Transcript HACU Government Relations March 26, 2012 Agenda  Appropriations for FY 2013  Authorizations.

HACU
Government Relations
March 26, 2012
Agenda
 Appropriations for FY 2013
 Authorizations
Appropriations
Refer to FY 2013 One Pager in Folders
 U.S. Department of Education
 U.S. Department of Agriculture
 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
 National Science Foundation
Department of Education
Appropriations Status
Labor-HHS-Ed
Strengthening Hispanic-Serving
Institutions: Part A
 FY 2012 final- $100.4 million
Drop from 2010 ($117M) and 2011
($104.3M)
 President’s Budget FY 2013- $100.4M
 HACU FY 2013 Request - $175 million
Promoting post baccalaureate opportunities
for Hispanic Americans- Part B
 Mandatory funding Part B- $11.5 million
 Discretionary – FY 2012 $9 million
Drop from FY 2010 ($10.5M)
 President’s Budget FY 2013: $9 million
 HACU FY 2013 Request - $100 million
STEM Funds for MSIs
 This section amends the Higher Education Act by extending funding
for programs under this section created under the College Cost
Reduction and Access Act for programs at HBCUs and other MSIs
through 2019, including programs that help low-income students attain
degrees in the STEM fields by the following annual amounts:
 $100 million to Hispanic Serving Institutions including $10 million
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for community partnerships,
$85 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
$15 million to Predominantly Black Institutions,
$30 million to Tribal Colleges and Universities,
$15 million to Alaska, Hawaiian Native Institutions, $5 million to
Asian American and Pacific Islander Institutions, and
$5 million to Native American nontribal serving institutions.
Hawkins Centers of Excellence
(New Request)
 FY 2013- $30 million for the new Hawkins
Centers of Excellence program to increase
the pool of minority educators by expanding
and reforming teacher education programs
at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs).
1st in the World Fund
 The budget proposal to Congress would
create a $55 million competition, known as
“First in the World,” under the Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education
(FIPSE) to reward individual colleges and
nonprofit institutions that encourage
productivity and efficiency, with up to $20
million reserved for MSIs.
Pell Grants
FY 2012 Final- $5550 with significant changes to
eligibility requirements
FY 2013 Proposal- $5635
AGRICULTURE
Agriculture Appropriations
Hispanic Education Partnership Grants Program
 FY 2012 Final- $9.2 million
 President’s FY 2013 Budget- $9.2 million
 HACU FY 2013 Request - $40 million
HSACU Endowment Fund
 FY 2012 Final - $0
 President’s Budget FY 2013 - $10 million,
Endowment Fund
 HACU FY 2013 Request - $80 million
Agriculture Appropriation
Requests FY 2013
 $40 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for HSIs
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under Title VII-HSI
Grants Program of the Farm Bill
$20 million for the HSACU Equity Grants Program
$80 million for the Endowment Fund for Hispanic-Serving
Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACUs)
$40 million for the HSACU Institutional Capacity-Building Grant
Program
$40 million HSACU Fundamental and Applied Research Grants
$40 million for the HSACU Extension Grants Program
$40 million for the HSI Agricultural Land National Resources
Leadership Program
Housing and Urban Development
HUD MSI University Partnership
Eliminated in FY 2011
 The funds were used by institutions to
“revitalize neighborhoods, promote
affordable housing and stimulate economic
development in their communities.”
 The HUD MSI-University Partnership
Programs represented a set of powerful
tools for these institutions to enhance our
nation’s competitiveness and promote social
stability and cultural richness.
HUD Appropriation
Requests FY 2013
 FY 2012 Final - $0
 President’s Budget - $0
 HACU FY 2013 Request - $15 million
In FY 2010 was funded at $6 million
National Science Foundation
 Currently, HSIs are the only group of MSIs
not receiving targeted NSF infrastructure
development funding.
 HACU Request FY 2013 - $30 million for a
competitive grants program within NSF to
support HSIs research, curriculum and
infrastructure development, and other
purposes.
Authorizations
 Elementary and Secondary Education Act
 Workforce Investment Act
 International Affairs
 Farm Bill
 Immigration
ESEA
HACU Recommendations on Early Childhood
Education
 Authorize $20M competitive grant program for
HSIs to increase the number of culturally and
linguistically competent early childhood education
teachers and TAs
 Authorize $5M competitive grants programs for
HSIs to develop family literacy programs
 Authorize a $3M competitive grants program for
HSIs to create a mentorship program
ESEA
HACU Recommendations on Diversifying the
Ranks of our Nation’s Teachers and Principals
 Authorize a competitive grant program of $50M to train
teachers to be culturally and linguistically prepared
 Authorize a competitive grant program of $50M to develop
culturally and linguistically prepared master teachers in
STEM to teach at HSSDs
 Authorize a loan forgiveness program of $10M for
students who attend an HSI, receive a teaching certificate,
and teach in an HSSD for no less than 5 years.
ESEA
HACU Recommendations on HSI/HSSD Collaboration
to Expand Access to Higher Education
 Authorize the creation of a Hispanic Serving School
District (HSSD) designation, which consists of school
districts with a Hispanic Student enrollment of at least
25 percent.
 Authorize a $15M competitive grant program to
expand the number of AP courses in STEM areas to
HSSDs
 Authorize a $20M competitive grant program for HSIs
to collaborate with HSSDs to develop and improve
dual enrollment programs.
Workforce Investment Act
 HACU requests $20M competitive grant program for
2- and 4- year HSIs focused on training Hispanics and
low-income youth and adults in health care
professions.
 HACU requests a $20M competitive grant program
for 2- and 4- year HSIs focused on training Hispanic
and low-income youth and adults in “green jobs” and
technology.
 HACU requests a $20M competitive grant program
for migrant and seasonal farm worker programs to
develop skills and training to move into year-round
employment.
State Department Reauthorization
HSIs Study Abroad Student Exchange Program
with countries in the Western Hemisphere
 A $40 million competitive grants program for an HSIs Study
Abroad Program under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (P.L
87-195) Section 105 and (PL 107-206).
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Hispanic students from HSIs to study in countries of the Western
Hemisphere for a period of no more than (2) years.
 Western Hemisphere college and university students for study at an
HSIs for a period of no more than (2) years.
The Farm Bill
Reauthorization
 HACU Recommends:
 Preserve Current Programs
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New Recommendations – inclusion of the following provisions in the
authorization of the 2012 Farm Bill under Sec. 14204 of the 2008 Farm Bill
reauthorization to be added as Sec. 14204.2:
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A $40M competitive grants program authorized for HSACUs to train Hispanic
farm workers and other Hispanic youth working in agriculture-related fields
for jobs requiring skills in new technologies in agriculture, food science and
safety, bio-energy and environmental sciences, and other related skills as the
Secretary may determine to be appropriate.
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A $5M special scholarship program for Hispanic youth from families
employed in agriculture and food processing who demonstrate an interest in
pursuing a career in the agriculture and food science industry or related areas.
Immigration Issues Update
 DREAM Act HR 1842, S 952 (Sen. Durbin – Rep.
Berman)
 Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill
 ARMS bill, HR 3823 - (Rep. David Rivera)
 HACU Actions - NHLA Immigration Issues – DREAM
Act Coalition
Tomorrow Morning
 We will distribute materials for you to hand
out to your Members of Congress. (Please
let us know if you can’t attend the meetings
scheduled for you.)
 Representatives Hinojosa and Rivera will
speak to us about some of their initiatives.
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Capitol Forum 2012
17th Annual National Capitol
Forum on
Hispanic Higher Education
March 26-27, 2012
The Westin Washington,
D.C. City Center
Washington, DC