Insights:An Inside the Beltway Update

NACTEI ConferenceMay 13, 2009

OverviewThe good news People/LeadershipARRA – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

President’s BudgetA call to action

Interest in CTEContinued to remain highVariety of interestPapers released:

NGA PaperUS ChamberNational Association of State Boards of

Education

Curious …. NGA Policy Academy

Gates FoundationIrvine Foundation

Connect ED, California

Alliance for Excellent Education

LeadershipOld and new friends

Transition teamLeadership at U.S.

Department of Education Secretary’s office Undersecretary Deputy Assistant

Secretary in place Assistant Secretary?

ETA Assistant Secretary

ARRA Guiding PrinciplesSpend Quickly to Save and

Create Jobs

Ensure Transparency and Accountability

Thoughtfully Invest One-time Funds

Advance Effective Reforms

Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.

Advance Core Reforms: AssurancesCollege- and career-ready standards and high quality,

valid, and reliable assessments for all

students, including ELLs and students with

disabilities

Pre-K to higher education data systems that meet the principles in the America

COMPETES Act

Teacher effectiveness and equitable distribution of

effective teachers

Intensive support and effective interventions for lowest- performing schools

Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

$53.6 billion

Governors$48.6 billion

Public Elementary, Secondary, and

Institutions of Higher Education

81.8% ($39.8 billion)

Education, School Modernization, Public

Safety, or other Government Services18.2% ($8.8 billion)

The Secretary$5 billion

Race to the Top ($4.35 billion)

What Works and Innovation ($650 million)

Formula Competitive

Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund for Education: Uses of FundsEducation funds for elementary and secondary

must run through State’s primary funding formulae

LEAs may use funds for any activity authorized under ESEA, IDEA, Adult Ed, or Perkins, including modernization of school facilities and salaries to avoid teacher layoffs

LEAs encouraged to use funds for activities that advance progress on the assurances and drive lasting results without unsustainable recurring costs

Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.

SFSF Incentive Fund: “Race to Top” and “Invest in What Works and Innovation”

“Race to the Top”- $4.35 billion competitive grants to States making most progress toward the assurances

“Investing in What Works and Innovation” - $650 million competitive grants to LEAs and non-profits that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps to be models of best practices

2010 grant awards will be made in two rounds - late Fall 2009, Summer 2010

“Race to the Top”- $4.35 billion competitive grants to States making most progress toward the assurances

“Investing in What Works and Innovation” - $650 million competitive grants to LEAs and non-profits that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps to be models of best practices

2010 grant awards will be made in two rounds - late Fall 2009, Summer 2010

“Race to the Top”- $4.35 billion competitive grants to States making most progress toward the assurances

“Investing in What Works and Innovation” - $650 million competitive grants to LEAs and non-profits that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps to be models of best practices

2010 grant awards will be made in two rounds - late Fall 2009, Summer 2010

Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.

Consider Department of LaborIncreasingly, we should consider seeking out

DOL funding to support CTE activitiesUnder the stimulus, significant funds for high

growth areas – green, health careETA has been the convener of “sector

strategies” sessions – economic development, workforce development and education

ETA has lots more discretionary funds than OVAE

More Informationwww.ed.gov and www.recovery.gov

– FAQs, Hot Topics, etcPreliminary information about each State’s IDEA allocation:

http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/Statetables/recovery.html

Preliminary estimates of Title I, Part A recovery allocations to each State and LEA are available at: http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/news.html#ARRA

SFSF Questions: State.fiscal.fund@ed.gov IDEA Questions: IDEArecoverycomments@ed.govTitle I Questions: oese@ed.gov Inspector General Questions: rich.rasa@ed.gov Independent Living and Vocational Rehabilitation

Questions: RSARecoverActComments@ed.gov

Credit for this slide goes to the U.S. Department of Education from the March 24, 2009 briefing.

President’s BudgetTotal for education is $46.7 billion, up from

$45.4 billion last yearSome surprises:

Title I received a cut of $1.5 billion (rationale $10 billion in ARRA funds)

11 programs eliminated – safe and drug free schools, even start, civic education and student mentoring

Makes Pell Grant program an entitlement for low income students. Maximum at $5,550, subsequent increase s linked to CPI plus 1%

President’s BudgetInvested in the areas he highlighted on the

campaign trail:Increased title 1 school improvement grants

by $0.5 billion and requires that 40% be spent on middle and high schools

$100 million in competitive grants for LEAs and partnerships that have demonstrated success at increasing student achievement

Increases in charter school grants, voluntary public choice programs and magnet school assistance

President’s BudgetSignificant increase in teacher incentive fund

and new National Teacher Recruitment campaign. This is designed to help SEAs and LEAs to recruit new teachers AND implement performance-based compensation systems in hard to staff schools and subject areas.

President’s Budget

A new college access and completion fund aimed to increase postsecondary degree attainment. Funds can be used to cover postsecondary education outreach and information activities currently performed by the federal student loan agencies.

Accountability

If there is one message we have heard consistently about the new Secretary of Education it is that he makes decisions based on data. Accountability is key to determining priorities and expenditures.

President’s BudgetPerkins – FLAT

FUNDING

New program - $50 million high school drop out prevention program

$150 million DOL career pathway program focused on adults

What do we need to do?More dataBetter dataMore consistent dataMore dataMore researchBetter research

Getting The Message Out

We need widespread change in attitudes,

views, perspectives and opinions of CTE.

Next steps

Who are we?A consistent, concise and

consensus message is essential!

(and the data to support it too)

Thank you!Contact information:

Kimberly Greenkgreen@careertech.org301-588-9630