Director, Federal Programs

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Kansas Association of School Boards
Governmental Relations SeminarTopeka, Kansas

• Presented by Chrisanne Gayl
• Director, Federal Programs
• National School Boards Association
• February 13-14, 2008

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Agenda

• Congress in an Election year
• No Child Left Behind reauthorization
• Status/Politics
• Your Advocacy/NSBA bill (H.R. 648)
• Increasing Funding
• Protecting Medicaid Reimbursement
• KASB/NSBA Advocacy Your Actions

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Congressional Math

• House
• Election 2006 233 Dems / 202 GOPs
• Retirements so far 24 GOPs / 5 Dems
• Larger Democrat majority or Tighter margins?
• 7-seat gain means 240-195 margin (or better)

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Congressional Math

• Senate
• 51 Democrats / 49 Republicans
• Seats up 34 22 by GOPs / 12 by Dems
• Retirements so far 6 GOPs /1 Dem (maybe)
• Vulnerable open seats CO / NM / VA
• Republicans Allard (CO), Craig (ID), Domenici
  (NM), Hagel (NE), Lott (MS), Warner (VA)/ McCain
  (if elected President)
• Democrats Clinton or Obama if elected president

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NCLB Status

• House
• Discussion Draft August 2007
• Hearing on Draft September 2007
• Senate
• Kennedy Committee bill by Spring
• White House
• Threatens to move administratively if Congress
  doesnt act

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NCLB Politics

• Election year Congressional gridlock
• Condensed calendar
• Presidential campaign
• Dem Congress / White House conflict
• Teachers unions new administration?

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NCLB Today What We Know

• 6 years of implementation
• Flawed underfunded law
• Rigid, inaccurate accountability framework
• Costly, unproven sanctions
• Students / schools mislabeled and penalized, not
  helped
• Inadequate flexibility (states/districts)

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Support Reauthorization in 2008

• Delay pushes completion to 2010
• Suffer under broken system into 2010-11 school
  year
• AYP bar rises / more schools mislabeled
• More schools face severe sanctions
• Confidence in public schools erodes

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School Boards Lobbying Strategy

• Developed legislative language
• Secured Congressional sponsorship
• H.R. 648
• Conducted Hill briefings
• Initiated campaign for co-sponsors
• 694 school board resolutions
• Expanded grassroots lobbying effort

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Kansas School Board Resolutions Supporting H.R.
648

• 61 number of resolutions from Kansas school
  boards supporting H.R. 648
• 15 of school districts in Kansas have passed
  resolutions

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Thanks Kansas School Boards!

• Abilene Unified School District 435 Abilene, KS
• Andover Unified School District 385 Andover, KS
• Anthony-Harper Unified School District 361
  Anthony, KS
• Arkansas City Unified School District 470
  Arkansas City, KS
• Ashland Unified School District 220 Ashland, KS
  
• Atchison County Community Unified School District
  377 Effingham, KS
• Atchison Public Schools Unified School District
  409 Atchison, KS
• Augusta Unified School District 402 Augusta, KS
• Baldwin City Unified School District 348
  Baldwin City, KS
• Barber County North Unified School District 254
  Medicine Lodge, KS
• Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 Belle
  Plain, KS
• Blue Valley Unified School District 229
  Overland Park, KS
• Blue Valley Unified School District 384
  Randolph, KS
• Burlington Unified School District 244
  Burlington, KS
• Central Unified School District 462 Burden, KS
• Chase-Raymond Unified School District 401
  Chase, KS

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Thanks Kansas School Boards!

• Comanche County Unified School District 300
  Coldwater, KS
• Cunningham Unified School District 332
  Cunningham, KS
• De Soto Unified School District 232 De Soto, KS
• Dexter Unified School District 471 0 Dexter, KS
• El Dorado Unified School District 490 El
  Dorado, KS
• Elk Valley Unified School District 283 Elk
  City, KS
• Ell-Saline Unified School District 307
  Brookville, KS
• Fairfield Unified School District 310 Langdon,
  KS
• Grinnell Unified School District 291 Grinnell,
  KS
• Golden Plains Unified School District 316
  Selden, KS
• Harvey County Unified School District 439
  Harvey County, KS
• Herington Unified School District 487
  Herington, KS
• Hugoton Unified School District 210 Hugoton, KS
• Jefferson County North Unified School District
  339 Winchester, KS
• La Crosse Unified School District 395 La
  Crosse, KS
• Lakin Unified School District 215 Lakin, KS

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Thanks Kansas School Boards!

