Transcript Presentation Slides - University of Hartford

What’s Happening in
Washington D.C.
Sharon Walsh
University of Hartford
UCONN UCEDD
March 25, 2014
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Agenda
 Congressional
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Climate
Federal Budget
Early Learning
ESEA
Assessment
Other Congressional
Activity
3
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113
Congress
 Only 56 bills passed and were signed into law
in the first session
 Reputation - No compromise
 Senate approved change in filibuster rules for
Judicial and Legislative Appointments
 Congress Adjourned Before Holidays
 2nd Session of the 113th began January 7th
 Election of 114th Congress November 2014
 114th Congress convenes in January 2015
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Is Compromise Becoming Valued
Again? Maybe….Maybe Not…
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New USA Today Poll 3/24/14
 Do you approve of the way the U.S.
Congress is doing its job?
 Strongly
approve 2%
 Somewhat approve 17%
 Somewhat disapprove 29%
 Strongly disapprove 48%
 Don’t know/no opinion 4%
Budget Agreement Reached December
2014 Funding Passed in January
Debt Ceiling Increase Completed
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Federal Budget FY 2012
Education
2%
Medicaid
7%
Other
Mandatory
13%
Medicare
15%
Interest
6%
Defense
19%
Social Security
22%
Nondefense
discretionary
(other than
education)
16%
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Budget Control Act of 2011
 Agreement reached August 2011
 Raised $14.3 T debt ceiling by $2.1T
 Created a Super Committee to find
solution – Not successful
 Agreed to budget caps to be enforced
through sequestration (automatic cuts)
 Requires $1.2 T cuts in 10 years
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No Deal Last Year - March
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 Sequestration went into effect with
$85 billion in across-the-board cuts
 Domestic programs cut about 5%
 Defense discretionary programs cut
7.8%
 Sequestration cuts taken from 2013
 IDEA cuts 7/1/13 grants
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Funding Cuts Due to
Sequestration
2013
In millions
$0
-$65
-$87
-$124
-$86
-$129
-$401
-$500
-$620
-$727
-$1,000
-$1,500
-$2,000
-$2,500
-$2,478
Total
Dep't. of
ED
Title I
Impact
Aid
Teacher
Quality
IDEA
Grants
Career,
Tech,
Adult
Student
Aid
Higher
Ed
Head
Start
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Sequestration = Full
Funding Plunges to
14.5%
Final IDEA FY 2013
IDEA Part B
$10.97 Billion
IDEA Part B
Section 619
$353.24 Million
IDEA Part C
$419.65 Million
IDEA Part D
$225.14 Million
SpEd Research
$47.30 million
Decrease of
$602 Million
Decrease of
$19 Million
Decrease of
$23 Million
Decrease of
$13 Million
Decrease of $2.5
Million
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FFY 2014 – Began October 1, 2013
 February 2013 - President’s Budget Request
 House Passed Budget
 Senate Budget
 $91 billion gap in spending levels between
the two chambers
 No Conference Committee
 Deadline of September 30, 2013
 No Continuing Resolution Passed
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Senate Appropriations FFY 2014 Bill
Labor-HHS-Education
 $783.4 billion spending bill
 Head Start up $1.6 billion
 CCDBG up $176 million
 New Preschool Development grants $750
million
 IDEA Part B 611 – up $125 million
 IDEA Preschool level at FY 13
 IDEA Infants and families +$21 million
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House Labor, Health, Education
Appropriations
 Mark-up postponed "due to scheduling uncertainties
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with the floor schedule and…full committee mark up “
Only one of 12 House spending bills not considered
by an Appropriations subcommittee.
Ranking member Nita Lowey (NY) said plan would:
 Use budget ceilings of 2011 Budget Control Act
 But not across-board cuts
 Greater cuts to domestic spending to avoid
significant cuts to defense programs
Could have been up to a 22 % cut in one year
Exact cuts to specific programs were unavailable.
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Federal Government Shut Down
 No agreement was reached by 9/30/13
 Shutdown started October 1, 2013 – first day
of the 2014 fiscal year
 After much arguing, debating,
pointing fingers, meetings
and sending bills back and forth …
 October 16th hours before the
midnight deadline on debt ceiling…
 Agreement reached
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What Was Final Resolution?
