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1、Wrapping Up the 111th Session of Congress: Federal Education Policy UpdateNoelle EllersonAmerican Association of School Administrators第1頁，共23頁。State and local economies struggling to experience the stability and recovery starting to take hold at the federal level.Continued issue of supplement/suppla

2、nt from ARRA and, now, education jobs fund.Confluence of the end of ARRA (2010-11/2011-12 school years) and the delayed economic recovery represent very real obstacle to schools as they try to balance increased emphasis on innovation with ever slimmer operating budgets.Economic Environment第2頁，共23頁。O

3、bama Budget ProposalFY11 budget proposal released Feb 1 (2011-12 school year) Despite tight economic times, including non-defense discretionary budget freeze, education receives historic increasesProposal includes massive restructuring in ESEA reauthorizationDespite overall increases: Title I was le

4、vel funded IDEA received a $250 million increase, remaining at 17% instead of the promised 40%第3頁，共23頁。Obama Budget Proposal65% increase in the proportion of discretionary education dollars moving through competitive grantsAASA has a position in favor of formula grants.USED 2010第4頁，共23頁。Obama Budget

5、 ProposalNew Authority(change relative to consolidated programs cumulative total)Consolidated ProgramsEffective Teachers and Leaders-$458.5 million (-15.5%)Ready to TeachTeacher Quality State GrantsTeacher and Leader Innovation Fund+$539.4 million (+131.3%)Advanced CredentialingTeacher Incentive Fun

6、dTeacher and Leader Pathways+$268.9 million (+197.6%)School LeadershipTeach for AmericaTeacher Quality PartnershipTeachers for a Competitive TomorrowTransition to TeachingEffective Teaching and Learning: STEM+$119.5 million (+66.2%)Mathematics and Science PartnershipEffective Teaching and Learning:

7、Well Rounded Education+$38.9 million (+17.2%)Teaching American HistoryAcademies for American History and CivicsCivic EducationClose-Up FellowshipsExcellence in Economic EducationForeign Language AssistanceArts in EducationCollege Pathways and Accelerated Learning-$3.3 million (-3.2%)Advanced Placeme

8、ntHigh School Graduation InitiativeJavits Gifted and Talented EducationSuccessful, Safe and Healthy Students+$45 million (+12.3%)Alcohol Abuse ReductionElementary and Secondary School CounselingFoundations for LearningMental Health integration in SchoolsPhysical EducationSafe and Drug-Free Schools a

9、nd Communities National ActivitiesExpanding Educational Options+$80.9 million (19.8%)Charter School GrantsCredit Enhancement for Charter School FacilitiesParental Information and Resource CentersSmaller Learning CommunitiesVoluntary Public School Choice第5頁，共23頁。Despite overall increases: Obama Budge

10、t ProposalProgramFY11 ProposalSchool Turnaround Grants+$354.4 million (+65%)Assessing Achievement+$39.2 million (+9.6%)Promise Nieghborhoods+$200 million (+2,000%)Magnet Schools Assistance+$10 million (+10%)English Language Acquisition State Grats+$50 million (+6.7%)Title I grants to LEAsFROZENMigra

11、nt Student EducationFROZENNeglected/Delinquent Children and YouthFROZENHomeless Children and Youth EducationFROZENImpact AidFROZENRural EducationFROZENIndian Student EducationFROZEN21st Century Community Learning CentersFROZEN第6頁，共23頁。FY 11 AppropriationsThe House and Senate Approps Cmtes announced

12、caps for FY11 discretionary spending. The Senate cap is roughly $14 billion below the administration, and the House cap is $7 below.House LHHS markup includes a discretionary increase above FY10 of $2.04 billion (3.2% increase)Includes $5.67 billion for Pell$400 m increase for Title I$153 m increase

13、 for IDEANext step? CR thru 12/3, then either a CR into new Congress or an omnibus in lame duck.第7頁，共23頁。Emergency Education Jobs Bill$10 billion in education jobs funding and $16.1 billion in FMAP fundingAll but 2 states applied (SC and WY).Current issues? Supplement/supplantMaintenance of effortSt

14、ate pass-through of funds第8頁，共23頁。Title I Funding EquityThere will be a formula fight within ESEA reauthorization.Title I allocations are made up of four formulas:Basic Grant, Concentration Grant, Targeted Grant, Education Finance Incentive GrantIdea is to focus on concentrations of povertyCurrent l

