
 Improved evaluation systems
 Strengthening of principal prep
programs, mentoring, and PD
LEARN Act (H.R. 2272/S. 929)
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$2.5 B for state literacy plans
Early childhood, grades K-5, and
ML and HS
Literacy incorporated across all
content areas
Targeted interventions provided for
struggling students
School Principal Recruitment and
Training Act
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Professional development for
current and aspiring principals
One-year pre-service residency for
aspiring principals
Grants to increase current
principals’ effectiveness
Principals to serve in high-need
schools for at least four years
The Missing Middle
Fiscal Year 2010
Primarily PK-Elementary
$25
Title I: Achievement of
Disadvantaged Students
School Improvement Grants
Head Start
Amount (in billions)
$20
Child Care Development
Block Grant
Striving Readers
Primarily Middle Grades
High School Grad. Initiative
$15
Small Learning Communities
Perkins
TRIO
Gaining Early Awareness and
Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs (GEAR UP)
$10
Primarily Higher Education
$5
Federal Work Study
Pell
LEAP Program
College Access Challenge Grant
$0
SEOG
Pre-K–6
Grades 7–9
Grades 10–12
Postsecondary
HBCUs and MSIs
Source: U.S. Department of Education Budget FY2010; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Budget FY2010
Early Identification of Dropouts
The Primary Off-Track Indicators for
Potential Dropouts:
Sixth Graders (1996-97) with an
Early Warning Indicator
100%
20%
Grade in School
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• Course Performance – A final
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behavior mark in at least one
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Math
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• Behavior - “unsatisfactory”
Behavior
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attendance
80%
% of
students
60%
who are ontrack to 40%
graduation
6t
• Attendance - <80-90% school
Attendance
Sixth-grade students with one or more of the indicators have
only a 10% to 20% chance of graduating from high school on
time or within one year of expected graduation
-Robert Balfanz and Liza Herzog, Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University
Success in the Middle Act
(H.R. 1547/S. 833)
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$1 billion for Middle Grades
Improvement Fund
State plans for improving student
achievement in grades 5-8
Early warning indicator and
intervention systems
Research on best practices
Graduation Promise Act
(H.R. 778/S. 1177)
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$2.4 B for High School
Improvement & Dropout
Reduction Fund
Resources for schools with low
graduation rates (60% or less)
Differentiated school improvement
and evidence-based interventions
Education Funding
IDEA Full Funding
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NASSP IDEA Task Force
Working on legislation to fully fund
IDEA in 6 years
Would free up state funds currently
going towards the extra costs of
educating students with disabilities
IDEA Full Funding
(cont.)
 Advocating for reintroduction of
EDUCATE Act and IDEA Full
Funding Act
 Senators call for “highest possible
funding” for IDEA for FY ‘12
FY 2011 Appropriations
 Year-Long CR (H.R. 1473)
maintains $ for Title I, IDEA, &
school leadership
 CR eliminates $ for Striving Readers,
Ed. Tech, and others
 This year-long CR was reached after
7 straight short-term CRs for FY ‘11
FY 2012 Budget
 Senate Budget Committee will likely
not have a mark-up, leaving only the
House-passed Ryan budget to
negotiate from
 House Budget Committee released
302(b) allocations for FY 12: ed. gets
hit hard
FY 2012 Appropriations
• Markup on Labor-HHS-Ed Bill not
until September (saving the bills with
the deepest cuts for last)
NASSP Advocacy on Budget
and Appropriations
 FY 2011:Visited Senate
Appropriators April 14 to oppose
H.R. 1473
 FY 2012: Will lobby to oppose H.R.
1891, draconian Ryan-like budget
cuts, balanced budget amendment,
and Cut, Cap and Balance Act
Striving Readers
Comprehensive Literacy
Program
 First Funded in FY 2010 at $250 M
 Supports statewide, state-driven,
research-based literacy instruction
and interventions for children from
birth-grade 12
Striving Readers (cont.)
 FY 2011 funding was eliminated in
year-long CR
 46 states are ready to implement their
literacy plans
 Coalition meets regularly with ED
officials and Congress to lobby for
funding in FY 2012
School Leadership Program
 The only dedicated funding stream in
ESEA for the training, mentoring, and
professional development of school
leaders
 Enjoyed continuous funding increases
from FY 2006-2010
School Leadership Program
(cont.)
 Funding of $29.2 million maintained
in year-long CR in FY 2011
 NASSP will advocate for nonconsolidated level-funding for FY ‘12
School Leadership Program
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30.00
29.2
25.00
19.2
20.00
14.7
14.7
Funding
level (in
millions)
14.5
15.00
10.00
5.00
0
0.00
'06
'07
'08
'09
Fiscal Year
'10 '11 CR '12
(proposed)
Contact Us at NASSP
Amanda Karhuse
[email protected]
703-860-7241
Mary Kingston
[email protected]
703-860-7338