 CR to extend funds for programs at
2013 levels including sequestration
cuts through January 15, 2014
 Suspended debt ceiling enforcement to
February 7, 2014
 Created a budget conference committee
 Required stricter income verification for
ACA subsidies
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Mandatory Budget Committee
 Budget committee was charged to
report back by December 13, 2013
 What to do about the sequestration
process, entitlement spending, and
revenues?
 Bipartisan, bicameral group
 Chaired by Senate Budget Committee
Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and House
Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI)
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#1- Budget Deal Reached In
December 2013
 Ryan and Murray announced budget deal
$1.012 trillion
 Two year agreement
 Halfway between the Senate’s $1.058 trillion
and House’s $967 billion
 $65 billion in automatic spending cuts
restored through Sept. 30, 2015
 House approved by a vote of 332-94
 Senate approved by a vote of 64-36
#2 - Appropriations Bill for 2014
 Agreement reached based on budget
 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014
 No sequester needed for 2 years
 Passed House on January 15, by 359-67
 Passed Senate on January 16, by 72-26
 President signed omnibus bill on January 17th
 2.6 percent increase over the post-sequester
budget for FY 2013.
2014
IDEA Part B
IDEA Part B
Section 619
IDEA Part C
IDEA Part D
Javits
IDEA Funding Levels
FFY 2014
$11.472 Billion
(+$500 M)
$353.238
Million
$438.498
Million
(+$19 M)
$237.085
Million
(+$14.5 M)
$5 Million
Pre-sequestration
Levels and some
increases!
FFY 2014 Funding Levels
 $154 million increase for the Child Care &
Development Block Grant
 $194 million increase for WIC
 $1.025 billion increase for Head Start
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$400 million for Head Start
$100 million for COLA
$25 million for redesignation activities
$500 million for the expansion of Early Head
Start and for new discretionary Early Head
Start /Child Care Partnership grants
FFY 2014 Included New Preschool
Development Grants
 $250 million for grants to States for preschool grants
 Two application public comment periods so far – over
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500 comments and one public hearing
Grants to be awarded to states by December 2014
Jointly administered by the Departments of Education
and Health and Human Services
States apply for grants to build the capacity to
develop, enhance or expand high-quality preschool
programs
States may subgrant to LEAs & other early learning
providers (“including but not limited to Head Start
programs & licensed child care providers”) or
consortia.
FFY 2014 Included Early Head
Start/Child Care Partnerships
 Grants partner new or existing Early Head Start with
local center and family-based child care providers
serving subsidized infants and toddlers, to provide
training and technical assistance as well as
funding to help child care programs meet the
Early Head Start standards.
 The goal of the Early Head Start-Child Care
Partnerships is to expand quality learning
opportunities to as many toddlers and infants as
possible and help provide flexible child care
programs for working parents. This partnership is
possible through the Child Care and Development
Fund (CCDF).
Plans for Partnership
 Panels will be set up to review submitted
partnership applications in the late summer or
fall of 2014.
 More information on the Early Head StartChild Care Partnerships can be found at:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ecd/earlyhead-start-child-
Partnership Overview Resources
 Register for a webinar to learn more about the
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partnerships
View a Powerpoint overview of the Early Head Start –
Child Care Partnerships (EHS-CC) Initiative
View the EHS-CC Partnerships Briefing for Tribal
Partners
Read the Technical Assistance guide, 101: Early
Head Start and Child Care Partnerships
Explore additional webinars, tools, and resources
related to the partnerships
FFY 2015 Funding
 President’s Budget for 2015 released
March 4, 2014
 Appropriations must be completed by
September 30, 2014
 No sequester in 2015!!
 Request of $68.6 billion in discretionary
funding for the U.S. Department of Education,
an increase of $1.3 billion -- or 1.9% -- over
the Fiscal Year 2014 level.
President’s Budget
 Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships: $800
million increase in discretionary funds (a total of $950
million increase if both parts of the request are
funded).
