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Phillip Lovell, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, All4EdBarbara Duffield, Director of Policy and Programs, NAEHCY
Patricia Julianelle, Director of State Project and Legal Affairs, NAEHCY
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All About ESEA:An In-Depth Look at Homeless Children
and Youth in ESEA ReauthorizationOctober 9, 2015
About NAEHCY
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• National membership association dedicated to
educational excellence for children and youth experiencing homelessness, from early care through higher education.
• Through state and federal policy and technical assistance, we change systems so all children and youth can learn, succeed academically, and achieve their dreams.
About the Alliance for Excellent Education
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• Washington-DC based policy and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring all students graduate from high school ready for success in college, career, and citizenship.
• The Alliance works to encourage the development and implementation of federal policies that support effective high school reform and increased student achievement and attainment.
House-Keeping: Asking Questions
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• We’ll only be taking written questions via the Chat box.
• Type questions into the Chat box at any time during the presentation.
• Be sure to send your question “To All” (public).
• We will either respond by typing a message in the Chat box, or will answer your question over the phone when we break for questions.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization:
Current Status“The Every Child Achieves Act of 2015,” S.
1177, passed the U.S. Senate on July 16 by a vote of 81-17
The “Student Success Act,” H.R. 5, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on July 8 by a vote of 218-213
A House-Senate Conference committee must work out the differences between the two bills; both chambers must pass the reconciled bill before it can move to the President’s desk
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ESEA Big Picture: Similarities
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The House (H.R. 5) and Senate (S. 1177) bills to reauthorize ESEA include several similarities. Both bills:• eliminate NCLB’s accountability system,
including AYP.• eliminate the requirements that accompany
school improvement grants for the firing of teachers and principals and closing schools.
• limit the ability of the U.S. Department of Education to issue regulations.
ESEA Big Picture: Differences
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The House (H.R. 5) and Senate (S. 1177) bills to reauthorize ESEA include several major differences. The House bill:• includes a provision referred to as “Title I
portability;” the Senate bill does not include this provision.
• cuts and block grants many more programs than the Senate bill.
• allows students to “opt-out” of the assessments required under the bills; the Senate rejected this provision.
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ESEA Big Picture: Summary
Policy Senate House
Common Core State Standards
• Requires state-set standards to be aligned with entrance requirements for the state’s system of public higher education
• Requires state-set standards
Assessments • Authorizes funding• Supports state and
local assessment audits
• Requires state-set limit on time spent on assessments
• Eliminates targeted funding for assessments
• Allows funds from block grant to support assessments
• Supports assessments audits
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ESEA Big Picture: Summary
Policy Senate House
Accountability • Removes accountability requirements for low-performing schools and student subgroups
• Requires goal setting and use of multiple measures in accountability system
• Prohibits federal involvement in state accountability policy, including approving goals
• Removes accountability requirements for low-performing schools and student subgroups
• Prohibits federal involvement in state accountability policy
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ESEA Big Picture: Summary
Policy Senate House
Title I Portability
• Not permitted • Permitted
Opt-out • Not permitted • Permitted
Effective Teaching / Professional Development
• Allows funds to be used to support teacher evaluation; not required
• Provides flexible funding for professional development
• Allows funds to be used to support teacher evaluation; not required
• Provides flexible funding for professional development
ESEA Deep Dive: Accountability
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• The White House and Congressional Democrats have been pushing for a stronger federal role in accountability than currently exists in the House or Senate bill.
• Specifically, they want to require states to identify and provide state-determined interventions and supports to:
• the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools;• schools with large achievement gaps; and• high schools where one-third or more of students fail
to graduate.
McKinney-Vento Amendments that are
Identical/Similar in BOTH Bills (1)
State coordinators must be able to sufficiently carry out duties
State coordinators must annually publish updated list of liaisons on SEA website
Clarifies that homeless children and youth must be enrolled in school immediately, even if the student has missed application or enrollment deadlines during any period of homelessness
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McKinney-Vento Amendments that are
Identical/Similar in BOTH Bills (2)
Enhanced school stability: presumption that staying in the school of origin is in the student’s best interest, unless individual determination of best interest factors shows otherwise
School of origin definition is amended to include feeder schools
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McKinney-Vento Amendments that are
Identical/Similar in BOTH Bills (3)
Requires local liaisons to ensure that unaccompanied homeless youth:are enrolled in school; have opportunities to meet State academic
achievement standards, including through the McKinney-Vento Act’s credit accrual provisions; and
are informed of their status as independent students for financial aid and may obtain assistance to receive verification for the FAFSA.
