BOARDMEMBER 101 LSBA 2016 CONVENTION

LSBA 2016 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

 LSBA LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOLDER w/SUMMARIES – 2016  LSBA BLUE FOLDER w/HANDOUTS  YELLOW RIBBON: PROTECT K-12 FUNDING!

BUDGETARY CRISES… FY AND FY 16-17

FY and FY  FY = $940 M – IMBALANCE  FY = $2.2 B - DEFICIT  Can the MFP be cut this FY? *HANDOUT  MFP – FY Recommendations

MFP FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION  Advocacy FOR… –Adequate resources – Technology –Working with MFP Taskforce –Block Grant funding to locals –Opposition to Unfunded Mandates –Career Education, Dual Enrollment & Special Education funding.

MFP FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION  INTERESTING FACTS… –Current MFP Per Pupil (15-16) $3961 (+ funding outside MFP) –Proposed MFP Per Pupil (16-17) $4015 (static amount of money) –Incarceration Spending in LA $16,000 per adult prisoner $32,000 per juvenile prisoner

PUBLIC SCHOOL RETIREMENT  Advocacy FOR… –Maintaining the defined benefit system b/c under attack –The STATE to continue to address the Unfunded Accrued Liability.

PUBLIC SCHOOL RETIREMENT PRSAC = $120 M swing FOR local school boards FY TEAMWORK!

STATE STANDARDS & ASSESSMENTS  Advocacy FOR… –Louisiana standards –Reasonable transition time –Strategic implementation –Louisiana assessments –Local stakeholder input  Standards Review – Committee –Handout

DISTRICT, SCHOOL & TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY  Advocacy FOR… –Multiple measures as indicators –Suspend letter grade labeling –Meaningful collaboration with LDOE –New Accountability Task Force to work with new federal regs – ESSA –ESSA handout – page 4

CHALLENGES AHEAD…

TEAMWORK NEEDED… Senator Lamar Alexander said Thursday he plans to hold six oversight hearings this year on the new Every Student Succeeds Act “to make sure that the law is being implemented in the way that Congress wrote it.” He also said he’ll be encouraging state-level organizations to form coalitions like the national education groups that have banded together to work on implementation. Read more:

DISTRICT, SCHOOL & TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY  Advocacy FOR… –Multiple measures as indicators –Suspend letter grade labeling –Meaningful collaboration with LDOE –New Accountability Task Force to work with new federal regs – ESSA –ESSA handout – page 4

PRIVATIZATION: CHARTER SCHOOLS & VOUCHERS  Advocacy FOR… –Not misdirecting local tax dollars –SPED dollars flow appropriately –Support of local board decisions –Closure of voucher loopholes –Choice with a level playing field –Stopping profit-driven CMOs

PRIVATIZATION: CHARTER SCHOOLS & VOUCHERS  Sample charter school funding & data privacy resolution  Sample local district audit disclaimer statement  Local revenue due to other schools – 3 year comparison

OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES  Advocacy FOR… –Support of Local Governance –Expanded PreK –Budget flexibility –School safety –Local government tax collections –RSD legislation review

OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES  Advocacy FOR… –Law changes relative to local board and superintendent contracts –Clearer Open Meetings Law –Revisions in the COOPERATIVE PURCHASING law so it can work for local school systems

TEAMWORK NEEDED BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS!

GOV’S K-12 TRANSITION REPORT 53 member committee comprised of a number of stakeholders from various backgrounds Areas of focus provided by the Governor’s Transition Team 12_transition_report_ pdfhttp:// 12_transition_report_ pdf

IMMEDIATE CONCERNS… PROTECT K-12 FUNDING! REACH OUT TO LEGISLATORS!

BOARDMEMBER 101 THANKS!