Transcript Federal Education Update ESEA, Funding, & Things to Watch
5/8/15
Thought to keep in mind
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It is sounding like most educators, or at least educational leaders are saying, the devil we know is worse than the devil we don’t know.
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Big Issues
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Federalism
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Standards Accountability Spending – Defense/Domestic/Entitlements & Revenues
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Poverty/General Aid
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Early childhood & career ready
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Funding – Caps
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ESEA
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Status of ESEA
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House HR 5 – Floor – Student Success Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/ house-bill/5/text
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Senate S. 1177 – Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate bill/1177/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Ev ery+Child+Achieves+Act%22%5D%7D
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Bipartisan HELP Committee
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Chairman Alexander (R TN) & Senator Murray (D-WA)
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Staff worked –daily for three months
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Principals met to make big compromises
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Then worked with other Senators
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Funding
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Budget process – sets spending ceilings
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Congress passed budget.
Funding to non-defense discretionary - DOWN
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Appropriation’s process:
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Allocations to 11 subcommittees Program-by-Program decisions
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Administration positions
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Forbes Economic Forecast
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Other Things to Watch
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Senate gathering data, ideas on Higher Education Act, IDEA – getting ready to move to and through committee
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USED waivers
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H.R. 1806 – America COMPETES Reauthorization Act
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ESEA Issues
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Traditional Federal targeted groups – disadvantaged, disabled, language minority
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Accountability & Over Testing
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Maintenance of Effort
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Supplement, not Supplant
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Formula
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Urban vs. Rural
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Contrasts
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House
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Portability No maintenance of effort Charters Standards Powers of USED State role
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No portability (some experimentation) Maintenance of Effort Charters Standards Powers of USED Literacy program/math science State role
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Administration
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18 months left to influence
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Talking to Senators
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Has issued SAP – that they would veto HR 5
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Extended waivers by several years
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So….
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S. 1177 on Senate floor in June
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Practical issue of how many hours??
Amendments being collected Negotiations from Committee deliberations
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H.R. 5 – back on House floor???
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Some interesting ideas
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Appropriations – who will want to pass a Labor/HHS/ED bill with big cuts???
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Politics
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Presidential
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Calendar Issues
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Conservatives
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Liberals
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Education
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Opting Out, Standards, Private/Charters/Public
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Odds on ESEA
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In November 2014 the odds on ESEA passing during this Congress were less than 5%
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In January the odds were less than 10%
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In February the odds were less than 5%
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In March the odds were less than 20%
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In April the odds were less than 35%
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The trend line…..still….
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Following
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www.ed.gov
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http:Thomas.loc.gov
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RLongSolutions.net
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