insights: an inside the beltway update
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Insights: An Inside the Beltway Update. NACTEI Conference May 13, 2009. Overview. The good news People/Leadership ARRA – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act President’s Budget A call to action. Interest in CTE. Continued to remain high Variety of interest Papers released: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Insights:An Inside the Beltway Update
NACTEI ConferenceMay 13, 2009
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OverviewThe good news People/LeadershipARRA – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
President’s BudgetA call to action
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Interest in CTEContinued to remain highVariety of interestPapers released:
NGA PaperUS ChamberNational Association of State Boards of
Education
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Curious …. NGA Policy Academy
Gates FoundationIrvine Foundation
Connect ED, California
Alliance for Excellent Education
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LeadershipOld and new friends
Transition teamLeadership at U.S.
Department of Education Secretary’s office Undersecretary Deputy Assistant
Secretary in place Assistant Secretary?
ETA Assistant Secretary
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ARRA Guiding PrinciplesSpend Quickly to Save and
Create Jobs
Ensure Transparency and Accountability
Thoughtfully Invest One-time Funds
Advance Effective Reforms
Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.
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Advance Core Reforms: AssurancesCollege- and career-ready standards and high quality,
valid, and reliable assessments for all
students, including ELLs and students with
disabilities
Pre-K to higher education data systems that meet the principles in the America
COMPETES Act
Teacher effectiveness and equitable distribution of
effective teachers
Intensive support and effective interventions for lowest- performing schools
Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.
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State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
$53.6 billion
Governors$48.6 billion
Public Elementary, Secondary, and
Institutions of Higher Education
81.8% ($39.8 billion)
Education, School Modernization, Public
Safety, or other Government Services18.2% ($8.8 billion)
The Secretary$5 billion
Race to the Top ($4.35 billion)
What Works and Innovation ($650 million)
Formula Competitive
Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.
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State Fiscal Stabilization Fund for Education: Uses of FundsEducation funds for elementary and secondary
must run through State’s primary funding formulae
LEAs may use funds for any activity authorized under ESEA, IDEA, Adult Ed, or Perkins, including modernization of school facilities and salaries to avoid teacher layoffs
LEAs encouraged to use funds for activities that advance progress on the assurances and drive lasting results without unsustainable recurring costs
Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.
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SFSF Incentive Fund: “Race to Top” and “Invest in What Works and Innovation”
“Race to the Top”- $4.35 billion competitive grants to States making most progress toward the assurances
“Investing in What Works and Innovation” - $650 million competitive grants to LEAs and non-profits that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps to be models of best practices
2010 grant awards will be made in two rounds - late Fall 2009, Summer 2010
“Race to the Top”- $4.35 billion competitive grants to States making most progress toward the assurances
“Investing in What Works and Innovation” - $650 million competitive grants to LEAs and non-profits that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps to be models of best practices
2010 grant awards will be made in two rounds - late Fall 2009, Summer 2010
“Race to the Top”- $4.35 billion competitive grants to States making most progress toward the assurances
“Investing in What Works and Innovation” - $650 million competitive grants to LEAs and non-profits that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps to be models of best practices
2010 grant awards will be made in two rounds - late Fall 2009, Summer 2010
Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.
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Consider Department of LaborIncreasingly, we should consider seeking out
DOL funding to support CTE activitiesUnder the stimulus, significant funds for high
growth areas – green, health careETA has been the convener of “sector
strategies” sessions – economic development, workforce development and education
ETA has lots more discretionary funds than OVAE
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More Informationwww.ed.gov and www.recovery.gov
– FAQs, Hot Topics, etcPreliminary information about each State’s IDEA allocation:
http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/Statetables/recovery.html
Preliminary estimates of Title I, Part A recovery allocations to each State and LEA are available at: http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/news.html#ARRA
SFSF Questions: [email protected] IDEA Questions: [email protected] I Questions: [email protected] Inspector General Questions: [email protected] Independent Living and Vocational Rehabilitation
Questions: [email protected]
Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.
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President’s BudgetTotal for education is $46.7 billion, up from
$45.4 billion last yearSome surprises:
Title I received a cut of $1.5 billion (rationale $10 billion in ARRA funds)
11 programs eliminated – safe and drug free schools, even start, civic education and student mentoring
Makes Pell Grant program an entitlement for low income students. Maximum at $5,550, subsequent increase s linked to CPI plus 1%
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President’s BudgetInvested in the areas he highlighted on the
campaign trail:Increased title 1 school improvement grants
by $0.5 billion and requires that 40% be spent on middle and high schools
$100 million in competitive grants for LEAs and partnerships that have demonstrated success at increasing student achievement
Increases in charter school grants, voluntary public choice programs and magnet school assistance
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President’s BudgetSignificant increase in teacher incentive fund
and new National Teacher Recruitment campaign. This is designed to help SEAs and LEAs to recruit new teachers AND implement performance-based compensation systems in hard to staff schools and subject areas.
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President’s Budget
A new college access and completion fund aimed to increase postsecondary degree attainment. Funds can be used to cover postsecondary education outreach and information activities currently performed by the federal student loan agencies.
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Accountability
If there is one message we have heard consistently about the new Secretary of Education it is that he makes decisions based on data. Accountability is key to determining priorities and expenditures.
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President’s BudgetPerkins – FLAT
FUNDING
New program - $50 million high school drop out prevention program
$150 million DOL career pathway program focused on adults
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What do we need to do?More dataBetter dataMore consistent dataMore dataMore researchBetter research
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Getting The Message Out
We need widespread change in attitudes,
views, perspectives and opinions of CTE.
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Next steps
Who are we?A consistent, concise and
consensus message is essential!
(and the data to support it too)