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McKinney-Vento Amendments that are
Identical/Similar in BOTH Bills (4)
Added emphasis on identification throughout the law
Schools must treat information about a homeless child or youth’s living situation as a student education record, and may not release this information to persons not authorized under FERPA
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Amendments on Homelessness in the Senate Bill Only –
McKinney-Vento (1)
State coordinators must monitor LEAsLocal liaisons must have sufficient time and
training to carry out dutiesAs determined appropriate by State
Coordinator, local liaisons must participate in professional development and technical assistance
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Amendments on Homelessness in the Senate Bill Only –
McKinney-Vento (2)
Requires SEAs and LEAs to develop, review, and revise policies to remove barriers to the identification, enrollment, and retention of homeless students in school, including barriers related to fees, fines, absences, and credit accrual policies
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Amendments on Homelessness in the Senate Bill Only –
McKinney-Vento (3)
States must have procedures to ensure that homeless children and youth:are able to receive appropriate credit for full or
partial coursework satisfactorily completed while attending a prior school
have access to magnet school, summer school, career and technical education, advanced placement, online learning, and charter school programs, if such programs are available at the State or local levels 18
Amendments on Homelessness in the Senate Bill Only – McKinney-
Vento (4)
SEAs and LEAs must adopt policies and practices to promote school success, including access to full participation in academic and extra-curricular activities that are made available to non-homeless students.
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Amendments on Homelessness in the Senate Bill Only – Title I
(1)Requires the State Title I plan to describe how
the SEA will comply with the McKinney-Vento Act
Authorizes the amount of Title I set-aside to be determined based on a needs assessment, and to be used for services not ordinarily provided by Title I, including local liaisons and transportation to the school of origin
Clarifies that the Title I set-aside is for all schools in an LEA (not just non-participating)
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Amendments on Homelessness in the Senate Bill Only – Title I
(2)
Under current law, States put out State report cards on achievement, including specific subgroups
S. 1177 maintains this, and adds homeless and foster children and youth to state assessments and to graduation rate disaggregation
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Senate Bill Only:Foster Care – State Title I Plans
(3)
State Title I Plans must describe the steps the SEA will take to ensure collaboration with the State child welfare agency to improve the educational stability of children or youth in foster care including assurances that:1. Foster youth are enrolled or remains in their
school of origin, unless a determination is made that it is not in their best interest;
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Senate Bill Only:Foster Care – State Title I Plans
(4)
2. The determination must be based on best interest factors, including consideration of the appropriateness of the current educational setting, and the proximity to the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement
3. When a determination is made that it is not in the best interest to remain in the school of origin, the child must be immediately enrolled in a new school 23
Senate Bill Only:Foster Care – State Title I Plans
(5)The SEA designates a point of contact for the
state child welfare agency, who will oversee implementation of the SEA responsibilities
The SEA point of contact may not be the same person as the state coordinator for homeless children and youth under the McKinney-Vento Act
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Senate Bill Only:Foster Care – Local Title I Plans
(6)
Within one year of enactment, LEAs must develop and implement plans for the transportation of foster youth to their school of origin, when in their best interest
LEAs are required to provide transportation to the school of origin only if they are reimbursed by the child welfare agency, or if they agree to provide it
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Senate Bill Only:Foster Care – Local Title I Plans
(7)
LEAs must designate a point of contact if the corresponding child welfare agencies notifies the LEA, in writing, that it has designated a point of contact for the LEA
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Senate Bill Only:Awaiting Foster Care Placement
inthe McKinney-Vento Act
Within one year of enactment, “awaiting foster care placement” is deleted from the definition of homelessness in the McKinney-Vento Act
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Authorize Funding Levelsin House and Senate Bills
Senate Bill: Authorizes “such sums as may be necessary” for FY2016-FY2021
House Bill: Lowers the McKinney-Vento authorized funding level to $65 million for each of the fiscal years from 2016 to 2021.
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What Happens Next?The ultimate fate and timing of ESEA
depends on a number of factors:Ability of the Conferees to produce a
compromise bill that can pass both chambers
New House Speaker and internal House Republican dynamics
Perceived political gain to both sides of “getting something done” before the election
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Resources from the Alliance
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• For more information on the Alliance’s specific policy recommendations for ESEA reauthorization, please visit:
www.all4ed.org/esea
• To sign up to receive the Alliance’s Federal Flash updates, email us at:
Resources
from NAEHCY
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• For more information on NAEHCY’s specific policy recommendations: http://www.naehcy.org/legislation-and-policy/legislative-updates
• To sign up to receive NAEHCY’s legislative emails, http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50565/signup_page/sign-up
Questions?
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Stay in Touch with Us!
Phillip Lovell, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, [email protected] Duffield, Director of Policy and [email protected] Julianelle, Director of State Projects and Legal [email protected]
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