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IRA Legislative Workshop

IRA Legislative Workshop. March 2011. Goals. Provide participants with background on: US Federal Government Education Policy Procedures State Government Education Policy Procedures Specific areas Assist with the development of state capacity to impact education policy.

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IRA Legislative Workshop

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  1. IRA Legislative Workshop March 2011

  2. Goals Provide participants with background on: US Federal Government Education Policy Procedures State Government Education Policy Procedures Specific areas Assist with the development of state capacity to impact education policy Richard Long, International Reading Association

  3. Thursday, March 17 – Hall of the States Room 381 • 11:30 – 12:00 Registration • 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (provided for all workshop participants) • Discussion of Reading Legislation including: • LEARN Bill • Reauthorization of NCLB • Middle School Reform Legislation • Funding • 1:30 – 2:30 Initiatives At Department Of Education And How Reading Will Be Impacted: • Professional Development • School Improvement Grants • Race To The Top • Other Programs (Investment in Innovation) • 2:30 – 3:00 Meeting Your Legislator: • How to deliver your message • Map of Hill • Talking Points • LEARN Bill • Funding for reading programs • 3:00 - 5:30 Hill Visits • 6:30 Dinner Reservations Richard Long, International Reading Association

  4. Friday, March 18 – Hall of the States Room 337 B • 8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast (provided) • 9:00 -12:00 Applying Lessons Learned to State Advocacy • How can you help your State and Local Council in • their advocacy efforts? • Selecting Issues • Teaching others how to talk about these issues • Being engaged in the “the process” • 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (provided) • 1:00-3:00 Identify Legislative Issues and Set Priorities • Using surveys/Identifying needs • Internet information • Legislative Agenda • Committees • Governors • SEA Richard Long, International Reading Association

  5. What is going on now? • Funding • Rewriting ESEA • Title I • Race to the Top • SIG • LEARN • IDEA Richard Long, International Reading Association

  6. Funding - vocabulary • Fiscal Year • School Year • Forward Funding • Deficit • 302(b) allocation • Short-term CR • Long-term CR Richard Long, International Reading Association

  7. Funding is in three rivers • FY 11 FY 12 Debt April 8th Richard Long, International Reading Association

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  9. Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy • $250 million - $10 million for State Literacy Teams • Put in consolidation by President’s Budget • Cut to Zero in HR 1 • Included in Senate Alternative • In short-term CR • Grant Application published March 10th Richard Long, International Reading Association

  10. Striving Readers/LEARN • 40-40-15 • Secondary – Elementary – Age 0 – 5 • State competitive applications • State Literacy Teams • Professional Development • Reading & Writing and Oral language Richard Long, International Reading Association

  11. Priorities in Striving Readers • Priority 1: Improving Learning Outcomes. • Priority 2: Enabling More Data-Based Decision-Making • Competitive Preference Priority: Effective Use of Technology. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  12. About the competitive grants Race to the Top—$4 billion to states to implement broad-based education reform plans. State Longitudinal Data Systems—$250 million to states to improve their data systems. Impact Aid Construction: Competitive Grants—$59.8 million to school districts to make emergency repairs and modernize of their facilities. Teacher Incentive Fund—Nearly $200 million for states, districts, and nonprofits to implement performance-based pay in school districts. Teacher Quality Partnership Program—$100 promising practices. million to schools of education and districts to improve teacher-preparation programs. Investing in Innovation—$650 million to districts and nonprofits to scale up Richard Long, International Reading Association

  13. School Improvement Grants • The Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010, provided $546 million for School Improvement Grants in fiscal year (FY) 2010. In addition, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) estimates that, collectively, States have carried over approximately $825 million in FY 2009 SIG funds that will be combined with FY 2010 SIG funds, for a total of nearly $1.4 billion that will be awarded by States as part of their FY 2010 SIG competitions. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  14. School Improvement Grant (SIG) Intervention Models • Turnaround Model: Replace the principal, screen existing school staff, and rehire no more than half the teachers; adopt a new governance structure; and improve the school through curriculum reform, professional development, extending learning time, and other strategies. • Restart Model: Convert a school or close it and re-open it as a charter school or under an education management organization. • School Closure: Close the school and send the students to higher-achieving schools in the district. • Transformation Model: Replace the principal and improve the school through comprehensive curriculum reform, professional development, extending learning time, and other strategies. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  15. Tier I (a) Any Title I school in improvement, corrective action or restructuring (as defined by Adequate Yearly Progress) that: (i) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent in the “all students” group in reading and mathematics combined for the past three consecutive years; or (ii) Is a high school that has a weighted-average graduation rate that is less than 60 percent based on the past three years of data. (b) Any Title I elementary school that: (i) Has not made AYP for at least the past two consecutive years; and (ii) Is no higher achieving than the highest-achieving school identified in (a)(i) of this section Richard Long, International Reading Association

