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AASA Advocacy UpdateNovember 2011
Catching Up With Congress: Education Policy Update
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Overview• Funding/Appropriations– FY12– Deficit Commission– American Jobs Act
• ESEA– Reauthorization– Waivers– Title I Formula Fairness
• Other Topics• Advocacy Resources
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Funding & Appropriations• President’s Proposal: education a highlight• House: Education down over all, huge
increases for Title I and IDEA, cuts for many other ed programs
• Senate: overall increase for education, lack funding increases for Title I and IDEA
• FY12: Started October 1, without a budget– Current CR runs out Nov. 18– Most likely will have a second CR into (if not
through) December– Differing House and Senate Edu Numbers– Role of final approps bills vs. CR vs.
mini/omnibus
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Funding & Appropriations• Joint Deficit Commission– Super Committee Roster:• Senate: Murray (WA), Baucus (MT), Kerry (MA), Kyl (AZ),
Portman (OH), and Toomey (PA) • House: Hensarling (TX), Becerra (CA), Camp (MI), Clyburn (SC),
Upton (MI), and VanHollen (MD)– Has to identify $1.5 trillion in cuts over the next 10
years– Has to announce plan by Thanksgiving and take vote by
Christmas– Includes required vote on Balanced Budget Amendment
• American Jobs Act– Full bill defeated in the Senate– First small piece (Teachers and First Responders) didn’t
even get a cloture vote– May have a stand-alone piece including school
construction, but not timeline as of yet
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ESEA: ReauthorizationDifferent Chambers, Different Approaches
House: piecemeal3 of five pieces through committee
Senate: comprehensiveSenate GOP vs. Senate HELP
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ESEA: Reauthorization
Mandated Standardization v. Focus on Poverty
Formula v. CompetitivePunitive Accountability v. Incentivizing
AccountabilityAssessment: One-Time v. GrowthOverly Prescriptive v. FlexibileCharters: More v. LessAssessing Special LearnersEarly Childhood EducationHealth/Wellness/Total ChildTurnaround Models/School Improvement
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ESEA: Regulatory ReliefAdministration unveiled their waiver plan
Sept. 23Conditional, quid-pro-quo deal, with states
having to adopt specific policy priorities I exchange for relief
To date, 39 states have expressed interest in the waivers
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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• NCLB Waiver Watch: www.cep-dc.org • AASA position: we agree with the areas in
which flexibility is being provided but are opposed to the conditional nature of the process.
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Other IssuesFederal Mandates
RttT, I3, SIGIDEA Full FundingSchool NutritionFoster CareRuralEducation TechnologyCommon Core/Testing Consortia
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Get—and Stay—Involved! • Weigh in early, weigh in often• These decisions are made whether or not you
weigh in.• 15 minutes per month is all it takes.• Get to know your Senator/Representative, and
perhaps more importantly, their education staffer.
• Invite the Representative/Senator and staffer to your district. Anecdotes and stories have a lot of sticking power with this Congress. Let the face of your school be the one that sticks in their mind!
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AASA Advocacy ResourcesAASA Website: www.aasa.org AASA Blog: www.aasa.org/aasablog.aspx AASA Twitter: @NoellersonAASA Legislative Corps: Weekly NewsletterAdvocacy Network: Monthly Update