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Noelle EllersonAmerican Association of School Administrators
PARSS, April 2012
Overview ESEA
House & Senate Bills Waivers
Budget & Appropriations FY12 funding FY13 budget proposal Budget Control Act, Supercommittee & Sequestration
Education Technology Child Nutrition IDEA
Funding Rural Education Advocacy Resources
Climates Funding
Continued recession at state and local level Cessation of ARRA/EduJobs Actual and anticipated cuts from FY11, FY12 and FY13 Anticipated cuts from Debt Ceiling
Commission/Sequestration Political
Partisan. Middle ground moderates are gone. It’s an election year.
Federal Gridlock between House and Senate
State State legislatures were heavily impacted by last year’s
elections Strong push on education issues with grassroots implications
ESEA Reauthorization: House Student Success Act
Caps Title I funding to inflation States must adopt content standards at least in math
and reading, and linked to achievement standards Returns control of accountability to states, who have to
develop and implement accountability system Increases state set-aside for school improvement to
10%, and eliminates School Improvement Grants Allows all Title I schools to operate whole-school reforms
(does away with 40% threshold) Increases local funding control; beyond flexibility,
eliminates all MOE requirements Eliminates impossible goal of 100% Eliminates AYP and AMOs
ESEA Reauthorization: HouseEncouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers
ActDoes away with HQT and focuses on evaluation
systems with five components (student achievement, multiple measures, more than two categories, make personnel decisions based on evaluations, and seek input from stakeholders)
Caps use of these funds for class size reduction at 10%
Consolidates remaining teacher quality programs in to Teacher/School Leader Flexible Grant
ESEA Reauthorization: HousePoints of Concern
Maintenance of Effort
Funding CapEquitable
ParticipationCharters
ESEA Reauthorization: Senate Improvements
Eliminates impossible goal of 100% Eliminates AYP and AMOs Eliminates 2 percent testing cap Changes testing requirement for ELL from one year
to two years Permits shifting to measure growth while retaining
status testing Permit multiple measures Includes computer adaptive assessment Shifts control of accountability to the states Requires adoption of more accurate assessments
ESEA Reauthorization: SenateAccountability Changes
Requires continuous improvement towards C/CR Maintains disaggregation Ranks schools, focus on bottom 5%
Achievement Gaps and Persistently Low Achieving Achievement based on test scores, graduation rates,
state summative test scores, and % on track for C/CR. Turn Around Models
Transformation, Strategic Staffing, Turnaround, Whole School Reform, Restart, Closure, State Flexibility and Rural Waiver
ESEA Reauthorization: SenatePoints of Concern
Comparability ChangesReliance on One-Time testingTreatment of Foster KidsCodification of RttT and i3
ESEA PoliticsSenate passed out of cmte in Oct; House in
Feb.House version is Republican-only; Senate is
bipartisan, and Sen. Harkin has indicated that he won’t move his bill until there is bi-partisan House language
Rep. Miller already on the record as unhappy; How will other House democrats react?
In case you didn’t know, 2012 is an election year
ESEA: House & Senate SimilaritiesBoth snap AYP, AMO, 100% proficiencyBoth require annual testing in math/reading
in grades 3-8 and once in high schoolContinued data disaggregationStates get big say in intervening in low-
performing schoolsEliminates requirement re: tutoring and
school choiceBoth reauthorize REAP
ESEA: House & Senate DifferencesBoth call for higher standards; House makes it illegal for
Secretary to endorse specific efforts (Common Core) House model lacks any specific turn around models, as well as
any parameters in identifying who would use modelsHouse doesn’t include another percentage of schools for
special attention (Senate includes gap schools, administration includes those at-risk of 5%)
House bill eliminates HQT requirementHouse bill requires SEA/LEAs to develop teacher evaluation
systems (Driven by student performance and having more than 2 levels); Senate only requires it for those applying for competitive grants
House bill includes significant expansion of funding flexibility
ESEA: Regulatory Relief• Flexibility being offered in 11 specific areas• States have to adopt all three policy priorities:– Higher standards– Differentiated accountability system– Teacher/principal evaluation system based on growth
Conditional, quid-pro-quo deal, with states having to adopt specific policy priorities I exchange for relief
• AASA position: we agree with the areas in which flexibility is being provided but are opposed to the conditional nature of the process.
ESEA: Regulatory Relief11 states applied for and received waivers in
the first round: CO, FL, GA, IN, KY, MA, MN, NJ, NM, OK, and TN
26 more states applied in the second roundWho hasn’t applied? AL, AK, CA, HI, ME, MT,
NV, NH, ND, PA, TX, WV, and WYOne more round, applications due Sept. 6Direct to District Waivers?
Only for states who don’t apply?