• Little River Unified School District 444 Little
  River, KS
• Logan Unified School District 326 Logan, KS
• Lyons Unified School District 405 Lyons, KS
• Mill Creek Valley Unified School District 329
  Alma, KS
• Morris County Unified School District 417
  Council Grove, KS
• Mulvane Unified School District 263 Mulvane, KS
• Newton Unified School District 373 Newton, KS
• Neodesha Unified School District 461 Neodesha,
  KS
• Otis-Bison Unified School District 403 Albert,
  KS
• Ottawa Unified School District 290 Ottawa, KS
• Oxford Unified School District 358 Oxford, KS
• Paola Unified School District 368 Paola, KS
• Paradise Unified School District 399 Natoma, KS
• Parsons Unified School District 503 Parsons, KS

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Thanks Kansas School Boards!

• Phillipsburg Unified School District 325
  Phillipsburg, KS
• Republic County Unified School District 109
  Belleville, KS
• Riverton Unified School District Riverton, KS
• Rolla Unified School District 217 Rolla, KS
• Satanta Unified School District Satanta, KS
• Seaman Unified School District 345 Topeka, KS
• Sedgwick Public Schools Unified School District
  439 Sedgwick,KS
• Smoky Valley Unified School District 400
  Lindsborg, KS
• South Brown County Unified School District 430
  Horton, KS
• Stafford Unified School District 349 Stafford,
  KS
• Sterling Unified School District 376 Sterling,
  KS
• Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501
  Topeka, KS
• WaKeeney Unified School District 208 WaKeeney,
  KS
• Wallace County Schools Unified School District
  241 Sharon Springs, KS
• Woodson Unified School District 366 Yates
  Center, KS

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NSBA Bill to Improve NCLB HR 648

• More than 40 specific changes
• Flexibility to use growth measures for student
  progress
• More flexibility assessing students with
  disabilities / English language learners
• Alternate assessments determined by IEP team for
  up to 3
• Individual measurements of progress for ELL
  students for 3 years

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Why Improve AYP Measurement?

• Inaccurate system mislabels student and school
  performance and triggers broad sanctions
• Public confidence in public schools requires
  accuracy in determining student progress

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NSBA Bill to Improve NCLB HR 648

• Allow schools to target resources to students
  most in need
• Sanctions kick in if same subgroup misses AYP
  in same subject 2 straight yrs.
• Tutoring / Transfers targeted to low-achieving
  students in subgroup that missed academic mark

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NSBA Bill to Improve NCLB HR 648

• Districts can offer tutoring (SES) services
  sooner
• Greater federal accountability for funding
• Defer restructuring when Congress fails to
  increase Title I funding by 2.5 billion / IDEA
  by 2 billion a year

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Your Actions on NCLB

• Pass resolution in support of H.R. 648
• www.nsba.org/nclbcampaign
• Urge your members of Congress to co-sponsor /
  support the provisions

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Your Actions on NCLB

• Urge your members of Congress to push for
  reauthorization in 2008
• Give local examples of negative consequences of
  Congressional inaction
• Respond to NSBAs calls to action

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Increasing Federal Funding

• Continued budget battles on domestic spending
  expected
• Combined federal shortfall for schools more than
  100 billion (7 years)
• 54.7 billion for Title I (NCLB)
• 52.1 billion for IDEA (special education)
• Progress on Title I in FY08

