NSTA Legislative Update San Antonio Conference Tuesday, April 9,

Budget/Appropriations FY2013: President recently signed Continuing Resolution (CR) agreement extends funding for education programs for the remainder of the fiscal year through September 30 at Fiscal Year 2012 levels, minus $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board budget cuts, also known as the sequester. The Department of Education’s share of sequester is $2.5 billion. Non Pell funding for ED now at FY2004 levels FY2014: President Budget out on April 10 --Good news for STEM education? FY2014: Anticipate a RTTT STEM High school initiative announced in President SOTU 2

Administration Priorities 3 Four more years of:  Common Core  Educator Effectiveness  Data systems  School turnaround  Competitive grants Race to the Top Investing in Innovation  NCLB waivers & flexibility Priorities for Early childhood education Principal prep and evaluation Teacher preparation programs College affordability and access High School and STEM

ESEA Reauthorization, Year : 4

No Child Left Behind Now 11 years old and 5 years overdue for reauthorization Administration blueprint for reauthorization basis of their yearly budget request Senate committee passed bipartisan bill in 2011 last year, never reached floor House committee passed bill w only Republican support; state flexibility to use federal $; accountability systems; eliminate Teacher quality provisions, mandatory teacher evaluation; eliminate SIG Reauthorization this year? 5

ESEA Waivers 34 states now have waivers Duncan Feb Hearing examined how standards have unleashed a wave of state led innovation – improved accountability and evaluation/pd for teachers Congressional Republicans: Dept is overstepping w waivers -- want the Secretary to “step back from waivers and let the states make their own decisions about whether students are teachers are succeeding or failing.” 6

STEM Bills in Congress STEM Master Teacher Corps Elementary Coaches and State STEM networks Immigration legislation w STEM funding 7

House of Representatives – STEM Ed House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing April 10. Raising the Bar: Reviewing STEM Education in America. Why so much federal investment in STEM, committee to look at private investments and partnerships in STEM. Science Space and Technology Committee: hearings on STEM education. Chairman Smith stated that he wanted to “recognize the importance of private sector and non-profit collaborations in STEM education.” Plans to reauthorize America Competes 8

What Else is Going On? STEM “Working Group” Gang of 6 Afterschool STEM agenda Comprehensive STEM bill w Senator Merkley. ESEA? 9

PCAST Report STANDARDS: SUPPORT THE CURRENT STATE-LED MOVEMENT FOR SHARED STANDARDS IN MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS: RECRUIT AND TRAIN 100,000 GREAT STEM TEACHERS OVER THE NEXT DECADE WHO ARE ABLE TO PREPARE AND INSPIRE STUDENTS TEACHERS: RECOGNIZE AND REWARD THE TOP 5 PERCENT OF THE NATION’S STEM TEACHERS, BY CREATING A STEM MASTER TEACHERS CORPS EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY: USE TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE INNOVATION, BY CREATING AN ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR EDUCATION STUDENTS: CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INSPIRATION THROUGH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM SCHOOLS: CREATE 1,000 NEW STEM-FOCUSED SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT DECADE ENSURE STRONG AND STRATEGIC NATIONAL LEADERSHIP 10

Where the STEM Jobs Will Be Projected Annual Growth of Total STEM Job Openings * STEM is defined here to include non-medical occupations. Source: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections , available at

STEM Jobs 12

Thank You Jodi Peterson Assistant Executive Director, Legislative and Public Affairs National Science Teachers Association Chair, STEM Education Coalition W C