Reauthorization of ESEA

Reauthorization of Workforce Investment Act

Funding

Core Standards/Race to the Top/School Improvement Grants

1. GrantsFormula Grants and (Title 1)

Competitive Grants1) Race to the Top2) Investing in Innovation (i3) 3) Title III4) School Improvement Grants

1. LEARN ACT (Literacy Education for All Results for the Nation Act)

• High degree of local control• Funds for professional development for literacy • Striving Readers

2. ESEA

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/blueprint/blueprint.pdf

3. FUNDING

1. Literacy in Teacher Education Programs

2. Access to On-going Professional Development

3. Research Programs

Appropriations (Title 1, Title III, Striving Readers)

Supplemental

1. Core Standards

2. Links between:

Idea and Title 1 Early Childhood and Title 1 Title II and Title 1

3. Parents and Schools

1. Maintain effective communication http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenu.htm2. Apply lessons learned to MRA advocacy and to local and special interest councils in their advocacy efforts