STAKEHOLDER BRIEFING FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET REQUEST

“By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” President Barack Obama

PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS 3 THE HIGHEST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE IN DECADES

PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS 4 MORE STUDENTS ATTENDING COLLEGE ON PELL GRANTS

PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS 5 MORE HISPANIC STUDENTS ATTENDING COLLEGE

PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS MILLION FEWER STUDENTS ATTENDING DROPOUT FACTORIES

OUR UNFINISHED TASK: 7 MANY LOW-INCOME STUDENTS FAIL TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL

OUR UNFINISHED TASK: 8 ONLY 29% OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS GO TO COLLEGE

OUR UNFINISHED TASK: 9 ONLY 9% OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS COMPLETE COLLEGE

OUR UNFINISHED TASK: 10 DISPARITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL 11 THE UNITED STATES RANKS 28 TH IN THE WORLD IN ENROLLMENT Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators

HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL 12 THE UNITED STATES RANKS 25 TH IN PUBLIC FUNDING FOR EARLY LEARNING Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators

The President’s FY 2014 Budget  The President’s FY 2014 budget request will keep us on a path toward fiscal sustainability in the coming years.  The budget balances increases in education funding with savings in other areas of the budget.  The discretionary budget for Education is $71 billion, a $3 billion increase over FY 2013 (pre-sequester).  The budget also includes mandatory funds for Preschool for All ($75 billion over 10 years), Presidential Teaching Fellows ($190 million) and RESPECT ($5 billion). 13

INVESTING IN EDUCATION  High Quality Preschool  Furthering the K-12 Reform Agenda  College Affordability and Quality  School Safety  Ladders of Opportunity  Protecting Formula Programs for At-Risk Populations 14 6 PRIORITIES ACROSS THE CRADLE TO CAREER CONTINUUM

HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL  $75 billion over 10 years in mandatory funds to provide high-quality preschool to all children from low and moderate income families – States would assume greater responsibility for the administration and oversight of preschool programs, building on other state reforms supported by programs such as the Early Learning Challenge.  $750 million in discretionary funds for Preschool Development Grants to states to strengthen their capacity to provide high-quality preschool to all four-year-old children so that they will be prepared to leverage the mandatory funds 15

CONTINUUM OF EARLY LEARNING  ED is partnering with HHS to support the President’s Early Learning Initiative, which also includes: – Early Head Start – Child Care Partnerships ($1.4 billion) Competitive grants to provide high-quality child care that is full- day and full-year to meet the needs of working families – Voluntary home visiting services ($15 billion over 10 years)  ED and HHS will continue to administer the Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge program to support States in the implementation of early learning systems reform across the Nation. 16 ED AND HHS PARTNERSHIP

THE K-12 REFORM AGENDA The President’s budget strengthens investments in the following K- 12 reform areas:  College and Career Readiness: Focus on Redesigning High Schools  Teachers and Leaders  STEM  School Turnaround  Data  Innovation  Assessments 17 DEEPENING AND EXTENDING STRATEGIC REFORMS

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT 18 Most students are engaged early – but disengage in high school Source: Gallup, 2012 Gallup Student Poll

K-12 REFORM  $300 million for High School Redesign Grants to partnerships among districts, colleges, businesses and non- profits – These partnerships will work towards the goal of ensuring that all participating students graduate from high school with college credit and career-related experience.  $42 million to establish and expand dual-enrollment programs for high school students and adult learners  $1.1 billion to support the reauthorization of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program to improve alignment with workforce demands, strengthen linkages to postsecondary education, and promote innovation and reform 19 COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

K-12 REFORM: TEACHERS AND LEADERS 20 GREAT TEACHERS MATTER Source: The New Teacher Project, The Irreplaceables (2012).

K-12 REFORM: TEACHERS AND LEADERS  $5 billion in mandatory funds for RESPECT grants to support States and districts that commit to pursuing bold reforms at every stage of the teaching profession  25% set-aside within Effective Teachers and Leaders State Grants to expand high-quality teacher preparation programs, train outstanding leaders to turn around the lowest performing schools, and support state activities to enhance the teaching profession  $98 million in the School Leadership Grant Program, more than triple the current investment, to support the development of evidence-based and large scale professional development programs for current school leaders  $400 million for the Teacher and Leader Innovation Fund to support innovative approaches to improving educator effectiveness in high-need schools  $190 million in mandatory funds for Presidential Teaching Fellows to provide scholarships to students attending top-tier teacher preparation programs who commit to teaching in high-need schools and subjects 21