 Preschool Development Grants: an additional $250
million increase in discretionary funds (a total of $750
million above FY 2014 if both parts of the request are
funded).
 No sequestration cuts in FY 2016 and beyond.
Early Learning
 Child Care & Development Block Grant: $57
million increase in discretionary funds. Of the total
CCDBG discretionary amount, $200 million would be
targeted for quality improvements. In addition, the
request calls for $750 million increase in mandatory
funding.
 Head Start, Early Head Start and Early Head StartChild Care Partnerships: $270 million increase in
discretionary funds, of which $100 million is
designated for cost of living adjustments and $150
million would go to Early Head Start expansion and
Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships to bring the
Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships grants to
$650 million.
President’s Budget – FFY 2015
 Title I local educational agency grants: frozen at
last year’s funding level.
 IDEA Part C early intervention: a $3.3 million
increase for early intervention.
 IDEA 619 special education: frozen at last year’s
funding level.
 Voluntary home visiting (MCVIE): $100 million
increase in mandatory funds over the current
authorized levels for a total of $500 million in FY
2015; a request for $15 billion over ten years
New Race To The Top Program
 $300 million in Race to the Top-Equity and
Opportunity grants
 Creates incentives for states and school districts for
change in identifying and closing achievement and
opportunity gaps.
 Enhance data systems to sharpen the focus on the
greatest disparities and invest in strong teachers and
leaders in high-need schools.
 Grants would also support other strategies that
mitigate the effects of concentrated poverty, such as
expanded learning time, access to rigorous
coursework, and comprehensive student supports.
Opportunity, Growth and Security
Initiative
 Budget request if additional funds are available
through new revenues and program cuts
 $56 billion in spending beyond original request, split
equally between domestic and defense programs.
 The domestic share includes needed expansions in
pre-k and other education, job training,
apprenticeships and temporary jobs, juvenile justice
programs, research and manufacturing innovation,
infrastructure rebuilding, and other initiatives.
 Paid for half by savings such as reduced crop
insurance payments and increased airline passenger
fees and half from reducing tax benefits from multimillion dollar retirement accounts
New Competitive IDEA Grant
 Freeze to Part B. Preschool 619 and Part D
 $100 million state competitive grant for Part B
and Part C
 To support state efforts for State Systemic
Improvement Plan (SSIP)
 Part B – up to 10 awards from $4 million to
$14 million each
 Part C- up to 15 awards from $500,000 to
$800,000 each
New SPP/APR for FFY 2013-2018
 Reflects OSEP’s new IDEA Results Driven
Accountability initiative
 Balances focus on improved educational
results and functional outcomes while
considering compliance as it relates to those
outcomes and results
 Requires new State Systemic Improvement
Plan (SSIP) indicators for Part B and Part C
Timelines
 Draft package was released April 15, 2013
 Written comments were due June 14, 2013
 Next draft published this week with 30-day
comment period
 Final SPP/APR package will be released
when finalized after comments considered
 States must submit FFY 2013 SPP/APR on
February 2, 2015
 Includes targets for 5 years on new APR
FFY 2015 President’s Budget
 MCH Block grant - $634 million; same as FFY 2014;
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$604.9 in 2013
University Centers for Excellence - $36.8 million;
same as FFY 2014; $36.6 in 2013
DD Councils - $70.9 million; same as FFY 2014;
$70.6 in 2013
Autism and Other DD (including LEND) - $47.2
million; same as FFY 2014; $44.7 in 2013
Universal Newborn Screening - $17.8 million; same
as FFY 2014; $17.7 in 2013
www.aucd.org
House Budget Committee
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House Budget Committee's majority staff released a new report, "The
War on Poverty: 50 Years Later."
In-depth look at the federal government's efforts to alleviate poverty
In fiscal year 2012, Washington spent at least $799 billion on 92
programs to help low-income families.
The report indicates some programs are duplicative or even
counterproductive.
Head Start is “failing to prepare children for school,” and “a
consolidated, well-funded system would be better.”
Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin issued the following statement:
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“We need to take a hard look at what the federal government is doing
and ask, 'Is this working?'
