1. 17th Annual HACU National Capitol Forum
March 26, 2012

2. Agenda Appropriations for FY 2013 Reauthorizations
Student Immigration Legislation

3. *Refer to FY 2013 One Pager in Folders
Appropriations*
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Science Foundation
*Refer to FY 2013 One Pager in Folders

4. U.S. Department of Education

5. Appropriations Status
Labor-HHS-Education
Strengthening Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Part A
FY 2012 Final - $100.4 million
Drop from: $117M in FY 2010 to $104.3M in FY 2011
President’s Budget $100.4M in FY 2013
HACU Request - $175M in FY 2013

6. Mandatory funding - $11.5M in FY 2012
Promoting Post-baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans - Part B
Mandatory funding - $11.5M in FY 2012
Flat-funded - ($11.5) from FY 2011 and FY 2010
Discretionary – $9M in FY 2012
Drop from $9.3M in FY 2011
Drop from $10.5M in FY 2010
President’s Budget: $9M in FY 2013
HACU Request: $100M in FY 2013

7. STEM Funding for MSIs
Amends the Higher Education Act by extending funding for programs at HBCUs and other MSIs through 2019, to help low-income students attain degrees in the STEM fields:
$100 million to Hispanic Serving Institutions including $10 million for community partnerships,
$85 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
$15 million to Predominantly Black Institutions,
$30 million to Tribal Colleges and Universities,
$15 million to Alaska, Hawaiian Native Institutions, $5 million to Asian American and Pacific Islander Institutions, and
$5 million to Native American nontribal serving institutions.
These funds are to develop and carryout activities to improve and expand the institution's capacity to serve Hispanic and other low-income students.

8. Hawkins Centers of Excellence (New Request)
FY $30 million for the new Hawkins Centers of Excellence program to increase the pool of minority educators by expanding and reforming teacher education programs at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs).

9. First in the World Fund
The President’s budget requests $55 million for a program (First in the World), under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), to support reform and improvement in postsecondary education.
Up to $20 million reserved for MSIs. 

10. Pell Grants FY 2012 Final FY 2013 Proposal $5,550 per student
Includes significant changes to eligibility requirements
FY 2013 Proposal
$5,635 per student

11. U.S. Department of Agriculture
HACU National Internship Program Interns at USDA:
Above: Helen Carcamo – California State University, Long Beach – Food Safety and Inspection Service (Fall 2011)
Right: Ricardo Zapater – University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez – Forest Service (Summer 2011)

12. Agriculture Appropriations Hispanic Education Partnership Grants Program
FY 2012 Final- $9.2 million
President’s FY 2013 Budget- $9.2 million
HACU FY 2013 Request - $40 million

13. HSACU Endowment Fund FY 2012 Final - $0
President’s Budget FY $10 million, Endowment Fund
HACU FY 2013 Request - $80 million

14. Agriculture Appropriation Requests FY 2013
$40 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for HSIs under
Title VII-HSI
Grants Program of the Farm Bill
$20 million for the HSACU Equity Grants Program
$80 million for the Endowment Fund for Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACUs)
$40 million for the HSACU Institutional Capacity-Building Grant Program
$40 million HSACU Fundamental and Applied Research Grants
$40 million for the HSACU Extension Grants Program
$40 million for the HSI Agricultural Land National Resources Leadership Program

15. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

16. HUD MSI University Partnership Eliminated in FY 2011
Funds used by institutions to “revitalize neighborhoods, promote affordable housing and stimulate economic development in their communities.”
The HUD MSI-University Partnership Programs represented a set of powerful tools for these institutions to enhance our nation’s competitiveness and promote social stability and cultural richness.

17. HUD Appropriation Requests FY 2013
FY 2012 Final - $0
President’s Budget - $0
HACU FY 2013 Request - $15 million
In FY 2010 was funded at $6 million

18. National Science Foundation
HSIs are currently the only group of MSIs not receiving targeted NSF infrastructure development funding.
HACU Request FY $30 million for a competitive grants program within NSF to support HSIs research, curriculum and infrastructure development, and other purposes.

