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Federal Education Policy & Funding
July 2014
Amanda Karhuse & Jacki Ball
Goals
Provide an overview of current federal
education policy issues
Share NASSP’s legislative agenda
Provide summary & status update on the
budget & appropriations process
Provide additional advocacy resources
Agenda
Update on Federal Education Policy
ESEA Reauthorization & ESEA Flexibility
Waivers
NASSP Legislative Agenda
Federal Budget & Education Funding
Budget Process & Current Fiscal Constraints
Investments in NASSP Supported Programs
Additional Advocacy Resources
Key Terms
Authorization
Creates a specific program through federal
law. An authorization bill acts as a
prerequisite for an appropriation or other
kinds of budget authority.
Appropriations
Provides the actual amount of federal
dollars to a specific program. Congress
needs to pass appropriations bills each year
for the operations and programs run by the
federal government
ESEA Reauthorization
ESEA (a.k.a. NCLB) was due for
reauthorization in 2007
Bipartisanship has already failed: four
competing proposals in 2013!
Senate committee markup (June ‘13) and
House floor vote (July ‘13)
Administration support for waivers
ESEA Reauthorization
Big Picture Issues
Federal role in education
Flexibility for states & districts
College and career ready standards and
aligned assessments
Low-income and minority students,
students with disabilities & English
Language Learners
ESEA Reauthorization
House Bill (H.R. 5)
Eliminates AYP, 100% proficiency
requirements & turnaround models
Locks in sequester cuts for Title I
Minimizes the role of the principal
No funding for literacy, ed tech, or
secondary schools
ESEA Reauthorization
Senate Bill (S. 1094)
Continues reforms in waiver states,
including overreliance on testing
Expands support for school leaders
Incorporates key bills on literacy, ed
tech, and ML and HS reform
Maintains school turnaround models
NASSP Legislative Agenda
NASSP Legislative Agenda
NASSP Supports:
School Principal Recruitment & Training
Act (H.R.1738/S. 840)
Great Teaching & Leading for Great
Schools Act (H.R. 4269)
LEARN Act (H.R. 2706/S. 758)
NASSP Legislative Agenda
Transforming/Enhancing Education
Through Tech. Act (H.R. 521/S. 1087)
Success in the Middle Act
(H.R. 2316/ S. 708)
Graduation Promise Act (S. 940)
CAP and GOWN Act (no bill #)
NASSP Legislative Agenda
NASSP Opposes:
× Great Teachers and Principals Act
(H.R. 2196/S. 1052)
×
CHOICE Act (H.R. 4773/S. 1909)
×
Scholarship for Kids Act
(H.R. 4000/S. 1968)
School Principal Recruitment and Training
Act (H.R. 1758/S. 840)
Focus on instructional leadership
One-year pre-service residency for
aspiring principals
Ongoing mentoring & support for
two additional years
Leaders commit to work in highneed schools for at least four years
Literacy Education for All, Results for the
Nation (LEARN) Act
(H.R. 2706/S. 758)
$2.5 B for state literacy plans
developed under Striving Readers
Early childhood, grades K-5, and ML
and HS
Literacy across content area
Targeted interventions for students
Transforming Education through
Technology Act (H.R. 521/S. 1087)
$500 M for State Grants for
Technology Readiness & Access
Use of ed tech to ensure college
and career-readiness
“Digital Age” PD opportunities for
school leaders and teachers
Primarily PK-Elementary
Fiscal Year 2012
Title I: Achievement of
Disadvantaged Students
School Improvement Grants
Head Start
$25
Child Care Development Block
Grant
Striving Readers
Elementary and Secondary School
Counseling
Amount (in billions)
$20
21st Century Community Learning
Centers
Primarily Middle Grades
Gaining Early Awareness and
Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs (GEAR UP)
$15
High School Grad. Initiative
Advanced Placement
Perkins
WIA Youth
$10
Primarily Higher Education
Pell Grants
TRIO
Federal Work Study
$5
Leveraging Educational Assistance
Partnership (LEAP) Program
HBCUs and HSIs
College Access Challenge Grant
Program
$0
Birth–Grade 5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Postsecondary
Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
Early Identification of Dropouts
Math
Literacy
20%
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Grade in School
G
grade of “F” in Math or English
10
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• Course Performance – A final
Behavior
8t
behavior mark in at least one
class
80%
% of
students
60%
who are ontrack to 40%
graduation
h
• Behavior - “unsatisfactory”
Attendance
7t
attendance
100%
h