"This report will help start the conversation. It shows that some
programs work; others don't. And for many of them, we just don't know.
"Clearly, we can do better. We can rework these federal programs and
help families in need lead lives of dignity.
Full Funding of IDEA
 Annual effort toward mandatory full finding of
IDEA Part B
 IDEA Full Funding Act (H.R. 4136),
 Van Hollen (D-MD), McKinley (R-WV), Walz
(D-MN), Gibson (R-NY), Huffman (D-CA) and
Reichert (R-WA)
 Full funding is when the Federal government
pays 40% of the extra cost of educating
students with disabilities
 Current investment is 15.3%.
Current Head Start Profiles
 Posted March 19, 2014
 CLASP announced the release of its 2012 Head Start
State Profiles (March 2014) and a new interactive
map
 Provides state-by-state data on all Head Start
programs in the state: Early Head Start, Head Start
preschool, and Migrant/Seasonal Head Start.
 Include information on Head Start participants,
families, staff, and programs.
 Based on the 2012 Program Information Report (PIR)
data, which all Head Start programs are required to
complete on an annual basis
Race to the Top Early Learning
 First year of the RTT-ELC competition, 9
states funded (CA, DE, MA, MD, MN, NC,
OH, RI, WA)
 In 2012, five more states (CO, IL, NM, OR,
and WI) were funded
 Six new awards, $280 million in Fall 2013
Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, and Vermont
 More information about the Race to the TopEarly Learning Challenge
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New Early Learning Legislation
 S. 1697 and H.R. 3461
 “Strong Start for America’s Children Act”
 Introduced in November to authorize the
President's Early Learning initiative
 No mandatory funding; does not include the
tobacco tax increases
 Funds dependant on the annual
appropriations process
 Disability groups advocating for IDEA
revisions including set-aside
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Outline of the Bill
 Title I – Prekindergarten Access
 Title II – Early Learning Quality
Partnerships
 Title III – Child Care
 Title IV – Maternal, Infant and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program
 Sense
of the Senate
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Congressional Hearings
 House Education and Workforce Committee
February 5th
 House Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN):
 “The president and I agree more can be done to help
kids get an early start on the path to success,…
However, with 45 federal programs tied to early
childhood development and a $13 billion annual
taxpayer investment, we owe it to the American
people to examine the strengths and weaknesses of
current initiatives before crafting new ones.”
 Senate HELP Committee Thursday February 6th
ESEA Reauthorization
 Was scheduled for 2007
 Bills introduced since then but no progress
has been made
 More and more districts in more and more
states not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress
 Getting closer to 2014 deadline of 100%
proficiency
 Bills in both House and Senate now
 IDEA reauthorization is after ESEA
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American Association of Administrators, Policy Insider Oct 2011
ESEA Administrative Waivers
Established in Sept 2011
 4 Conditions:
 Adopt College & Career Ready Standards
 Develop Assessments that Measure
Student Growth
 Develop Differentiated Accountability
System
 Develop Guidelines for Local Teacher
and Principal Evaluations Based on
Effectiveness
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What Was Waived?
Remove
2014 AYP
deadline
Funding Flexibility
Changes to Accountability
Flexibility for HQT Plans
ESEA WAIVERS
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 42 States +
Washington,
DC have
waivers
Student Success Act (HR 5)
House Version of ESEA
 July 19, 2013: Passed House by 221-207 vote;
all Democrats and 12 Republicans voted
against
 Two days of debate
 18 amendments passed
 4 amendments defeated
 4 withdrawn
Much of the education & disability community
does not support the bill
Strengthening America’s Schools Act
Senate Version of ESEA
 Passed Senate Health, Education, Labor,
Pensions (HELP) Committee June 12,
2013
 Passed with only Democrat support
 Two days of debate and amendments
Most of disability community supported
much of the bill; education community split
on the bill
Teacher Evaluation:
A SHIFT IN FOCUS
Highly
Qualified
Highly
Effective
Inputs
Outputs
CEC TOOLS
Visit:
www.cec.sped.org
Policy & Advocacy
CEC Position on
Special Education
Teacher Evaluation
Teacher Evaluation
Toolkit for Special
Educators!
