Stephen DeWitt Alisha Hyslop

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National Policy SeminarIssues Briefing

• Stephen DeWittAlisha Hyslop

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110th CongressStatus

• FY 2009 appropriations moving
• Higher Education Act very close to completion
• Few bills other bills to be completed
• Elections threaten progress
• Education issues not always partisan

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Congressional Leadership

• Senate Leadership
• Majority Leader - Harry Reid (D-NV)
• Asst. Majority Leader - Dick Durbin (D-IL)
• Minority Leader - Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
• Minority Whip - Trent Lott (R-MS)
• House Leadership
• Speaker of the House - Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
• Majority Leader - Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
• Minority Leader - John Boehner (R-OH)
• Minority Whip - Roy Blunt (R-MO)

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Federal Budget Timeline

• February President releases budget request
• March/April House and Senate work to complete
  budget resolutions by April 15
• May-July Appropriations committees set
  discretionary funding levels
• September Final appropriations bills passed and
  signed by President
• October 1 beginning of federal fiscal year

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Authorization versus Appropriation

• Authorization The level of money allowed for a
  program (Established by authorizing committee)
• Appropriation The actual funding disbursed from
  the federal treasury (Approved by appropriations
  committee)

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FY 08 Appropriations

• Perkins Basic State Grant increased by
• 25 million in the House bill
• Senate agreed to House level in the conferenced
  Labor, HHS, Education bill
• President vetoed the bill
• Perkins received slight reduction after across
  the Board cuts were enacted

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President Bushs FY 09 Budget

• President introduced budget on February 4
• Department of Education funded at 52.9 billion
• (app. 2.07 billion cut in real terms)
• Budget eliminates 47 education programs and
  sharply reduces 11 others (a 4 billion cut)
• Department of Labor budget cut as well

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FY 09 Presidents Budget
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FY 09 Budget Resolution

• Presidents Budget not being seriously considered
• House and Senate Budget Committees passed budget
  resolutions last week
• Both assume increases in Function 500
  education, training, and social services programs
• House has higher discretionary spending cap

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FY 09 Budget Resolution

• House Budget Resolution 5.5 billion above the
  FY 2008 level
• Senate Budget Resolution 8.8 billion above
  Presidents request

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FY 09 Budget - Earmarks

• Question of definition
• Moratorium possible
• Republican campaign issue
• Democrats want to use on infrastructure spending

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FY 09 Budget - Earmarks

• We shouldnt use that money (saved from
  earmarks) for new government spending and new
  government programs. We should return it to the
  American people in the form of debt reduction or
  tax relief.
• House Minority Leader John Boehner (OH)
• Congressional Quarterly, March 6, 2008

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Appropriations Committee Leadership

• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Chair Robert Byrd (D-WV)
• Ranking Minority Member Thad Cochran (R-MS)
• Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and
  Education Subcommittee
• Chair Tom Harkin (D-IA)
• Ranking Minority Member Arlen Specter (R-PA)
• House Appropriations Committee
• Chair David Obey (D-WI)
• Ranking Minority Member Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
• House Labor, Health and Human Services, and
  Education Subcommittee
• Chair David Obey (D-WI)
• Ranking Minority Member James Walsh (R-NY)

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110th CongressNCLB Action

• Intent to approve House and Senate bills voiced
  by Chairmen Miller and Kennedy early last year
• House hearing last year - ACTE testified
• Draft bipartisan language released by House
  Education Labor Committee in summer
• Some bipartisan draft language released by Senate
  HELP Committee in summer
• Progress has stalled not likely that a bill
  will pass this year

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NCLBPresidents Blueprint

• Report state and NAEP results on same Report card
• Extends growth models to law
• 100 of federal funds, including Perkins, can be
  moved among programs
• Additional ACI funding and support
• School choice through Opportunity scholarships

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Issues addressed in DRAFTNCLB legislation

• Congressional leaders remain interested in
  completing work on legislation
• Numerous hearings already held

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Issues addressed in DRAFTNCLB legislation

• Additional linkages to CTE
• ELL special education
• Changes to AYP (growth models, multiple
  assessments)
• Differentiated responses
• Focus on middle/high schools
• Teacher quality professional development
• Data systems
• Full funding

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ACTE NCLB Recommendations

• Integrate academic and technical education to
  better engage and prepare students for their
  futures
• Support comprehensive guidance and career
  development strategies to assist students in
  determining clear pathways to postsecondary and
  workforce goals

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ACTE NCLB Recommendations

• Increase the focus on secondary school completion
  through comprehensive dropout prevention and
  reentry strategies
• Ensure that highly effective educators are
  supported, and available across the curriculum in
  all schools

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ACTE NCLB Recommendations

• Improve Adequate Yearly Progress and
  accountability provisions to more accurately
  reflect student learning progress
• Provide support and incentives for innovation,
  replication and improvement

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Education Committee Leadership

• Senate Health, Education, Labor Pensions
  Committee
• Chair - Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
• Ranking Minority Member - Michael Enzi (R-WY)
• Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (D-NY),
  Barrack Obama (D-IL)
• House Education Labor Committee
• Chair - George Miller (D-CA)
• Ranking Minority Member - Howard Buck McKeon
  (R-CA)

