AASA Advocacy Briefing

1. AASA Advocacy Briefing AASA Advocacy Conference Arlington, VA July 9, 2013

2. Message RE: Student Success Act, HR 5House Version of ESEA • Ask Representatives to Support the Student Success Act, HR 5, House Committee reported bill • Balances need for focus on improvement for low income students and transparency with state control of standards, assessments and accountability • Provides greater state autonomy and local flexibility • Oppose any voucher amendment • Oppose amendments eliminating accountability for charter schools

3. Messages RE: Senate Reauthorization of ESEA • Ask Senators to Support Alexander bill Every Child Ready for College or Career Act a better option: • Lost in Committee on a party line vote • Will be offered on the floor as a substitute – • leaves critical decisions in state hands • Balances concern for transparency and accountability with the need for state autonomy and local flexibility • Ask Senators to OpposeS. 1094 Strengthening America’s Schools Act, SASA, • More complicated and top down than NCLB • Accountability system built to over estimate failure and reduce public support • Gives Secretary of Education authority over all critical state decisions

4. Messages RE: Senate ESEA Action A third option may be possible • The Harkin/Enzi/Alexander bill from 112th Congress if reintroduced and brought to the floor ask Senators to support • This is a long shot third option. • The Harkin/Enzi/Alexander bill did have: • Broad support from all education groups including AASA, NSBA, NEA, AFT and CCSSO • Balanced concerns about improvement with autonomy for states over standards and assessments

5. AASA Positions: OPPOSE Harkin Bill

6. AASA Positions: OPPOSE Harkin Bill

7. AASA Positions: OPPOSE Harkin Bill

8. AASA Positions: OPPOSE Harkin Bill

9. AASA Positions: OPPOSE Harkin Bill

10. AASA Positions: OPPOSE Harkin Bill

11. AASA Positions: OPPOSE Harkin Bill

12. Example of what is wrong with S. 1094Required 28 items on report card for states and school districts Student achievement at each performance level on the State academic assessments 5 of students who do not take the state tests 3 year trend in each subject tested Comparison with the state average for each subject 3 year trend for each subject by grade level # & % of students taking the alternate assessment # & % of ELLs and their language proficiency Rates and % of pregnant and parenting in mainstream schools Rates and % of P and P in alternative schools # and % of P and P achieving proficiency by grade and subject Graduation rates for P and P Incidence of bullying, violence, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, in school suspensions, out of school suspensions, expulsions, referrals to law enforcement, disciplinary transfers, and student detentions for each disaggregated category

13. Example of what is wrong with s. 1094Required 28 items on report card for states and school districts • High school graduation rate for each high school • # of students enrolling in IHEs • % taking remedial coursed in IHEs • The evaluation results for teachers and principals (4 place scale) • Discipline data, expulsions and suspensions • Rate of students getting college credit for HS courses • # of pregnant and parenting students in secondary schools • # of students in foster care • Average class size by grade • Schools categorization under accountability system • Most recent NAEP results disaggregated • # of districts using PBIS • # of students served in early intervening • Who was put in SPED after early intervening • # of districts that have school mental health programs • Comparison of athletic opportunities, facilities, coaches and uniforms for boys and girls • # of students

14. AASA Position: SUPPORT Alexander Bill

15. AASA Position: SUPPORT Alexander Bill

16. AASA Position: SUPPORT Alexander Bill

17. AASA Position: SUPPORT Alexander Bill

18. AASA Position: Support Alexander Bill

19. AASA Position: Support Alexander Bill

20. AASA Position: Support Alexander Bill

21. AASA Position: Support Kline Bill

22. AASA Position: Support Kline Bill

23. AASA Position: Support Kline Bill

25. AASA Position: Support Kline Bill

26. AASA Position: Support Kline Bill

27. AASA Position: Support Kline Bill

28. SUPPORT HR 5Student Success Act • Support for HR 5 • Oppose a voucher amendment • Keep maintenance of effort provisions • Treat charter schools and public schools equitably • Support ACE act to allocate Title I based on the percentage of poverty

29. FY14 Appropriations • Senate and House budgets have drastically different philosophical foundations. • Appropriations bills are on completely different trajectories • We are on track for another CR. • President Obama’s FY14 budget includes $1.2 billion in new funding for K12. ALL of it competitive. • Sequester! It happened, it isn’t resolved.

30. FY14 Appropriations • We’re on track for another CR. • President Obama’s Budget includes $1.2 billion in new funding for K12….ALL of it competitive. • House and Senate budgets have

31. Sources: CEF Calculations based on An Update to the Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023, CBO, February 2013; OMB Report Pursuant To The Sequestration Transparency Act Of 2012, September 2012; the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, January 2013; House Budget Committee’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Resolution Discretionary Spending table and Senate Budget Committee’s FY 2014 Budget Resolution Discretionary Spending Summary

32. Function 500 Funding Ryan 10-year total = $906 billion; Murray 10-year total = $1,130 billion

33. US Map: Federal Revenue in Local Edu Budgets

34. E-Rate! • Dan was nominated to USAC Board, overseeing E-Rate. • Anticipate NPRM calling for significant increase in E-Rate funding and programmatic changes. • NOT under Congressional authority, but do make sure your delegation knows what E-Rate is, why it is important to schools, and why the new dollars are critical

35. Changes to REAP Program HOUSE SENATE

36. Other important bills: Perkins CTE Maintain the current Basic State Grant funding formula for the distribution of funds to states and local school districts Oppose any changes to Perkins that would mandate set-asides to be used for competitive grants. Supports a requirement that every local education agency, or consortia of districts that share career and technical education programs, form a higher education and economic development council to advise them on their CTE programs Supports the creation of a new funding stream that would ensure districts can offer career-planning and counseling to all students Congress should assess the quality of a CTE program based on the following two measures: the percentage of students achieving a technical skill attainment level or certification and the percentage of students enrolled in the CTE program who graduate from high school college-and-career-ready

37. Other important bills: IDEA Funding is always priority #1, but other problems remain…. IDEA Due Process AASA released a proposal in May that recommends radical changes to IDEA Due Process • No complaint is filed; refusal to sign IEP automatically leads to facilitation • Mediation: no legally binding document, parties only sign IEP • NO lawyers • No resolution session • No hearing- new consultancy model

38. Top Five Take Aways • While this presentation represents an overview of AASA’s legislative priorities, as you prepare for the hill tomorrow, here are the five bullets to remember: • Support for Kline’s Student Success Act (HR 5) • Oppose a voucher amendment • Keep maintenance of effort provisions • Treat charter schools and public schools equitably • Support ACE act to allocate Title I based on the percentage of poverty

39. Questions? AASA’s Advocacy Team will be on the hill with you tomorrow. Bruce Hunter bhunter@aasa.org 703-568-3911 Noelle Ellerson nellerson@aasa.org 703-774-6835 Sasha Pudelski spudelski@aasa.org 703-774-6933 Francesca Duffy fduffy@aasa.org 302-312-1666