TWO CONSORTIA: 1%
 Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment
Program (DLM) – Kansas University $22 million
 13 States - Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi,
Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia,
Washington and Wisconsin.
 Accessibility - keyboard, drag-and-drop,
touch-screen, and compatible with a
variety of assistive technologies
commonly used by students.
NATIONAL CENTER & STATE
COLLABORATIVE
19 States:
Alaska,
Arizona
Connecticut,
District of
Columbia,
Florida,
Georgia,
Indiana,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Mass,
Nevada, New
York, North
Dakota,
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island,
South
Carolina,
South
Dakota,
Tennessee,
Wyoming
ASSESSMENT CONSORTIA:
PARCC
http://www.parcconline.org/
Computer
Based
ASSESSMENT CONSORTIA:
SMARTER BALANCED
Computer
Adaptive
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/
Timeline for Assessments Based on Common
Core Standards – 45 states have adopted
 2012-13 School Year: First year pilot/field testing
and related research and data collection
 2013-14 School Year: Second year pilot/field testing
and related research and data collection
 Over-sampling of students with disabilities due to
previous under-sampling.
 2014-15 School Year: Full operational
administration of PARCC / Smarter Balances
assessments
 Summer 2015: Set achievement levels, including
college-ready performance levels
Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (CRPD)
The President signed treaty on behalf of US in 2009
Submitted to Senate in May 2012 for ratification
Senate vote on the treaty fell five votes short
The treaty requires no changes to U.S. laws or new
appropriations.
156 countries have signed onto the treaty
134 countries have ratified the treaty
November 21, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations
Committee held a second hearing on the ratification
of the treaty
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New FERPA Guidance Released
 Department’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center
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(PTAC) released new guidance
“Protecting Students Privacy While Using Online
Educational Services: Requirements and Best
Practices”
To help interpret and understand the major laws and
best practices protecting student privacy while using
online educational services
http://ptac.ed.gov/
Webinar held on March 13 can be accessed.
Other Agenda – 113th Congress
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Home Visiting
SCHIP
Perkins (career and tech ed)
Education Sciences Reform Act
Research
WIA - Rehab
TANF
Developmental Disabilities Act
SAMHSA
Head Start Act
Child Care Development Block Grant
ESEA
IDEA
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Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act of 2013
 S. 1086 –Senate just passed 96-2
 House is planning a hearing on CCDBG this morning
 To reauthorize the Child Care and Development
Block Grant (CCDBG) for the first time in over 17
years.
 Bipartisan bill requires states ensure child care
providers receiving CCDBG funding:
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Comprehensive background check,
Basic minimum training in health and safety practices,
and
An annual unannounced inspection.
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House Plan on CCDBG
Chairman Klein - “Senate passage of legislation to
reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block
Grant is a step forward in the shared goal of
strengthening the nation’s existing network of early
childhood services. The bill includes several
commonsense provisions that will help empower
parents and enhance coordination between CCDBG
and other federal early care programs, such as Head
Start. The committee will convene a hearing on
March 25, 2014 to examine House priorities for
CCDBG, and I look forward to a productive
discussion as we work to find common ground and
complete the reauthorization of this important
program.”
Home Visiting
 Must be reauthorized by September 30, 2014
 Hard sunset
 Provided $1.5 billion for fiscal years 2010 –
2014.
 Effort to add to the Medicare Sustainable
Growth Rate (SGR) which is connected to
physician payment rates.
 National Day of Action for MIECHV
Reauthorization was held on March 12
Other Legislation Pending
 Reauthorization of the Combating Autism Act
set to sunset Sept. 30, 2014
 H.R. 4040, Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan
Macy Act to amend IDEA to improve results
for children who are deaf, hard of hearing,
blind and visually impaired.