  16. Tier II (a) Any secondary school that is eligible for, but does not receive, Title I funds and that: (i) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent of secondary schools in the “all students” group in reading and mathematics combined for the past three consecutive years; or (ii) Is a high school that has a weighted-average graduation rate that is less than 60 percent based on the past three years of data. (b) Any Title I eligible secondary school that: (i) Has not made AYP for at least the past two consecutive years; (ii) Is no higher achieving than the highest-achieving school identified in (a)(i) of this section; and (iii) Is in Step 5 of Improvement with a decreasing performance trend. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  17. Tier III Tier IIIschools are those that are not identified in the Tier I or Tier II categories but are Title I schools in improvement, corrective action or restructuring, as defined by Adequate Yearly Progress. Tier III also includes schools that were removed from Tier I because the total number of students in the tested grades was less than 30. Additionally, Tier III includes schools that didn’t qualify as Tier I or Tier II under the definition of “newly eligible.” Newly eligible refers to schools described in Tier I (b) and Tier II (b) above. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  18. SIG: Eight States Receive Funding to Turn Around Persistently Lowest Achieving SchoolsFEBRUARY 17, 2011 • U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on 2.17.11 announced that eight states will receive funding to turn around their persistently lowest achieving schools through the SIG program. • The funds are part of $546 million available to states for the SIG program in fiscal year 2010. In fiscal year 2009, states received a total of $3.5 billion for the SIG program. The states: • Alaska • Delaware • Maryland • Minnesota • Nevada • North Carolina • Washington • West Virginia Richard Long, International Reading Association

  19. Through Race to the Top, States reforms around four specific areas • Adopting standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy; • Building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can improve instruction; • Recruiting, developing, rewarding, and retaining effective teachers and principals, especially where they are needed most; and • Turning around our lowest-achieving schools. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  20. INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION FUND Cooperative agreements (for Scale-up grants) and discretionary grants (for Validation grants and Development grants) established under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Description: Funding to support LEAs, and nonprofit organizations in partnership with one or more LEAs or a consortium of schools. Provides competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement in order to expand innovative practices that have an impact on improving student achievement/growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  21. ESEA • Federal Role – State & Local • Admin: Blue Print Competitive vs. Formula • Accountability • Flexibility • Consolidations • Vouchers/SES/Public School Choice Richard Long, International Reading Association

  22. Key areas • Early Childhood • Middle & High School • Links between Title I & IDEA & ELL • Accountability • Common Core Standards • Teacher education Richard Long, International Reading Association

  23. Timing • Presidential election in 2012 • President pushing for action • 82% of schools will fail AYP in 2012 • Senate working on language – held hearings in 2010 • House • 13 of 23 members of majority new • Holding hearings Richard Long, International Reading Association

  24. Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation (LEARN) Act • Provide federal support for literacy programs • Enhance each state’s role in improving literacy instruction • Support the creation of local high-quality literacy programs in schools Richard Long, International Reading Association

  25. LEARN Act Senate and House bills Literacy Education For All, Results For The Nation (LEARN) Act (111th) Senate Bill Number: S. 2740Date of Introduction: November 5, 2009Sponsor(s): Murray (D-WA)Co-Sponsor(s): Begich (D-AK), Brown (D-OH), Dodd (D-CT), Franken (D-MN), Sanders (I-VT) House Bill Number: H.R. 4037Date of Introduction: November 6, 2009Sponsor(s): Yarmuth (D-KY)Co-Sponsor(s): Berkley (D-NV), Berman (D-CA), Boucher (D-VA), Brady (D-PA), Carnahan (D-MO), Clay (D-MO), Cohen (D-TN), Connolly (D-VA), Conyers (D-MI), Courtney (D-CT), Ellison (D-MN), Eshoo (D-CA), Etheridge (D-NC), Fattah (D-PA), Fudge (D-OH), Grijalva (D-AZ), Gutierrez (D-IL), Hare (D-IL), Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD), Hirono (D-HI), Loebsack (D-IA), Markey (D-CO),Miller (D-CA), Norton (D-DC), Pingree (D-ME), Polis (D-CO), Rahall (D-WV), Richardson (D-CA), Rothman (D-NJ), Sablan (D-MP), Schauer (D-MI), Sestak (D-PA), Shea-Porter (D-NH) Richard Long, International Reading Association

  26. SUCCESS IN THE MIDDLE ACT (As of March 10, 2011 this bill has not been re-introduced, but will be sponsored byRep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).) Richard Long, International Reading Association

  27. Success in the Middle “The middle grades will play a pivotal role in enabling the nation to reach President Obama’s goal of graduating all students from high school prepared for college or advanced career training. In high poverty neighborhoods, in particular, our research and school improvement work indicate that students’ middle grades experiences have tremendous impact on the extent to which they will close achievement gaps, graduate from high school, and be prepared for college.” Putting Middle Grade Students on the Graduation Path (Balfanz, 2009) Richard Long, International Reading Association