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Social Security GPO/WEP issue

• GPO Government Pension Offset
• WEP Windfall Elimination Provision
• Both reduce or eliminate benefits that public
  employees or their spouses have earned and are
  expecting in retirement

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Perkins ImplementationBackground

• House and Senate approved legislation
  overwhelmingly in July 2006
• President signed into law August 12, 2006
• Public Law 109-270
• Reauthorized through 2012
• 1 ½ years into the implementation process

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Perkins ImplementationTimeline

• Fall 2006 Draft State Plan Guides released
• January 16, 2007 Last comment period ended
• March 2007 Final State Plan Guide
  non-regulatory guidance released
• May 7, 2007 State transition plans due
• Summer 2007 States worked with OVAE on
  remaining transition plan issues FY 07 grants
  made
• April 1, 2008 Deadline for full five-year state
  plans

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Perkins ImplementationCurrent Activities

• States are in the process of developing 5-year
  plans
• Each state must hold public hearings and seek
  public input
• Activities related to the new National Assessment
  of Career and Technical Education are underway
• ACTE is part of the new National Research Center
  for CTE
• ACTE, NASDCTEc are working with OVAE to help
  states address technical assessment issues

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Perkins ImplementationKey Issues

• NCLB performance indicators
• Measurement of technical skill attainment
• Definitions of studentsinvestor, concentrator,
  completer, etc
• New Tech Prep provisions
• Ensuring data quality
• Development of programs of study

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WIA ReauthorizationImportance

• 5.3 billion federal investment to provide
  employment services and training for adults,
  youth, and dislocated workers
• Mandates state Departments of Labor, Education,
  HHS, and HUD to partner to create local access
  points (One Stops) for core, intensive, and
  training services

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WIA ReauthorizationStatus

• Discretionary Spending (3 funding streams)
• Youth Formula (986 million)
• Adult Formula (893 million)
• Dislocated Workers (1.193 billion)
• Expired Sept. 30, 2003
• No extension needed - Programs continue operating
  under current law so long as funds are
  appropriated

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WIA ReauthorizationStatus

• 108th Congress
• Passed by both House and Senate
• Died in Conference Committee
• 109th Congress
• March 2005 Passed by House
• June 2006 Passed by Senate
• Never went to conference committee

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WIA ReauthorizationStatus

• Hearings held summer 2007
• House Republicans introduced H.R. 3747 in October
  2007
• No further action
• Unclear whether Congress will make progress this
  year due to competing priorities and election

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WIA ReauthorizationKey Messages

• One-stop infrastructure funding
• Create a separate line for infrastructure funding
• Oppose proposals to require WIA partners fund
  (including Perkins) to fund one-stop
  infrastructure
• Funding
• Oppose combining funding for youth, adults,
  dislocated workers, and the Employment Service

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WIA ReauthorizationKey Messages

• Training
• Increase overall access to training opportunities
• Eliminate WIAs sequences of services
  provisions, which delay access to training
• Participants should be able to access training
  immediately
• Youth
• Maintain current focus on serving in-school youth
• Maintain WIA youth funding

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HEA ReauthorizationImportance

• Authorizes programs and activities, such as
• Student financial aid
• Support services to help students complete high
  school and enter and succeed in postsecondary
  education
• Aid to strengthen institutions
• Aid to improve K-12 teacher training at
  postsecondary institutions

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HEA ReauthorizationStatus

• Originally scheduled for reauthorization in 2003
• Some changes made as part of budget
  reconciliation bill in 2/06 9/07
• S. 1642 passed by Senate 95-0, 7/24/07
• H.R. 4137 passed by House 354-48, 2/7/08
• Awaiting appointment of formal conference
  committee

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HEA ReauthorizationKey Components

• Year-round Pell Grants
• Changes to Academic Competitiveness Grants to
  allow part-time and certificate programs to
  qualify
• Focus on simplifying financial aid process
• Issues to address college costs

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HEA ReauthorizationKey Messages

• Support
• College Partnership Grants
• Grants to Create Business-Workforce Partnerships
• Student Success Grants
• Bridges from Jobs to Careers Grants
• We are concerned about expensive and complicated
  new reporting requirements

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CTE CaucusBackground

• Formed in House in April 2007 by
• Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)
• Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
• Its mission is to enhance awareness in Congress
  of the importance of CTE in preparing a
  well-educated and skilled workforce in America.

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CTE CaucusActivities

• Congressional Briefing 9/07
• Dear Colleague Letters
• CTE Month Resolution
• H. Res. 930
• Passed by House 2/25/07

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CTE CaucusActivities
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CTE CaucusKey Messages

• Ask your Representative to join the House
  Congressional CTE Caucus
• An invitation will be included in your Hill
  packets
• Ask your Senators if they are interested in
  Chairing a Senate CTE Caucus

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• Association for Career and Technical Education
• 1410 King Street
• Alexandria, VA 22314
• [phone]
• Web www.acteonline.org
• sdewitt_at_acteonline.org
• ahyslop_at_acteonline.org