 Great Teaching and Leading for Great
Schools Act introduced in the House to
amend Title II of ESEA related to teacher and
principal professional development and
evaluation; endorsed by education groups
More Bills…
 S. 1968/H.R. 4000 Scholarship for Kids Act
turns more than half of federal education
funds into vouchers
 S. 1909 The CHOICE Act includes IDEA
funds in the voucher plan
 To track bills and get bill language
 http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php
Restraint and Seclusion
 “Keeping All Students Safe Act” H.R. 1893
 George Miller (D-CA), and Gregg Harper (R-MS)
 Senator Harkin introduced the “Keeping All Students
Safe Act” S. 2036
 Has been a 4 year effort
 March 2012, the Civil Rights Data Collection reported
nearly 40,000 students physically restrained during
the 2009-10 school year
 Data also showed restraint and seclusion are
disproportionately used upon students with
disabilities and minority students
Federal School Discipline Guidance
Released
 Released January 2014 by the U.S. Departments of
Education and Justice
 Assists in developing practices and strategies to
enhance school climate and in improving school
discipline policies and practices
 Includes a Dear Colleague Letter explaining schools’
obligations under federal law to administer student
discipline without discriminating on basis of ace, color
or national origin
 http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/schooldiscipline/index.html
Civil Rights Data Released
 2011-12 CRDC collection: Issue Brief #1 March 2014
 Suspension of preschool children. Black students represent 18
percent of preschool enrollment but 42 percent of preschool students
suspended once, and 48 percent of the preschool students suspended
more than once.
 Access to courses necessary for college is inequitably
distributed. Eighty-one percent of Asian-American high school
students and 71 percent of white high school students attend high
schools where the full range of math and science courses are
offered. Black students (57 percent), Latino students (67 percent),
students with disabilities (63 percent), and English learner students (65
percent) also have diminished access to the full range of courses.
 Disparities in high school retention. Twelve percent of black
students are retained in grade nine – about double the rate that all
students are retained (six percent). Additionally, students with
disabilities served by IDEA and English learners make up 12 percent
and five percent of high school enrollment, respectively, but 19 percent
and 11 percent of students held back or retained a year, respectively.
 Learn more about the CRDC at ocrdata.ed.gov
Discipline Disparities Research-toPractice Collaborative
 Group released collection of resources calling for change to discipline
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policies.
The group found clear evidence that students of color, particularly
African-Americans, and students with disabilities are suspended at
hugely disproportionate rates compared to white students, perpetuating
racial and educational inequality across the country.
“And we are never going to close the achievement gap until we close
this discipline gap,” added Daniel J. Losen, a member of the
Collaborative and the director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies
at UCLA.
Citing data from U.S. Department of Education, the Collaborative said
more than 3 million students in grades K-12 were suspended during the
2009-10 academic year, a steady rise since the 70’s when the
suspension rate was half that level.
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Policy recommendations for district, state and federal officials;
Effective discipline alternatives for school personnel, and a
Description for researchers of recent studies and urgent, unanswered
questions that should be addressed.
Charter Schools
 House hearing The House Committee on Education and the
Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a
hearing entitled, “Raising the Bar: The Role of Charter Schools
in K-12 Education.”
 Chairman Kline said, “For many children and their parents,
charter schools are a beacon of hope for a better education –
and a better life. The schools are extraordinarily in demand;
wait lists for charter schools have grown steadily in recent years,
reaching a new record of 920,000 students in 2012.”
 House passed Student Success Act included provisions to
reauthorize the Charter Schools Program and encourage the
growth and expansion of these institutions. Read more about
the Student Success Act here.
 Public comment process on increased data collection for the
charter schools national database related to children with
disabilities
Farm Bill/Nutrition Reauthorization
 Conferees reached agreement
reconciling differences between the
Senate and House passed bills
 Includes agriculture and nutrition
provisions
 Contains $8.6 billion in cuts to the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) program over 10 years
 Passed House by vote of 251-166
 Passed Senate by a vote of 68-32
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Affordable Care Act (ACA)
4th anniversary of ACA on March 23, 2014
 House passed bills over 50 times to repeal or
change ACA
 Deadline for signing up for insurance in 2014
is March 31, 2014
 Healthcare.gov
 Since October 1, more than 5 million people
have signed up for coverage through the
Health Insurance Marketplace.
 Optional State Medicaid Expansion
 Exchange Program
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provide your full name, city, state, and
organization.
 Bi weekly Ed Review email
[email protected]
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