  28. Success in the Middle Solution: Success in the Middle Act would authorize federal investments in improving the education of middle grades students in low-performing schools. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  29. Success in the Middle States receiving grants would implement a plan to improve student achievement that describes what students are required to know and do to successfully complete the middle grades and transition to and succeed in an academically rigorous high school that prepares them for postsecondary education and the workplace. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  30. Success in the Middle:States and districts invest in • Providing professional development and coaching to school leaders, teachers and other school personnel • Comprehensive, school-wide improvement efforts schools containing middle grades (5-8) from which more than 50% of students go on to attend a high school with a graduation rate of less than 60%, or schools containing middle grades in which more than 25% of students who finish their first middle grades year in the school exhibit key risk factors and early warning signs, including attendance below 90%; a failing grade in English or math or two failing grades in any courses; suspension or other evidence of poor behavior; or schools containing middle grades in which more than 50% of students in middle grades do not perform at a proficient level on state NCLB math and reading tests; and • Implementing student supports, such as extended learning time and personal academic plans Richard Long, International Reading Association

  31. President Obama • Fix a “flawed No Child Left Behind Act • Funding for reform • Bill on his desk by the beginning of the new school year Richard Long, International Reading Association

  32. New Revised From last year Ideas in the Budget Richard Long, International Reading Association

  33. Key Ideas • DARPA-ED • Bond • Rewarding Title I Schools • Early Learning Challenge Fund Richard Long, International Reading Association

  34. ARPA-E • Advanced Research Projects Agency • $90 million • Pursue breakthrough developments ni educational technology and learning systems, support systems for educators, and tools that improve educational outcomes Richard Long, International Reading Association

  35. Pay for Success • Modeled on the “social impact bonds” • Creates a funding stream by private and public sources that is repaid based on outcomes • Funded by I3, adult education, FIPSE, Workforce Innovation Fund, and PROMISE Richard Long, International Reading Association

  36. Title I Rewards Schools • $300 million to LEA staff and students in high-poverty schools that are making progress improving student achievement, closing achievement gaps, and turning around low-performing schools Richard Long, International Reading Association

  37. Early Learning Challenge Fund • $350 million • The request would fund the first year of the Early Learning Challenge Grant in a new ESEA • Fund competitive grants to States • Birth to Kindergarten entry Richard Long, International Reading Association

  38. Revised ideas • Race to the Top • $900 million • Funds for Districts to apply for • Rural competition within structure • School Turnaround Grants • Promised Neighborhoods Richard Long, International Reading Association

  39. Promised Neighborhood • Identifying and increasing the capacity of achieving results for children and youth throughout an entire neighborhood; • Building a complete continuum of cradle-to-career solutions of both educational programs and family and community supports; • Integrating programs and breaking down agency “silos;” • Developing the local infrastructure of systems and resources needed to across the broader region beyond the initial neighborhood; and • Learning about the overall impact of the Promise Neighborhoods program and about the relationship between particular strategies in Promise Neighborhoods and student outcomes, including through a rigorous evaluation of the program. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  40. School Turnaround Grants • $600 million – formula grants to states, which would make competitive grants to LEAs to support the implementation of rigorous interventions as identified under the Title I • While States and LEAs would have new flexibility under the reauthorized ESEA to develop their own improvement strategies and interventions for most schools, they would be required to implement specific, meaningful intervention models in their very lowest-performing schools. Richard Long, International Reading Association

  41. Consolidations • Several programs are grouped into new consolidations • Some were proposed in FY 11 Budget • Some are new • Excellent Instructional Teams Initiative Richard Long, International Reading Association

  42. Charters • New proposal of $372 million for Expanding Educational Options to support the creation and expansion of effective charter schools, other effective autonomous public schools, and comprehension systems of public school choice Richard Long, International Reading Association

  43. Consolidation – Teachers & Leaders • $2.5 billion for Effective Teachers & Leaders – States & LEAs recruit, develop, retain, and reward effective teachers and principals • $500 million for Teacher and Leader innovation Fund – ambitious reforms • $250 million for Teacher and Leader Pathways Richard Long, International Reading Association

  44. Teacher and Learning for a Complete Education • Literacy – Striving Readers, Even Start, others - $383 million • STEM - $206 million • Well-Rounded Education - $246 million – teaching in arts, foreign languages, history, government, economics, environmental ed, phys ed, health ed, and other subjects Richard Long, International Reading Association

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  46. Summary of New Budget/ESEA IDEAS • Specific ideas linked to specific activities by specific entities • Tentatively looking at new research • Tentatively looking at new funding models Richard Long, International Reading Association

  47. Issues for IRA • Funding for Literacy • Three areas • Professional Development – Capacity • Direct programs – Direct Services • Research – new ideas Richard Long, International Reading Association

  48. How to keep up • IRA’s website – under advocacy • www.reading.org • US Department of Education • www.ed.gov • Congress – Library of Congress • http://thomas.loc.gov Richard Long, International Reading Association

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