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WASHINGTON UPDATENANCY REDER
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NASDSE
Tri-State Regional Special Education Law ConferenceNovember 2012
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WHAT THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER Washington Update Impact of Election?
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WHAT WILL THE ELECTION MEAN FOR EDUCATION?
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NASDSE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRIORITIES – TIER 1 IDEA implementation (including results work;
fiscal issues; and development of reauthorization principles)
ESEA reauthorization (including waivers; assessments; teacher evaluations)
FY 13 appropriations Data issues (including SPP/APR concerns) Seclusion and restraint legislation Common Core Standards Technology (including virtual schools;
accessibility and online learning) Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
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NASDSE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRIORITIES – TIER 2 Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment
Act Health care (Medicaid/other issues) Career and Tech Ed School choice (includes charter schools and
vouchers) Early childhood Foster care (implementation of the Fostering
Connections Act) Respite care ADA/504 issues
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OVERALL ANALYSIS OF THE PAST YEAR
NothingNADABUBKYS
NIENTE
ZIP ZERO
NAUGHTZILCH
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IDEA IMPLEMENTATION SPP/APR indicators
Changes announced at OSEP Leadership Conference at the end of July
Follow-up to final changes RDA work
Fiscal issues (verification visits; funding) Title 1/IDEA initiative Full funding legislation
Going absolutely nowhere Assessments (see ESEA reauthorization)
No one in Washington is talking about IDEA reauthorization
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ESEA REAUTHORIZATION – GLACIER HASN’T MOVED (NORTH POLE IS MELTING FASTER!!)
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ESEA REAUTHORIZATION – IN THE HOUSE H.R. 2218 – Charter Schools bill -- passed the
House H.R. 2445 – Flexibility in Using Federal Funds H.R. 1891 – Repeals ineffective or ‘unnecessary’
education programs to focus federal programs on quality programs for disadvantaged children
H.R. 3989, the Student Success Act and H.R. 3990, the Encouraging Innovation and
Effective Teachers ActThese four passed out of Committee; not sent
to House floor
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H.R. 3989 – THE STUDENT SUCCESS ACT (TITLE I) Eliminates AYP – student achievement and
turnaround around low-performing schools given to states and districtsStates establish academic standards in reading
and math and other subjects if they so chooseAnnual assessments in reading and math, but
not scienceMaintains subgroupsStates have flexibility to develop turnaround
models Codifies 1% alternate assessment without a cap
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AND IN THE SENATE….
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ESEA REAUTHORIZATION IN THE SENATE Bill marked October 2011(bill number at last!! S. 3578) Committee report issued mid-October (1,285 pages!!) Issues (still the same issues!!)
Accountability – no annual measurable goals Continues subgroup disaggregation Seven turnaround models States need to set college and career-ready
standards What about the 1%/2% assessments? No AYP – substituted continuous improvement Highly effective teachers - not based on student test
scores Focus on lowest performing 5% of schools
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CRITICAL ISSUES Highly effective teachers vs. highly qualified
teachers Alternate assessments/modified assessments
(1%/2%) Accountability approaches Use of PBIS/RtI/multi-tiered interventions/UDL Transferability of funds Graduation rate calculations What to replace AYP with? Title I/IDEA working group recommendations
– paper available at www.nasdse.org
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LET’S TALK ABOUT HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS What does the current law say? ED’s position permeates all policies
Race to the Top Waivers Regulations
How did the CR change the definition of HQT? Those in alt cert programs are considered highly
qualified; CR asked for data collection on this What will a new ESEA bill do?
Both Senate and House bills weaken HQT provisions/Kline bill eliminates it and sends it back to the state
How to reconcile with language in IDEA? No one seems to be thinking about this
HQT Coalition
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RACE TO THE TOP Applications for District Race to the Top funds
were due beginning of November Nearly 900 districts applying
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NCLB FLEXIBILITY 35 states have been granted waivers (ID approved
on 10/18) States not applying for waivers: MT, NE, PA, TX, VT
(withdrew), WY IL, IO haven’t heard and CA wants a do-it-yourself
model; 7 states recently applied Documents posted at
http://www.ed.gov/esea/flexibility Waiver is good for two years – could be an extension Question: how will states move from waivers to new
ESEA? What will happen to waivers in a Romney
Administration?
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WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
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THEY START ALL OVER AGAIN New bills, new bill numbers
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FY 13 BUDGET/APPROPRIATIONS/ SEQUESTRATION
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BUDGET/APPROPRIATIONS – HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO WORK President submits budget to Congress House passes budget resolution Senate passes budget resolution House and Senate pass 12 appropriations
bills Conference committees iron out differences House and Senate vote on conference
reports President signs into law
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WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR? President submitted his budget pretty close
to being on time – dead on arrival House passed a budget resolution (Ryan
budget) cutting as much as 20% from nondefense discretionary spending
House passed 6 appropriations bills (Labor/HHS/Education didn’t get committee vote)
Senate did not pass any Continuing Resolution passed through
3/27/13 – level funds everything
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NOW TO THE DICEY STUFF….. THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT
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BUDGET CONTROL ACT The goal of the BCA is to reduce the deficit by
$2.3 T over 10 years throughCaps on discretionary spending ($841 B)Sequestration if Congress approves budgets
higher than specified amounts automatic cuts will happen
‘Super Committee’ failed to come up with a deficit reduction plan (it had more latitude, e.g., raising taxes, cutting entitlements)
Failure of Super Committee triggers $1.2 T in sequestration cuts (but Medicaid is protected)
More info: www.cbpp.org or www.ombwatch.org
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WHAT IN THE WORLD IS SEQUESTRATION?
