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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)
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Graduation Promise Act (S. 940)
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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)
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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)
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$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)
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$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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• Course Performance – A final
Behavior
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behavior mark in at least one
class
80%
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students
60%
who are ontrack to 40%
graduation
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• 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)
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$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)
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$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
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43 states granted waivers
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2 requests still under review
(IA & WY)
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4 states have chosen not to apply
(MT, NE, ND, & VT)
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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!
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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