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Title I Funding

• (in billions)
• Authorized Appropriated
  Increase Increase
• FY02 13.50 10.4 18.1 1.6
• FY03 16.00 11.7 13.0 1.3
• FY04 18.50 12.3 5.5 0.6
• FY05 20.50 12.74 3.6
  0.44
• FY06 22.75 12.71
  -0.2 -0.03
• FY07 25.00 12.8
  1.0 0.14
• FY08 25.00 13.9
  8.3 1.1__
• Total 141.25 86.54 582
  5.15
• Cumulative 7-year shortfall (FY02 FY08) 54.71
  Billion
• FY07 data is based on the final FY07 Continuing
  Resolution (H.J. Res. 20). The 12.8 billion in
  appropriations represents an increase of 125
  million for Title I grants. It does not reflect
  FY07 funding of 125 million for a new program,
  the Title I School Improvement Fund.
• Percent that current Title I funding exceeds FY01
  funding level of 8.8 billion the year
  before NCLB was enacted.
• Average Annual Increment FY03 FY08 3.5

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IDEA Funding(In billions)

• Authorized Appropriated
  Increase Increase
• FY02 18.7 7.5
  19.0 1.2
• FY03 19.4 8.9
  19.0 1.4
• FY04 20.2 10.1 14.0 1.2
• FY051 12.4 10.6 5.0 0.5
• FY06 14.6 10.5
  -0.1 -0.1
• FY072 16.9 10.8 2.7 0.3
• FY08 19.2 10.9 1.5
  0.165
• Total 121.4 69.3
  73.73 4.67
• Cumulative 7-year shortfall (FY02 FY08) 52.1
  billion1
• 1. In 2004 Congress created an authorization
  funding schedule (beginning with FY05) that
  lowered
• the maximum amount that it could provide
  for IDEA in each year over seven years. At the
• promised 40 federal share from FY 05
  to FY08, for example, the cumulative shortfall
• would add about 34.5 billion more to
  the above 52.1 billion shortfall -- for a total
  of 86.6
• billion.
• 2. FY07 data is based on the final Continuing
  Resolution (H.J. Res. 20).

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FY 2008 Funding for Title I, School Improvement
and IDEA
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Presidents FY 2009 Budget Request

• Released Feb. 4th
• Meager increases for Title I and IDEA
• Overall USDE funding flat _at_ 59.2 billion
• Eliminates 47 programs
• EETT, career and technical education
• Cuts to numerous programs
• teacher quality grants, safe and drug free
  schools
• Includes Pell Grant for Kids voucher proposal

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FY 2009 Funding for Title I, School Improvement
and IDEA
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Your Message on Funding

• Federal government needs to do its part fund
  the mandates
• Local examples of your costs / how additional
  funding would help
• Support 2.5 billion increase for Title I
• Support 2.5 billion increase for IDEA

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Protecting Medicaid Reimbursement

• School districts eligible for reimbursement
• Medicaid program for health, transportation,
  administrative services to low-income children
  with disabilities
• HHS finalized rule on 12/28/07
• Bars payments to schools for certain
  administrative activities
• Bars payments to schools for certain
  transportation

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Impact of HHS Rule

• Feds would cut reimbursement
• Mandates to provide services continue
• School districts will be forced to come up with
  the funds.
• Estimated cost 635 million in FY 2009, 3.6
  billion over 5 years.

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Won Temporary Reprieve

• SCHIP bills contained prohibition of rule but
  vetoed by President
• S. 2499 included 6-month moratorium
• Expires June 30, 2008
• Need long-term fix
• Urge support of your MOCs

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Senate Votes Funding S-CHIP
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House Votes Funding S-CHIP
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Your Actions KASB / NSBA

• NCLB
• School board resolutions to support HR 648
• Local impact statement need to fix law now
• Work in coalition with KASB/NSBA
• Funding Medicaid
• Local impact statement
• Cost of mandates

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Take Advantage NSBA Resources

• Become involved
• Federal Relations Network
• National Affiliate Program
• Legislative committees
• General advocacy www.nsba.org/advocacy
• Weekly highlights
• Calls to Action
• NCLB www.nsba.org/nclbcampaign

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• www.centerforpubliceducation.org
• Easy to read research on key issues
• Summaries of recent national reports
• Local school district success stories
• Guides to policy debates (e.g. test scores)
• The case for public education

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Contact Information
Chrisanne GaylDirector, Federal
Programs703-838-6707cgayl_at_nsba.orgwww.nsba.org/
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