K-12 REFORM: STEM 22 PREDICTED GROWTH OF STEM OCCUPATIONS Source: Chairman’s staff of the Joint Economic Committee based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

K-12 REFORM: STEM  $150 million for competitive grants to STEM Innovation Networks. Grants would be awarded to consortia of districts, colleges and other regional partners to improve STEM education in their communities, such as by – – Increasing student engagement in the STEM subjects, or – Improving STEM teacher preparation and professional development  $35 million to pilot a STEM Master Teacher Corps  $80 million for competitive grants to recruit and train effective STEM teachers for high-need schools and further the President’s “100K in 10” goal 23

K-12 REFORM: TURNAROUND AND DATA  $659 million for School Turnaround, including a new $125 million investment in: – Building district capacity to reform the lowest performing schools – Expanding the school turnaround service corps  $85 million, a $47 million increase, for State Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) to improve state data systems by strengthening linkages between early learning, K-12, higher education, and workforce data 24

K-12 REFORM: INNOVATION AND ASSESSMENTS  $215 million for Investing in Innovation (i3) to develop, evaluate and scale up evidenced-based practices to improve student achievement –The Department would set aside part of the funds for ARPA-ED to support the development of breakthrough learning technologies.  $389 million for the Assessing Student Achievement Program to support states and districts with their transition to college-and career-ready standards and assessments – These funds can be used for the education technology needed to implement computer-based assessments. 25

COLLEGE COMPLETION 26 WE USED TO BE #1. WE ARE NOW #14. Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators.

RISING COLLEGE COSTS 27 Source: NCES, Digest of Education Statistics 2012.

COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY AND QUALITY  Maintain Federal investments – $5,785 maximum Pell grant to over nine million students – Long-term stability for student loan interest rates – Expand Pay as You Earn  Drive systemic reform at the State level – $1 billion for Race to the Top: College Affordability and Completion to incentivize states to modernize funding policies, make it easier for students to access and complete college, encourage innovation  Support Institutional innovation and reward good actors – $260 million for First in the World for innovative practices to increase college access and success and validate new learning models – Reform Campus-Based Aid to prevent the expiration of Perkins Loans and reward colleges for serving low-income students well, keeping costs reasonable, and providing good value  Empower Students and Families with information through a college scorecard and financial aid shopping sheet 28

COLLEGE ACCESS AND COMPLETION Additional investments:  Supports for low-income students: – $840 million for Federal TRIO programs – $302 million for GEAR UP  Minority Serving Institutions: – Aid for Institutional Development programs: $431 million discretionary and $167 million in mandatory funding – Aid for Hispanic-Serving Institutions programs: $109 million discretionary and $112 million in mandatory funding 29

SCHOOL SAFETY  The Department of Education’s proposals are part of a broader, administration-wide plan to protect our children and communities from gun violence.  The education budget includes: – $30 million for Emergency Management Grants to states to help schools develop and implement high quality emergency management plans – $50 million for School Climate Grants to help 8,000 schools create safer and more nurturing school climates – $25 million for Project Prevent Grants to help schools address pervasive violence  Investments in other agencies include: – $150 million for Comprehensive School Safety Grants (DOJ) to help schools hire safety personnel, including mental health professionals, and $55 million for Project Aware (HHS) to help identify mental illness early and refer young people to treatment 30

LADDERS OF OPPORTUNITY  President Obama has laid out an ambitious new plan to ensure that there are “ladders of opportunity” for families to make it to the middle class.  The President’s budget includes several investments in education that are critical to this plan, including: – $300 million to significantly expand the Promise Neighborhoods initiative – $300 million for High School Redesign – $75 billion for Preschool for All  The Department is also working with agencies across the government to establish “Promise Zones,” which will transform high-poverty communities into places of opportunity that can attract private investment, improve education, and create jobs. 31

PROTECTING FORMULA PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS Protecting Formula Programs for At Risk Populations  College- and Career-Ready Students (Title I): $14.5 billion  IDEA: $463 million – a $20 million increase – for Part C for Infants and Families, $11.6 billion for Part B Grants to States, and $373 million for Preschool Grants  $732 million for English Learner Education  Maintained funding for Migrant Students, Neglected and Delinquent Children and Youth, Homeless Children and Youth, Indian Education, Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and Rural Education programs Supporting Student Success  21 st Century Community Learning Centers: $1.25 billion, a $100 million increase, to support afterschool and expanded learning time initiatives  Disconnected Youth: $15 million for innovative approaches to educating disconnected youth 32

“We know that education is everything to our children’s future. We know that they will no longer just compete for good jobs with children from Indiana, but children from India and China and all over the world.” President Barack Obama