Title I Formula Fairnesswww.formulafairness.comLed by Rural School and Community TrustCurrent statute uses two weighting brackets
to determine an LEA’s Title I allocationUnintended consequence is that some larger,
less-poor schools can end up receiving more Title I dollars per-child than smaller, poorer districts
Title I Formula FairnessAll Children are Equal (ACE) Act (HR 2485) provides
legislative fixTurns down the volume on number weighting to ensure
that Title I dollars are distributed to concentrations of poverty
11 original co-sponsors: Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Ruben Hinojosa (D – TX), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Dan Boren (D-OK), Mike Ross (D-AR), Tom Petri (R-WI), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Todd Platts (R-PA), and Richard Hanna (R-NY).
Also joined by Reps. Roby (AL), Hartzler (MO), Crawford (AR), Kingston (GA), Latham (IA), Michaud (ME), Owens (NY), and Bishop (D-NY)
Urge your representative to sign on!
FY12 Appropriations Budget Control Act/Joint Deficit Commission identifying $1.5 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years Failed to announce plan by Thanksgiving and take vote by
Christmas Includes required vote on Balanced Budget Amendment
Senate and House failed to pass BBA Sequestration triggered 1/1/12 Cuts go in to effect 1/1/13 CBO estimates sequestration will be a 7.8% across-the-
board cut; more likely to be a 9.1% cut Estimated Education Impact at 7.8% level:
Title I: $1.1 billion IDEA: 978 million Perkins: $136 million Head Start: $590 million
FY12 AppropriationsFY12 appropriations completed in fasted
timeframe in 7 years, though still 11 weeks behind
Utilized a handful of short-term CRs before adopting a megabus and an omnibus to fund government for the duration of FY12
Final LHHS bill included 0.189% across-the-board cut (to be compliant with Budget Control Act)
FY12 Appropriations Head Start: additional $424 million Title I: additional $60 million IDEA: additional $100 million RTTT funded at $550 million School Improvement Grant: $534.6 m Literacy: $160 million (restoration from FY11) Impact Aid: $1.294 billion Title II set aside in the competitive grant for professional
development increases from 1% to 1.5% Investing in Innovation: $149.7 million REAP: $180 million Teacher Incentive Fund: $300 million Promise Neighborhood: $60 million ESEA Title III: $733.5 Career/Tech: $1.739 billion
Budget Control ActStems from Debt Ceiling Debate from
Summer 2012Raised debt ceilingCreated Super Committee
By default, creates sequestrationRequired votes on balanced budget
amendmentEstablished spending caps for next ten years
FY13 Budget ProposalUSED only non-defense funding increase -
about $1.7 billion $30 billion to retain, hire teachers and first
responders $30 billion to modernize at least 35,000
schools
FY13 Budget Proposal• Level funds Title I and IDEA• Consolidates 38 programs down to 11 • $850 million for RTT• $150 million for i3• $2.5 billion for teacher quality formula grants • $400 million for Teachers/Leaders Innovation
Fund • NEW $5 billion grant program to reform the
teaching profession
House FY13 Budget ResolutionChairman Ryan proposed FY13 budget, passed committee
19-18Places FY13 discretionary cap at $1.028 trillion ($19 billion
below Budget Control Act level of $1.047 trillion). Funds defense at $554 billion, leaving only $474 billion for
non-defense. This is a cut of $27 billion (5.4 percent) from Budget Control Act levels.
It seems to address the discretionary sequestration in FY13, but leaves the remaining $1 trillion in cuts bewteen FY14 and FY21 untouched.
Reduces funding for Function 500 (education programs) by $9.5 billion from baseline.
What next?
IDEA Full FundingAASA’s #1 legislative prioritySenator Harkin has introduced the IDEA Full
Funding Act (S 1403). We are waiting for the House partner bill.
Rep. Polis has a IDEA funding bill, but our focus is on the Harkin version
Urge your Senator to sign on the S 1403, and talk with your entire Congressional delegation about the funding pressures of IDEA and the importance of protecting and increasing IDEA funding in FY12 and debt ceiling conversations.
Education Technology: E-RateFCC program that provides discounts to
help schools and libraries afford telecommunications services
Anti-Deficiency Act (S 297)Raise the spending cap beyond current
inflationary adjustmentCALL TO ACTION: File comments to let
FCC know of opposition to proposed pilot, to be administered through E-Rate
Education Technology: Ed TechTitle II Part D, Enhancing Education Through
Technology, E2T2Zero-funded by the administration, eliminated by
the House in its ESEA eliminations billNot included in Senate Base Bill or House billSen. Bingaman introduced the ATTAIN Act (S
1178), which allows for EETT-type program ($300 m trigger); Offered as amendment in Senate ESEA mark up.
Rep. Roybal-Allard introduced the House companion of ATTAN (HR 3614)
Other TopicsSchool NutritionSeclusion/RestraintBullyingFoster ChildrenForest CountiesOther?
Get—and Stay!—Involved!Weigh in early, weigh in oftenThese decisions are made whether or not you
weigh in.15 minutes per month is all it takes.
Don’t be a frequent flyer; a thoughtful note is a thoughtful note!
Get to know your Senator/Representative, and perhaps more importantly, their education staffer.
Invite the Representative/Senator and staffer to your ESA. Anecdotes and stories have a lot of sticking power with this Congress. Let the face of your ESA be the one that sticks in their mind!
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