What’s going on and will it affect me?

LAST YEAR Bipartisan support for No Child Left Inside Act Mention of EE for the first time in Department of Education Blueprint documents EE Act introduced for reauthorization and EPA Office of EE Funded EETAP’s successor funded for first year and national competition held 47 states working on National Literacy plans Major EE curriculum initiatives at NOAA, NASA, Department of Energy, NSF

No Child Left Indoors Still good support in Senate Not clear about support in House State Literacy Plans a plus Budget cuts likely mean no new programs funded My need to slide NCLI into NCLB

EETAP’s Successor Competition has been held Award has been made Will not be announced until details taken care of (2-3 weeks?) Funding in place for first year Funding uncertain from then on

National EE Act Act probably won’t be reintroduced Office of EE now staffed by temporary reassignment of EPA staff Old staff no longer there Questions about support from administration and funding from congress Administration budget will be released on February 14 so will see how the Office fares then

State Literacy Plans 47 states and the District of Columbia are working on them Maryland, Nebraska, Oregon, and Maine have finished theirs Many more are in the pipeline and will probably be finished this year Support from states even without any Federal money is encouraging

WHAT NEXT? Budget crises at the national and state levels likely to work against funding for EE Republican control of House may mean less support for EE However, if you can tag on to climate, ocean, or energy education, there is money and support out there Bipartisan support for No Child Left Inside may enable passage after all, but perhaps in a different form