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WHAT HAPPENS UNDER SEQUESTRATION? $1.2 T includes cuts in spending and savings
on national debt. Interest savings estimated at 18% of total; leaves deficit reduction target of $984 B
Divide $984 B by number of years (2013-2021) = $109 B/year
Divide $109 B evenly between defense and nondefense spending – about $54.5 B for each
Remove exempt programs from calculation Mandatory spending exempt or limited – Medicare
limited to 2% There are a few specific cuts to nondefense
discretionary spending (e.g. from the ACA)
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MORE ON SEQUESTRATION In FY 13, apply the remaining dollar number in
equal percentage cuts across the board (approx. 8.2%)
For FY 2014-2021, lower the discretionary spending caps by the sequester amount (allows cuts to be made program by program)
If caps broken, automatic across-the-board cuts are triggered
FY 2013 sequestration goes into effect January 2, 2013
For programs like Title I and IDEA, cuts don’t happen until summer of 2013 because of forward funding of FY 13 funds. (Impact Aid cuts are immediate)
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POTENTIAL IMPACT OF SEQUESTRATION ON IDEA (FIRST YEAR IMPACT OF BCA) Would cut IDEA Part B $895.6M for FY 13 Would cut 619 $29.1 M Would cut Part C $34.2 M Would cut other special ed programs by $19.4 M
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WHAT PROGRAMS ARE EXEMPT? Short list (not exhaustive)
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Some Pell grantsMedicaidSNAP (food stamps)Supplemental Security Income ProgramTANF
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GOOD RESOURCES ON SEQUESTRATION AASA survey on sequestration:
http://www.aasa.org/uploadedFiles/Policy_and_Advocacy/files/AASA%20Sequestration%20July%202012.pdf
NEA fact sheet: http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/Disastrous_Impact_of_Sequestration_on_Education.pdf
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: www.cbpp.org
Report from Senator Harkin (www.senate.gov)
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ARE EDUCATION PROGRAMS ‘WELFARE PROGRAMS?’ Sen. Sessions said on 10/17 that a number of
education programs are ‘welfare programs’ Note: Rep. Ryan’s budget that passed the
House cuts education programs by 20%
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SO WHAT’S THE FISCAL CLIFF?
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LAME DUCK CONGRESS
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WHAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO DO IN THE LAME DUCK SESSION Avoid the fiscal cliff TANF needs to be reauthorized Postal Service running out of money for
pensions And more…
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DATA ISSUES New changes to the indicators announced at
OSEP Leadership Conference But changes already have to be made!
New data collection under CR regarding HQT
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SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT LEGISLATION Rep. Miller introduced H.R. 1381 in April 2011 –
has 56 co-sponsors Sen. Harkin introduced S.2020, Keeping All
Students Safe Act in December 2011 – no cosponsors
NASDSE has supported Miller bill – more concerns with Harkin bill
Biggest issues with this legislation Prohibition on inclusion in IEP – Senate bill would
also prohibit usage in behavior plans Cost of training Timing for contacting parent and holding meeting
Where do we go from here??
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COMMON CORE STANDARDS (IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENTS) The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
(CCD) ED Task Force Coalition has been looking at computer adaptive assessments and developed statement, which NASDSE supports
Great resources: IDEA Partnership http://
www.ideapartnership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1522g
NICHCY http://nichcy.org/schools-administrators/commoncore#overview
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TECHNOLOGY (VIRTUAL SCHOOLS, ACCESSIBILITY AND ONLINE LEARNING Draft legislation has been prepared by the
Alliance for Excellent Education
NASDSE’s Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities
NASDSE’s work with the Gates Foundation
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UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING (UDL) NASDSE participates in UDL Task Force and
works closely with CAST
Best resource is CAST’s National Center for Universal Design for Learning: www.udlcenter.org/
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WHAT MOVES SLOWER THAN ESEA REAUTHORIZATION?
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REAUTHORIZATION OF WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT The biggest issue seems to be what to do about
sheltered workshops?
Poses problem for IDEA reauthorization because it has to come first
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HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MEDICAID) Waiting for publication of final Part B
Medicaid rule Work with the NAME Coalition – key outside
groups are NASDSE, AASA and CASE The Affordable Care Act but note that it will
help individuals with disabilities in numerous ways (e.g., prohibits denying insurance for pre-existing conditions)
What is the potential impact of block-granting Medicaid on students with disabilities?
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CAREER AND TECH ED Nothing new to report at this time
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SCHOOL CHOICE (CHARTER SCHOOLS AND VOUCHERS) Release last June of GAO report on charter
schools and students with disabilities Charter School ‘Summit’ at the Dept of Ed
three weeks ago Critical issues
Enrollment of students with disabilities in charter schools
Capacity of charter schools to serve students with disabilities
Training for charter school authorizers and operators
Vouchers more active at state level
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EARLY CHILDHOOD Early Learning Challenge Fund:
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-earlylearningchallenge/index.html
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FOSTER CARE Implementation of the Fostering Connections
Act NASDSE participates in foster care education
coalition Critical issue: who makes decisions about
school placements for students in foster care – the IEP team of the child welfare worker who has responsibility under the Fostering Connections Act to keep child in home school or as close to home school as possible
NASDSE has asked for joint OSEP/HHS meeting
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RESPITE CARE Important issue those of us in education
frequently overlook Respite care grants to states
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ADA/504 ISSUES Concern remains regarding interpretation by
OCR as to how 504 is applied in schools – OCR sees little, if any, differences between IDEA and 504
NASDSE working with OCR to set up regional conference calls between OCR regional offices and state directors of special education
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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WHERE TO GO FOR MORE INFORMATION Alliance for Excellent Education:
www.all4ed.org Center on Education Policy: www.cep-dc.org Common core standards:
www.corestandards.org Center for American Progress:
www.americanprogress.org