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Prospects for Federal Education Reform

Prospects for Federal Education Reform. June 3, 2013 Jay P. Urwitz Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP. Overview. Pending Legislation Regulatory Policies NCLB Waivers Higher Education: “ high quality ” education (cost?); state online authorizations Common Core.

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Prospects for Federal Education Reform

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  1. Prospects for Federal Education Reform June 3, 2013 Jay P. Urwitz Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP

  2. Overview • Pending Legislation • Regulatory Policies • NCLB Waivers • Higher Education: “high quality” education (cost?); state online authorizations • Common Core

  3. Pending Legislation • Overall: Very little expected to pass. For some bills, differences are small, but Republicans feel little incentive to compromise (there are few prospects for Presidential signature if legislation moves right) so only acute fixes are likely.

  4. Pending Legislation • ESEA: Not likely. Differences could be reconciled but little incentive; action is in Department waivers. • HEA: Not likely. Interest rate fix may (or may not) occur, but probably not more. Key differences regarding Pell Grant funding and reforming federal student financial aid system. • Education Sciences: Not likely. No big disagreements but mandated areas of research depend in part on ESEA objectives.

  5. Pending Legislation • IDEA: Not likely. Also depends in part on what is in ESEA. • Head Start/Child Care Block Grants/Universal Preschool: Not likely. Republicans don’t support major preschool expansion; proposed preschool development grant competition is not a priority. • WIA: Not likely. Close in prior Congresses, but new divisions on Republican program consolidation.

  6. Pending Legislation • Perkins Career and Technical Education: Probably not. Administration proposal would require states to choose new career objectives and associated curriculum, and within-state aid would be distributed by competition rather than formula. But proposal has languished since April 2012. Republicans disagree with overall number and cost of federal work training programs, including WIA.

  7. Regulatory Policies • NCLB Waivers: 37 granted, 8 pending. Big issue affecting publishers – Administration “flexibility” if states abandon Common Core. • Higher Ed: Administration “conversation” on “high-quality” education, preparatory to new regulations; easing state online authorizations; will cost be considered?

  8. Common Core • How will state superintendents and legislatures react to Common Core backlash? • How quickly will Common Core on science progress? Significant implications for science materials

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