Putting it All Together

1. Putting it All Together NACTEI May 18, 2007 Association for Career and Technical Education

2. Where We’ve Been… • 109th Congress very contentious • Completed work on Perkins reauthorization • Left many other items unfinished: • FY 07 Appropriations • Workforce Investment Act reauthorization • Higher Education Act reauthorization Association for Career and Technical Education

3. Perkins Reauthorization Background • Reauthorization process began in 2004 • House and Senate approved legislation overwhelmingly in July 2006 • President signed into law August 12, 2006 Public Law 109-270 • Reauthorized through 2012 Association for Career and Technical Education

4. Perkins Reauthorization Themes • Accountability and program improvement • Secondary-postsecondary connections • Links to rigorous academics • Stronger focus on business and industry Association for Career and Technical Education

5. Timeline • October 2006 – Draft State Plan Guide released • December 2006 – Revised draft released • January 16, 2007 – Last comment period ended • March 2007 – Final State Plan Guide & Non-regulatory guidance released • May 7, 2007 – Deadline for state transition plans • Spring 2008 – Tentative deadline for full five-year state plans Association for Career and Technical Education

6. Where We Are Going….. • New Congressional leadership • New Committee Chairs • Partisanship still rampant • Budget deficits of huge concern • Lot’s of unfinished business – short timeline • 2008 Presidential elections already impacting events Association for Career and Technical Education

7. What Does it Mean for CTE? • Perkins implementation • Future funding levels • NCLB reauthorization • High school reform • STEM initiatives • HEA reauthorization • WIA reauthorization Association for Career and Technical Education

8. Transition – Key Issues • NCLB performance indicators • Measurement of technical skill attainment • Definitions of students…investor, concentrator, completer, etc • New Tech Prep provisions • Timeliness of guidance/regulations • Ensuring data quality Association for Career and Technical Education

9. FY 2008 President Bush’s Budget • On February 5, 2007 President Bush released his budget for FY 2008 • The Administration proposes a 50% cut in funding for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act education programs • The Administration also proposed elimination of Tech Prep funds within the Perkins Act Association for Career and Technical Education

10. FY 2008 President Bush’s Budget • Department of Education funded at $56 billion (huge cut) • Department of Education budget would eliminate or consolidate a total of 45 programs • Department of Labor budget cut as well • Some funding for new initiatives Association for Career and Technical Education

11. FY 08 Budget and Appropriations • House and Senate Budget Committees passed budget resolutions in March • Both assume increases in “Function 500” education, training, and social services programs • House has slightly higher discretionary spending cap • Final budget resolution approved late Thursday -- appropriators can begin work Association for Career and Technical Education

12. FY 2007 Perkins Funding Association for Career and Technical Education

13. FY 08 Budget and Appropriations • ACTE, AACC, and NASDCTEc requesting $1.7 billion for Perkins • Additional resources necessary to enact changes to fulfill goals of Perkins IV • Advocacy is critical to secure funding increases Association for Career and Technical Education

14. NCLB reauthorization • Timeline is moving quickly…sort of • Congressional leaders hope to finish bill this year • Numerous hearings already held • Key issues: • Special population challenges • Changes to AYP (growth models, multiple assessments) • Differentiated responses • Focus on middle/high schools • Teacher quality & professional development issues • Full funding Association for Career and Technical Education

15. NCLB reauthorization • High School Reform: • CTE must be part of conversation • Use Perkins IV data to show progress • Dropout prevention & transition key issues • STEM initiatives • Some NCLB focus, some outside focus • Engineering and technology often get left out in favor of math and science Association for Career and Technical Education

16. ACTE NCLB Recommendations • Integrate academic and technical education to better engage and prepare students for their futures • Support comprehensive guidance and career development strategies to assist students in determining clear pathways to postsecondary and workforce goals Association for Career and Technical Education

17. ACTE NCLB Recommendations • Increase the focus on secondary school completion through comprehensive dropout prevention and reentry strategies • Ensure that highly effective educators are supported, and available across the curriculum in all schools Association for Career and Technical Education

18. ACTE NCLB Recommendations • Improve Adequate Yearly Progress and accountability provisions to more accurately reflect student learning progress • Provide support and incentives for innovation, replication and improvement Association for Career and Technical Education

19. Workforce Investment Act • House passed March 2005, Senate June 2006 • No formal Conference Committee appointed – bills “died” • Faith-based hiring issues most controversial Association for Career and Technical Education

20. Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization Key CTE issues: • Protecting funding/services for in-school youth • Strengthening partnerships between workforce development system and CTE • Creating workable arrangements for infrastructure funding • Increasing opportunities for training Association for Career and Technical Education

21. Higher Education Act • Some changes made as part of budget reconciliation bill in February • House passed full reauthorization bill in March 2006 • Senate has not passed full bill • Numerous concerns center on student aid issues Association for Career and Technical Education

22. Higher Education Act Reauthorization Key CTE Issues: • Involvement of for-profit institutions • Increasing financial aid and removing barriers to participation in CTE • Transfer of credit • Support services for students • Teacher quality Association for Career and Technical Education

23. Contact Us Association for Career and Technical Education 1410 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314 (800) 826-9972 Web: www.acteonline.org ahyslop@acteonline.org Association for Career and Technical Education