19. Authorizations Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Workforce Investment Act
Foreign Assistance Act – U.S. Department
of State
2008 Farm Bill

20. Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)*
HACU Recommendations on Early Childhood Education
Authorize $20M competitive grant program for HSIs to increase the number of culturally and linguistically competent early childhood education teachers and assistants to address needs of ELLs
Authorize $5M competitive grants programs for HSIs to develop family literacy programs
Authorize a $3M competitive grants program for HSIs to create a mentorship program
*Previously, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act

21. ESEA (continued)
HACU Recommendations Diversifying the Ranks of our Nation’s Teachers and Principals
Authorize a competitive grant program of $50M to train teachers to be culturally and linguistically prepared
Authorize a competitive grant program of $50M to develop culturally and linguistically prepared master teachers in STEM to teach at HSSDs
Authorize a loan forgiveness program of $10M for students who attend an HSI, receive a teaching certificate, and teach in an HSSD for no less than 5 years.

22. ESEA (continued)
HACU Recommendations on HSI/HSSD Collaboration to Expand Access to Higher Education
Authorize the creation of a Hispanic Serving School District (HSSD) designation, which consists of school districts with a Hispanic Student enrollment of at least 25 percent.
Authorize a $15M competitive grant program to expand the number of AP courses in STEM areas to HSSDs
Authorize a $20M competitive grant program for HSIs to collaborate with HSSDs to develop and improve dual enrollment programs.

23. Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
HACU requests $20M competitive grant program for 2- and 4- year HSIs focused on training Hispanics and low-income youth and adults in health care professions.
HACU requests a $20M competitive grant program for 2- and 4- year HSIs focused on training Hispanic and low-income youth and adults in “green jobs” and technology.
HACU requests a $20M competitive grant program for migrant and seasonal farm worker programs to develop skills and training to move into year-round employment.

24. Foreign Assistance Act (HSIs Study Abroad Program)
Establishes a $40 million competitive grants program for an HSIs Study Abroad Program under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (P.L ) Section 105 and (PL ); under the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Hispanic students from HSIs to study in countries of the Western Hemisphere for a period of no more than (2) years.
Western Hemisphere college and university students for study at an HSIs for a period of no more than (2) years.

25. Reauthorization of the 2008 Farm Bill
HACU Recommends:
Preserve Current Programs
New Recommendations – inclusion of the following provisions in the authorization of the 2012 Farm Bill under Sec of the 2008 Farm Bill reauthorization to be added as Sec :
A $40M competitive grants program authorized for HSACUs to train Hispanic farm workers and other Hispanic youth working in agriculture-related fields for jobs requiring skills in new technologies in agriculture, food science and safety, bio-energy and environmental sciences, and other related skills as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate.
A $5M special scholarship program for Hispanic youth from families employed in agriculture and food processing who demonstrate an interest in pursuing a career in the agriculture and food science industry or related areas.

26. Student Immigration Legislation
DREAM [Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors] Act - HR 1842, S 952 (Sen. Durbin – Rep. Berman)
ARMS [Adjustment Residency for Military Service] Bill, - HR 3823 (Rep. David Rivera)
HACU Actions
National Hispanic Leadership Agenda
DREAM Act Coalition

27. Tomorrow Morning
Distribution of informational materials to present to Members of Congress.
(Please let us know if you can’t attend the meetings scheduled for you.)
Guest speakers:
Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D – 15th, TX)
Congressman David Rivera (R – 25th, FL)

28. This presentation will be uploaded on HACU’s website:

29. HACU Government Relations
Gumecindo Salas –
Vice President of Government Relations
Maria Elena Vivas-House –
Senior Executive Director of the HACU National Internship Program
Serena Dávila-
Executive Director of Legislative Affairs
Laura Maristany -
Erica Romero –
Executive Director of the Western Regional Office
Cesar Oyervides-Cisneros –
Director of Federal Relations & Outreach

30. HACU Government Relations
One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 430
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202)
Fax: (202)
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