15、aw uses numbers or percentages Since NCLB, all new money in Title I has been split between the Targeted Grant and the Education Finance Incentive Grant.Focus on percentages of poverty for equity第9頁，共23頁。Serving Schools Most in NeedSchool Turnaround Grants will be targeted to bottom 5% performing sch

16、ools in each states.Schools will have to choose one of four possible interventions.Turnaround fire principal and 50% of staff, institute a new curriculumRestart close school and restart as a charter or under an educational management organizationSchool Closure close school and send students to other

17、 schoolsTransformation fire principal, grant new budgeting and scheduling flexibility, new curriculum, intensive professional development, community schools modelA fifth “research based” option will be available to some第10頁，共23頁。Focusing on Teachers and LeadersCuts Title II, Part A formula by $450 m

18、illion.All states would be required to develop a definition of effective teachers and principals.Will require all states to link evaluations of teachers and principals to student achievement.Sets up a federal evaluation criteria:At least 3 performance levelsUses highly effective definitionsMeaningfu

19、l feedback to improve performance and inform Prof DevDeveloped in collaboration with stakeholders第11頁，共23頁。Creating a Better School ClimateSuccessful, Safe and Healthy StudentsCompetitive grant program to improve school climate by reducing drug use, violence or harassmentFocus on student physical he

20、alth and nutrition, mental health and well beingExtensive school climate survey required$210 million proposed for Promise NeighborhoodBased on Harlem Childrens Zone: comprehensive services to meet needs of the total child第12頁，共23頁。Reauthorization of REAPSome changes need to be made to improve REAP i

21、n the coming reauthorization.Specifically, a number of districts are no longer receiving a financial benefit from the program despite qualifying.Allow districts to choose which program to apply under.Raise the sliding scale from $20,000 - $60,000 to $25,000 - $70,000.For the Rural & Low-income progr

22、am, use free and reduced lunch instead of census.Update Locale codes.Support the REAP Reauthorization Act HR 2446 & S 1052第13頁，共23頁。Secure Rural Counties and SchoolsIn late 2008, an omnibus legislative package included a four-year extension of SRSCA and five years of full funding for PILTIn Jan. 201

23、0 the National Forest Counties and Schools Coalition Launched a new legislative initiative, The Partnership for Rural America Campaign, a two-year legislative effort to secure long-term reauthorization of SRSCA, providing 8-10 years of funding at the 2010 level. Ongoing campaign includes push for li

24、ne item request in administrations FY12 budget proposal第14頁，共23頁。Increased Congressional support for common core (not national) standards.CCSSO and NGA have joined together with 48 states and territories to develop them.Draft standards were released in March and open for comment until April 2nd.Stat

25、es may choose to include additional standards beyond the common core as long as the common core represents at least 85 percent of the states standards in English language arts and mathematics. What if Congress requires adoption of common core in order to receive Title I?Still unclear what Congress s

26、ees as their role in this.Certain competitive grants will give priority to Common Core statesCommon Core Standards第15頁，共23頁。第16頁，共23頁。StateGrant AwardMA$250,000,000 NY$700,000,000 HI$75,000,000FL$700,000,000RI$75,000,000DC$75,000,000MD$250,000,000GA$400,000,000 NC$400,000,000 OH$400,000,000 第17頁，共23

27、頁。The First Ladys Obesity InitiativeFirst Lady announced large initiative to end childhood obesity within a generation.SchoolsPhysical FitnessHealthy & Affordable FoodsEmpowering Families with the Right Information Pledge to increase number of US Healthy Schools A Department of Agriculture program /

28、tn/healthierus/index.html 第18頁，共23頁。Child Nutrition Act/ School LunchReauthorization is split into two topics of discussion:Nutritional StandardsIncreasing the nutritional content of school lunch. Conversations over the restriction of sales of types of food on school property.Needs to have school sp

29、onsored event exception.Programmatic OperationIncreasing direct certification to include Medicaid.S 1737 to would convert all reduced price lunches to free lunches over four years.第19頁，共23頁。Child Nutrition Act/ School LunchHealthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (continued)Problem Areas in the BillMan

30、datory yearly training for all food service personnelAbsolutely no funding is provided All Food Service Directors will have to meet new national education, training and certification requirementsCould be a problem for rural schoolsProvisions that have the federal government limiting flexibility in s

31、chool district budgeting.National calculation of school lunch priceCompetitive food restrictionsCalculation of indirect rate study第20頁，共23頁。VouchersSenate Armed Services Committee passed the FY2011 National Defense Authorization Act (S 3454), which included an amendment that would provide $7,500 in government funds to military families with special needs children to use to pay for tuition at a private or a different public school. Many of the protections toute