NACTEI General Session

How Did We Get Here?

Feb. 2010: President’s FY 11 budget consolidates Tech Prep, holds funding constant

July 2010: House and Senate Appropriations Committees pass bills level-funding Perkins, no consolidation

How Did We Get Here?

Fall 2010: - Process stalls- Election and lame duck session- Congress unable to pass funding bills, CR enacted

How Did We Get Here?

Feb. 11, 2011: House R’s introduce H.R. 1, which eliminates Tech Prep funding

Feb 14, 2011: President releases FY 12 budget proposal, cuts total of $264 million from Perkins

How Did We Get Here?

Spring 2011: - Advocacy efforts to restore funding- Successive CRs with greater levels of cuts- Final deal negotiated by

White House

How Did We Get Here?April 15, 2011: - Final FY 11 bill enacted

- Tech Prep funding eliminated- BSG cut by additional $37 million- Total Perkins cut of 11% - Still no state-specific allocations

What’s Next: FY 2012

• Cuts projected to be much worse• Process may last a long time• We cannot stop fighting – critical to

engage a broad range of stakeholders

What’s Next: FY 2012• House passed budget resolution in April• Estimated to cut $5.8 trillion in spending over

the next 10 years• Caps spending at $1.019 trillion

– $100 billion less than the president’s request– $72 billion less than FY 10

• Non-security, discretionary spending at $360 billion, equal to FY 2006 levels

What’s Next: FY 2012• House Labor, HHS, Ed allocation =

- $18.2 billion below FY 11 (-11.6%) - $41.6 billion below FY 12 (-23%)• House markups scheduled July 26 & August 3• Senate won’t mark up until September• Dear Colleague currently circulating – 27

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Authorizing Legislation

112th Congress Authorizing Priorities

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act• Workforce Investment Act• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

ESEA Reauthorization• “No Child Left Behind”• Originally due to be reauthorized in 2007• Reported bipartisan discussions in both chambers last

year, but no actual bill language was released• Obama Administration has made ESEA a priority• Senate held 13 hearings last year – Sen. Harkin promised

bill by Spring• House more uncertain but movement on smaller bills

expected soon

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Obama ESEA Blueprint• Released March 2010• Builds on Race to the Top• Broad recommendations in five priority areas:

– College- and career-ready students– Great teachers and leaders in every school– Equity and opportunity for all students– Raise the bar and reward excellence– Promote innovation and continuous improvement

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Senate Moderates’ New Principles

• Accountability Structure• School Turnaround• Teachers and Leaders• Innovation• Equity in Resources

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WIA Reauthorization• Originally scheduled for reauthorization in 2003• Both House and Senate seemed to make WIA a

priority in 2010, but only one hearing in each chamber • Reports that the Senate was working with

Administration on a bipartisan bill• House held meetings with stakeholder groups in the

fall • No legislation was ever produced

WIA Reauthorization: Administration’s Goals

• Streamlining service delivery• One-stop shopping for high-quality services• Engaging with employers on a regional

and/or sectoral basis• Improving accountability• Promoting innovation and identifying and

replicating best practices

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

• Originally created in 1996 as part of welfare reform legislation

• Law expires on September 30, 2011• Block grant to states for a variety of services

including job training• Last authorization took place during a time

when nation was prospering – now many more families in need of support services

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TANF Reauthorization• Raise or eliminate the cap for those who can

participate in vocational education• Extend or eliminate the vocational education

limit• Increase the number of weeks allowed for job

search/job readiness and increase the number of consecutive weeks allowed for job search /job readiness or eliminate the time limit.

Data Systems Issues• Increased role of Data Quality Campaign

– www.dataqualitycampaign.org• New FERPA proposed rules:

– expand the definition of "educational program“– more flexibility to share sec/ps and across

state agencies– Comments due May 23

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Contact InfoAssociation for Career and Technical Education

1410 King StreetAlexandria, VA 22314

(800) 826-9972www.acteonline.org

ahyslop@acteonline.org