2013 NSAII CONFERENCE Becky Wissink, Associate Director Education Policy & Practice Department NEA Center for Great Public Schools ESEA AND RELATED PROGRAMS UPDATE

 Education Policy & Practice - EPP  Teacher Quality - TQ  ESP Quality - ESPQ  Priority Schools - PS  Research - RES

 Policy analysts(desks):  ECE – Higher Ed everything in between.  Funding, charter schools, vouchers, assessments & accountability, parent community engagement, IDEA/Special Ed, ESEA, Math, STEM, ELA  GPS Indicators  EPP monthly phone call  EPP bi-weekly e-newsletter

 Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) --Strengthening America’s Schools Act of 2013 (S. 1094)  Lamar Alexander (R-TN)—Every Child Ready for College or Career Act (S )

 Senate HELP Committee approves Chairman Harkin’s Strengthening America’s Schools Act by a vote of along party lines  Alexander bill offered as amendment and defeated

 Chairman John Kline (R-MN)—Student Success Act (H.R. 5)  George Miller (D-CA)—Student Success Act substitute bill

 House Education and the Workforce Committee approves Chairman Kline’s Student Success Act by a vote of  Committee votes against Miller substitute bill by a vote of  House of Representatives passes Student Success Act with amendments

 Looking forward...  For NEA ESEA/NCLB resources and updates: ( or  NEA messages on the reauthorization (excerpt): CHAMPION STUDENT SUCCESS o Replace Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) with authentic accountability systems designed to improve learning, identify successful schools, and support struggling ones o Increase wraparound services to help students come to school ready to succeed o Use multiple sources of evidence of student learning and school performance over time o Support standards and assessments that are accessible for all students and that address the unique instructional and assessment needs of students with disabilities and English-language learners

NEA messages on the reauthorization (continued) ELEVATE THE PROFESSION  Help districts recruit and retain excellent teachers and education support professionals, especially in hard-to-staff schools  Promote high standards and rigorous preparation for entry into the teaching profession  Foster comprehensive systems of induction, mentoring, and professional development for educators FIGHT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE  Provide for adequate, equitable, and sustained funding for schools; fully fund critical programs such as Title I of ESEA and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)  Provide federal incentive grants to support state efforts to implement education finance systems that provide equitable and sufficient funding for each student  Provide sustained and targeted support and research-based intervention strategies for struggling or “priority” schools

 Approved: 42 states, Puerto Rico, D.C. and eight California districts  Waiting to hear: Illinois, Iowa and Wyoming  Not currently pursuing: California, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota (request withdrawn), and Vermont (request withdrawn)

 FIRST AND SECOND ROUND STATES CAN APPLY TO DELAY PERSONNEL USE OF TEACHER EVALUATIONS  STATES CAN APPLY FOR FIELD TESTING FLEXIBILITY  STATES CAN APPLY FOR WAIVER RENEWALS, January

 Race to the Top (main program)  Race to the Top—Early Learning Challenge  Race to the Top—District Competition  School Improvement Grants  Investing in Innovation  Promise Neighborhoods

 Total cut to all ED programs: $2.48 billion  Represents the largest cut ever to ED programs  Sequestration rolled back ED discretionary funding (excluding Pell Grants) nine years to below the 2004 level even though schools (preK to postsecondary) are serving 5.8 million more students

 Cut to ESEA-related programs: $1.22 billion  Cut to Title I, Part A: $727 million  Cut to Title II, Part A teacher quality: $124 million  Cut to Impact Aid: $65 million  Cut to Race to the Top: $28 million  Cut to School Improvement State Grants: $27 million

 Cut to special education (IDEA): $633 million  Cut to career and technical education (CTEA): $56 million  Cut to Head Start (administered by HHS): $401 million which cut services to more than 57,000 low-income children  KIDS, NOT CUTS, visit

ESEA Reauthorization not on the foreseeable horizon Waiver program still in effect good and bad Funding concerns And…

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