1. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM 1 Federal Education Policy What is and will be impacting your state

2. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM2 What is in play? Federal Budget & Appropriations for FY 2011 ESEA Jobs bill America Competes Act Race to the Top + School Improvement Grants Core Standards State Literacy Teams & LEARN & STEM

3. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM3 Budget “Suggestions” Consolidations Increased spending for ED New Race to the Top awards

4. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM4 Elementary and Secondary Budget by source

5. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM5 Budget Calls for: Funding for formula programs and development of competitive funded programs Creates Teacher Fund for Literacy and STEM Separate items created through consolidations Education is a priority

6. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM6 Deficit or Spend Argument over what to do in a recession Stimulus funding/Jobs bills Interest payment on deficit Percentage of GNP in 2020 Highly charged issue

7. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM7 Accelerating Achievement and Ensuring Equity New name for NCLB? Emphasis on low functioning schools School turnaround grants (1003(g)) increased by 64.9% to $900,000,000 Promise of $1 billion more new dollars if reauthorization is completed

8. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM8 House Education and Labor Did previous “discussion draft” Announced to staff in Early February that they would be announcing that they would have a bill by late Spring through the House Chairman Miller

9. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM9 House moving ahead… Bipartisan effort to be announced Bill by late Spring Process to include: Request for comments – 3/26/10 Hearings – Secretary Duncan and NEA, AFT, and AASA on blueprint Ranking Subcommittee – Rep Castle (R-DE)

10. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM10 Range of issues on the table ESEA – what is the federal role – resources for highest need buildings? Formula changes Links between IDEA/Title I/Title III Links between early childhood & K-12 Links between high school and colleges

11. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM11 Movement in Senate Staff meeting with US ED staff on high level issues Teachers and Literacy key issues Senator Tom Harkin, Chair Senate HELP Committee

12. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM12 Obama Administration Increased funding for education Passage of ESEA Continued use of stimulus funds to push reinvestment/reform Increased links for early childhood and K-3 Increased links for Title I and IDEA National Standards

13. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM13 Blueprint Administration’s 41 page outline for new ESEA Targets schools and rewards those doing well – highly prescriptive to failing schools Race to the Top Teacher Incentive funds

14. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM14 Goals College & Career ready by 2020 – new name: College- and Career-Ready Student Program President has said US the first in the world on college grads Increased graduation rates

15. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM15 Rewards Communities of practice Financial incentives Reward Districts & Reward Schools Competitive preference to be a reward school/district in grant competition

16. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM16 Not-rewards (Challenge Schools) States to identify Challenge schools that are in need of specific assistance First category – lowest performing five percent of schools in each state based on student academic achievement, student growth & graduation rates Second category is the next five percent will be in a warning category and will need to implement researched based locally determined strategies

17. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM17 Challenge Schools Third category – Required to implement data driven interventions and support students who are following behind All schools in the challenge category are likely to be required to change staff &/or governance

18. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM18 Harkin’s Job Bill – April 14th The Keep Our Educators Working Act will create an Education Jobs Fund modeled after the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) that was established in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the ‘Recovery Act’). The SFSF is currently supporting more than 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors, and is widely credited with mitigating the impact of the recent recession. However, even with the SFSF, schools across the country have laid off workers, and the job outlook is worse for the 2010-2011 school year. Additional resources are needed to help states and districts avoid a “funding cliff” that would result in even more layoffs.

19. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM19 Stuff Race to the Top I3 School Improvement Grants Technology Early Childhood State Literacy Teams Core Standards

20. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM20 Early Childhood Emphasis on cognitive development of children Age 0 -5 Links between Head Start and Title I and other programs – Early Reading First Summer Meeting in Anaheim NEW – possible pre-K core standards to be developed

21. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM21 Core Standards Comments due by April 2 nd Most likely final by May Assessments to be developed States add to by 15% Core Standards

22. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM22 Federal Involvement in Standards $350 million for assessment development Assessment elements Proposed Requirement of a new Title I President Obama

23. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM23 Push for Standards National, not Federal Wide range of state standards Need to compete internationally Need to be clear Need to be implementable Gene Wilhoit, CCSSO

24. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM24 National Governors Association (NGA) Governors – chief state executive States have wide range of standards Schools are significantly different so states not federal Dane Linn, National Governors Association

25. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM25 Reading: Text complexity and the growth of comprehension To foster students’ ability to comprehend literary and informational texts of steadily increasing complexity, the Standards (starting formally in grade 2) define what proportion of the texts students read each year should come from a particular text complexity grade band (2– 3, 4–5, 6–8, 9–10, or 11–12). Whatever they are reading, students must also show a steadily increasing ability to discern more from and make fuller use of text, including making an increasing number of connections among ideas and between texts, considering a wider range of textual evidence, and becoming more sensitive to inconsistencies, ambiguities, and poor reasoning in texts.

26. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM26 Race to the Top $4.35 Billion – competitive One of four models Student achievement-teacher-school Two States in round 1 – Delaware & Tennessee – others reworking Assessment systems being put in place

27. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM27 Through Race to the Top, States to advance reforms in four specific areas: Adopting standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy; Building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can improve instruction; Recruiting, developing, rewarding, and retaining effective teachers and principals, especially where they are needed most; and Turning around our lowest-achieving schools

28. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM28 State Literacy Teams – Striving Readers – Dec 2009 Part of Appropriations Bill – Dec 16 2009 for FY 2010 $250 million – 15% 0 – 5; 40% K-4; 40% 5- 12 $10 million for State Literacy Teams LEARN Act

29. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM29 Striving Readers – Dec 2009 The remainder of the funds must be used for competitive awards to: State educational agencies, of which up to five percent may be used for State leadership activities and not less than 95 percent shall be awarded as subgrants to local educational agencies or other entities, giving priority to such agencies or entities serving greater numbers or percentages of disadvantaged children. The conference agreement provides that State subgrants must be allocated as follows: (1) at least 15 percent to serve children from birth through age five, (2) 40 percent to serve students in kindergarten through grade five, and (3) 40 percent to serve students in middle and high school, through grade 12, including an equitable distribution of funds between middle and high schools.

30. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM30 Members of State Literacy Team (iii) is composed of not less than 11 individuals; (iv) shall include— (I) at least 3 individuals who have literacy expertise in one of each of the areas of— (aa) birth through school entry, such as the State Head Start collaboration director; (bb) school entry through grade 5; and (cc) grade 6 to grade 12;

31. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM31 State Literacy Team Membership (II) a school principal; (III) a teacher with literacy expertise or an administrator with special education and literacy expertise; (IV) a teacher or administrator with expertise in teaching the English language to English language learners; (V) a representative from the State educational agency who oversees literacy initiatives; and

32. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM32 3 rd slide on State Literacy Team (V) a representative from the State educational agency who oversees literacy initiatives; and (VI) a representative from higher education who is actively involved in research, development, or teacher preparation in literacy instruction and intervention based on scientifically valid research; and

33. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM33 (v) may include— (I) a literacy specialist serving in a school district within the State; (II) a literacy coach; (III) a library media specialist; (IV) a representative from the family literacy community; (V) a representative from a State child-serving agency with expertise in literacy instruction; (VI) a school counselor; (VII) a teacher of a core academic subject; (VIII) a special education administrator; 20 (IX) a college or university professor; 22 (X) a parent; 23 (XI) a business leader; 24 (XII) a representative from the 25 Governor’s office;

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36. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM36 Timing Many actions are moving in parallel time: House taking up ESEA US ED working on ESEA language WIA - Senate says it is moving next House & Senate Budget House & Senate Appropriations America Competes Act

37. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM37 What to watch next Follow the money – Appropriations Jobs Bill Get involved with the Core Standards Get involved with State Literacy Teams Keep and eye on ESEA

38. April 19, 2010FASFEPA/ECTAC NCLB TA FORUM38 More information http://thomas.loc.gov www.ed.gov www.titlei.org Tampa – National Title I Association meeting January 31 – February 3, 2011