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EDUCATION ISSUES & THE FY2013 BUDGET VSBA Annual Legislative Conference Deborah Rigsby, Director, Federal Legislation National School Boards Association

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EDUCATION ISSUES &THE FY2013 BUDGET

VSBA Annual Legislative Conference

Deborah Rigsby, Director, Federal LegislationNational School Boards Association

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KEY POINTS

FY2013 Budget Process Budget Control Act of 2011 Pending Legislation Talking Points to Congress

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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS

February 14 – President submits budget request to Congress

February 15 – Congressional Budget Office submits reports to House & Senate Budget Committees

March 19 -- Authorizing committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees

April 1 – Senate Budget Committee reports concurrent resolution on the budget

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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESSApril 15 – Congress completes action on

budget resolutionMay 15 – Annual appropriations bills may

be considered in the House June 10 – House Appropriations Committee

reports last annual funding bill June 15 – Congress completes action on

reconciliation legislation June 30 – House completes action on

annual appropriations billsOctober 1 – Fiscal year begins

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BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 2011 Automatic triggers that would reduce overall

spending by $1.2 trillion, spread evenly over the fiscal years 2013 through 2021

Half of the $1.2 trillion would come from defense spending and half from non-defense programs through a process called budget sequestration.

Process could reportedly cut funding for education programs by an more than $3.5 billion, or about 7.8 percent.

Source: Congressional Budget Office

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BUDGET CONTROL ACT

Triggered budget cuts would begin in FY2013, during the 2012-13 school year.

Talking Point to Congress: Ensure that the Budget Control Act cuts do not affect

advance appropriations (Title I, special education, career and technical education) to school districts since they would begin in the middle of the 2012-13 school year.

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SEQUESTRATION FY 13 = fixed percentage across-the-

board cuts. CBO Projection = 7.8% cut to all non-exempt

domestic programs. Would be a cut of $3.5 billion to education

programs (based on FY 12 level). CBPP projects 9.1% = $4.1 billion ED cut. Pell grants exempt in first year.

FY 14-21 – will not be ACB cut; further lowers discretionary caps Squeezes education $

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FUNDINGFY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Bill

Extends funding to 9/30/12Across the board cut of .189%

FY 2013 President’s budget: 2/6/12 Budget Control Act - 10 year plan

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FY2012 APPROPRIATIONS

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STATE REVENUES/EDUCATION AID

States’ general expenditures were $21 billion less than in 2008, the year before the recession.

18 states made mid-year FY2011 reductions to K-12 education & 12 states reduced K-12 general assistance in FY2012.

Reduction in federal funds compounds fiscal challenges. Fiscal Survey of States, Fall 2011

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VIRGINIA FUNDING FOR MAJOR K-12 PROGRAMS

Regular Appropriations for Virginia under Title I, IDEA, Teacher Quality total about $574.5 million

Remaining special funding for Virginia:

A. Stimulus ($5.6 million of $251 million)

Stabilization funds: $172 of $983.9 million

Title I: $147,000 of $165.3 millionIDEA: $769,294 of $281.4 millionSIG: $36.1 million of $50.6 millionB. Jobs Fund : $155.4 million of $253.2 million

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CURRENT STATE SPENDING PRESSURES

Winding down of stimulus funding

Medicaid payments

Cost of new health care law

Prisons

Restoration of rainy day funds

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TITLE I

Serves an estimated $20 million students in more than 90 percent of school districts

Title I schoolwide programs operate in an estimated 35,000 schools

Extended school day programs, professional development, parental involvement, preschool programs

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TITLE I: TALKING POINT

Title I investments must be sustained in order to support the increased demand.  More students are eligible and need Title I services because of the economy, which has added more students to the national poverty count, creating a greater need for additional resources.

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IDEA Current funding level is roughly less than 17 percent

of what Congress promised (or less than one-half of what Congress promised under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act).*

Below the 40% of the National Average Per Pupil Expenditure (estimated at $10,154 for the 2009-10 school year).

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IDEA FULL FUNDING ACT

S. 1403 – sponsored by Senator Harkin Would reauthorize funding levels for IDEA

through FY2021 to reach the full funding level of the federal share (40% of the excess cost per student) = $35.3 billion.

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SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE FAST Act (S. 1597) – Fix America’s Schools

Today Act would provide $25 billion in grants for school repairs and renovation.

Estimated that a school could save up to $100,000 per year in maintenance costs – enough for two teachers, 200 more computers, or 5,000 textbooks, according to Sen. Sherrod Brown.

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SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE The Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act (S.

1685) would permit corporations and other private entities to benefit from a tax credit when investing in the rehabilitation of an older school building.

Pursuant to the partnership developed by a school board and a participating private entity, allowing local governments to use the historic building rehabilitation tax credit.

Sponsored by Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner and Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia.

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SCHOOL BONDS

Urge Congress to pass the “Rebuilding America’s Schools Act” – S. 796 and H.R. 2394

Would extend Qualified School Construction Bonds (QSCBs) & Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZABs)

QSCBs provided $22 billion in school construction bond authority for 2009 – 2010.

QZABs provided $2.8 billion in bond authority during 2009-2010.

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TALKING POINT

“We know that education is going to be the currency of the 21st Century. There’s been almost no discussion of that on either side about what we need to do to raise the level of education so everyone will have the skill set to compete in that hyperconnective world that you describe.”

--Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, December 25, 2011

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REAUTHORIZATION OF ESEAPolicy Context NCLB: A standards and data driven accountability

system containing flaws that are having an increasingly negative impact

ED’s Principles for School Reform: Four priorities to drive the delivery system within the NCLB frameworkRace to the TopESEA Reauthorization BlueprintNCLB Regulatory Relief Program to continue the NCLB

framework plus adding detail to the four principles but waives ten NCLB’s flaws for states that have approved plans

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ESEA REAUTHORIZATION

Policy ContextSenate Bill: With variations, generally follows ED’s overall approach—including the federal level retaining specific requirements and approval of the state’s accountability system—plus adding some new requirements and other programming 24

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ESEA REAUTHORIZATION

Policy ContextHouse Bill: Follows the pattern

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SENATE ESEA BILLSimilar achievement/accountability approach as ED’s waiver programAdopting college and career ready standards

(12/2013)/Implement assessments (2015-16 school year)

Replace existing AMOs proficiency requirements for all students/subgroups by 2014 with new achievement goals set by the state

Replace identification/intervention for all schools not making AYP for any of its subgroups with a focus on lowest performing (ED’s priority schools) and highest achievement gap (ED’s focus schools)

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SENATE ESEA BILLAccountability SystemState develops by 2013-14 School Year

Covers all schools Requires continuous improvement Indentifies and supports weak schools Builds local capacity

Measuring growth as an optionRequires equitable distribution of teachers

Requires more complex system of parental engagement 27

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SENATE ESEA BILL

Interventions for Persistently Low Performing Schools (ED’s Priority Schools)

5% lowest performing high schools including grad rates/ lowest 5% of all other schools

Seven turn-around models, including a state option if approved by ED

Must replace principal if at an identified school for more than 2 years

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SENATE ESEA BILLInterventions for Persistently Low Performing Schools (con’t)

*Transformation- Staff Reapplies *Strategic Staffing-Principal Appoints Teacher

Leadership Team  *Turnaround-At Least 35% of Teachers Replaced Whole School Reform- Reform Developer Used Restart-Charter or Magnet School School Closure-Students Attend Higher Performing

School State Option-State Designed Strategy Approved

by ED----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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SENATE ESEA BILLInterventions for Achievement Gap SchoolsThe 5% of high schools with state’s largest gap among subgroups within their school or state overall—including lowest graduation rate

The 5% of other schools with largest gap among subgroups

Interventions required but no specific model

State identifies by 2013-14 school year

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STUDENTS WITH MOST SERIOUS COGNITIVE DISABILITIES

Can provide alternative achievement standards for the individual if aligned with content standards

Can provide alternative assessments if aligned with alternative achievement standards Subject by subject Parent involvement Tied to general curriculum Limit 1% of students statewide

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SENATE ESEA BILL

Other Select Provisions

Family engagement plans/school compactsHighly Qualified Teachers continued but not

for special-ed teachers of multiple subjectsComparability of services based on budget of

each school (2015-16 School Year)Coordination requirements for early-ed

programs involving children in Head Start or McKinney-Vento Homeless programs

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SENATE BILL—SELECT PROVISIONS

Other Programs English Language Learners and Immigrant

Students Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Race to the Top Investing In Innovation (i3) Public Charter Schools Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP)

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ESEA HOUSE ACTION

H.R. 1891—Eliminates 42 smaller federal programs

H.R. 2218—Replaces existing Charter School Program with a focus on creating new charters through a new $300 million competition grant program

H.R. 2245—Provides 100% flexibility to transferring funds among ESEA programs

Draft bills on accountability and teaching34

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HOUSE DRAFT BILLS: HIGH POINTS

Funding focused on Title I/Ell students and professional development

Broad state discretion in developing student achievement plan

Does not address (and discontinues) programs targeted to specific curriculum areas likeTechnology/ Literacy/StemReduce federal footprint: Limits

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HOUSE BILLExpands state/local discretion Standards

No common core or university validationScience not required

AssessmentScience not requiredIndividual proficiency and Growth must be factors

AccountabilityGrowth may be a factor plus other indicators

indentified by stateNo specific number/percent of schools identifiedNo specific interventions

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STATE PLANState has six years to develop new

standards/assessment/accountability system

ED can only turn plan down if it doesn’t meet general requirements—but plan must ensure that the accountability system will result in all students being prepared for college or workplace without remediation

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TEACHER PROVISIONS

Highly Qualified Teacher requirement eliminated

Professional development programs restyled into two pots: Formula funds for general professional development use,

provided that the school district has three or more rating tiers in a teacher evaluation system using a) student performance as a significant factor and b) multiple measures to evaluate—with use of the evaluation for personnel decisions

Competitive grants—Alternative certification/ performance pay, retention strategies, professional development

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FUNDING PROBLEMS

Sets next year’s funding at FY 2012 levels and caps subsequent years to CPI (i.e., reduces real service levels over time)

Eliminates maintenance of effort requirements for states and counties/cities that fund education, (i.e. eliminates conditioning federal funding to these government entities continuing to fund education at the previous year’s levels or higher)

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KEY REAUTHORIZATION QUESTIONS

How large and broad should the federal role be?

How much control should the federal government have?

How much discretion should ED have?

Will the federal dollars match the federal expectations?

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