• Attendance - <80-90% school
Sixth Graders (1996-97) with an
Early Warning Indicator
6t
The Primary Off-Track Indicators for
Potential Dropouts:
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. 2316/S. 708)
$1 billion for Middle Grades
Improvement Fund
State plans for improving achievement
in grades 5-8
Early warning indicator and
intervention systems
Strategies aligned w/Breaking Ranks
Graduation Promise Act
(S. 940)
$2.4 B for HS Improvement and
Dropout Reduction Fund
Resources for schools w/low
graduation rates (below 60%)
Differentiated school improvement &
evidence-based interventions
Strategies aligned w/Breaking Ranks
CAP and GOWN Act
(H.R. _)
Reserves 40% of SIG funds for
secondary schools
Establishes early warning &
identification system in high schools,
and reforms in feeder middle schools
Authorizes $300 million for HS
redesign initiative
ESEA Waivers
Status of Implementation
43 states granted waivers
2 requests still under review
(IA & WY)
4 states have chosen not to apply
(MT, NE, ND, & VT)
WA is first state to lose its waiver
ESEA Waivers
“Waiver Waivers”
1) Flexibility in timeline for using results of
CCSS assessments in teacher & principal
evaluations and personnel decisions
4 states granted waivers (MS, NC, NV & SC)
8 states under review (AR, KS, KY, MD, SD,
UT & WA)
ESEA Waivers
“Waiver Waivers”
2) Flexibility in field testing new CCSS
assessments to avoid double testing
students
14 states granted waivers
(CA, CT, ID, IL,
IA, MD, MA, MS, MT, NE, OR, SD, VT & WA)
1 state still under review (KS)
The Federal Budget, Appropriations
& Investments in Education
Sequestration & FY14 Appropriations
Sequestration began in March 2013
Education funding for 2013-2014 school
year was cut by 5.23% ($3.1 billion)
FY14 appropriations bill was passed in
January 2014; partially restored
sequester cuts to some ed programs
Sequestration will resume after FY16
without action by Congress!
FY15 Budget & Appropriations
Ryan/Murray Bipartisan Budget Act
Established caps for defense and nondefense discretionary (NDD) spending for
FY14 – FY 16.
President Obama submitted his FY15
Budget Request in early March
Requested $68.6 B for the Department of
Education, a $1.3B increase over FY14 levels
(+ 1.9%)
FY15 Budget & Appropriations
House & Senate Appropriations
Congress should draft & approve 12
appropriations bills by September 30th
Congress will most likely pass a
Continuing Resolution (CR)
Expectation is that the CR will last through
at least January.
Key Federal Investments for NASSP
Title I & II
IDEA State Grants
Career & Technical Education State
Grants
School Leadership program
Key Federal Investments for NASSP
Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy
(SRCL) program
Education Technology & Professional
Development for Digital Learning
Enhancing Education Through Technology program
Proposed “ConnectEDucators” program
High School Graduation Initiative
Federal Investments in NASSP Supported
Programs
Program
FY 2012
FY 2013
FY 2014
President’s FY15
Request
w/ sequester
Title I
$14.5 B
$13.8 B
$14.4 B
$14.4 B
Title II, Part A
$2.5 B
$2.3 B
$2.3 B
$2 B
IDEA
$11.6 B
$11.0 B
$11.5 B
$11.6 B
CTE State Grants
$1.12 B
$1.06 B
$1.11 B
$1.11 B
School Leadership
$29.1 M
$27.6 M
$25.8 M
$35 M
Striving Readers
$159.7 M
$151.3 M
$158 M
$0
EETT
$0
$0
$0
$200 M for
ConnectEDucators
$48.8 M
$46.3 M
$46.3
$0
(Teacher Quality State Grants)
(Title II, Part D)
HS Grad Initiative
Additional Preparation & Resources
for your Hill Day
Review documents on POY Materials
page:
ESEA Issue Sheet
Federal Investments in Education Fact Sheet
Legislative Agenda (Bills NASSP supports &
opposes)
Advocacy Briefing & meeting prep on
Monday, September 8.
Advocacy Resources
• POY Materials page
www.nassp.org/poymaterials
• Check out all of NASSP’s advocacy
resources at
www.nassp.org/legislative-advocacy
• Principal’s Policy Blog
www.nasspblogs.org/principalspolicy
Advocacy Resources
• Principal’s Legislative Action Center
www.nassp.org/PLAC
• Twitter
@NASSP, @akarhuse, @balljacki
Advocacy Resources
• Join the Federal Grassroots Network, if
not already a member!
o Receive Weekly Advocacy Update
o Commit to regularly communicating with
your Members of Congress and staff
(including state & district offices)
o To join, visit the “Get Involved” page in
Legislative Advocacy
Contact Us
Amanda Karhuse
Jacki Ball
Director of Advocacy
Associate Director of
Advocacy
Phone:
703-860-7241
Email:
[email protected]
Twitter: @akarhuse
Phone:
703-860-7338
Email:
[email protected]
Twitter: @balljacki