NCL Members, Sorry again for falling behind on the CEF updates. Good info here on the budget and appropriations stuff going on in the House. Note in particular Joel’s summary of the different options the House has at this point (end of item 2.a.) Wednesday’s update to follow... Jeff Jeff Carter — President, National Coalition for Literacy http://national-coalition-literacy.org General Contact Info — jcarter@literacypolicy.org or jeffcrtr@gmail.org Personal Twitter: @jeffcrtr | literacypolicy.org Cell: (202) 374-4387 > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > Subject: Tuesday Update > Date: March 22, 2016 at 6:12:34 PM EDT > To: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > > > > > 1. FY 2017 Budget: > a. House Republicans continue their efforts to secure 218 votes for their FY 2017 Budget Resolution. Since the House is recessing tomorrow until April 12, that is now the earliest it could be considered. > > House Budget Committee Democrats released this analysis of the committee-reported budget: REPORT: Divisive GOP Tea Party Budget Massively Disinvests in America, Rewards the Wealthy, and Punishes Everyone Else <http://democrats.budget.house.gov/committee-report/report-divisive-gop-tea-party-budget-massively-disinvests-america-rewards-wealthy>. It says, “The Republican budget slashes federal support for higher education by $185 billion over ten years.” > > It is not yet clear what makes up that number, or indeed if all of that is based on specific assumptions. The majority staff said during the walk-through that their budget: > · eliminates mandatory Pell ($78 billion) > · eliminates subsidized student loans ($27 billion) > · “Scales back income-based repayment options” for student loans, putting eligibility requirements back to what they were before recent expansions. That might include eliminating public sector loan forgiveness (last year that saved about $10 billion) and repealing expansion of IBR (which saved about $16 billion in last year’s score). > > We’ll have to wait to see when if/when they file a committee report if they provide more details. > > The Dem report has some good charts including these: [Charts attached at the end of this message.] > > b. RSC Budget: The Republican Study Committee has released <http://rsc.flores.house.gov/> its own proposed Budget: “Blueprint for a Balanced Budget 2.0 <http://rsc.flores.house.gov/files/uploads/RSC_2017_Blueprint_for_a_Balanced_Budget_2.0.pdf>.” It’s much worse than the Budget Committee’s plan. The RSC cuts NDD by a total of $1.4 trillion over ten years, starting with a cut off $119 billion (-23%) in FY 2017! > c. Progressive Caucus Budget: the Congressional Progressive caucus also released its Budget plan: The People's Budget: Prosperity not Austerity; Invest in America <http://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/the-peoples-budget-prosperity-not-austerity-invest-in-america/>. > > 2. FY 2017 Appropriations: > a. The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft of its first FY 2017 bill:Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Legislation  <http://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394474>. This bill, to be marked up in subcommittee tomorrow, provides an increase of $1.8 billion above the Fiscal Year 2016 level. Since the aggregate NDD cap is frozen at the FY 2016 level, there is now $1.8 billion less for the remainder of NDD. > > According to CQ, Chairman Rogers today said, “…he hopes to have all 12 appropriations bills teed up for floor consideration by May 15. ‘I want to have as many or all of the bills through the full committee, ready for the floor at the earliest moment, hopefully before May 15, even ready for the floor,’ he said. ‘And, if leadership wants to waive that rule, bring them to the floor much earlier than May 15.’” Note that that is much faster than previous years, and would mean the Labor-HHS-ED bill would be marked up by mid-May. > > The next bill after MilCon/VA is expected to be Energy/Water. > > However, asked if he would move appropriations bills to the floor without a budget, Ryan said, “No, we need to do a budget.” > > So, the House options are these: > · Pass their budget which sets the top line caps at the BBA level, so the Appropriations Committee can do its 302(b) allocations and move bills to the floor > · Pass a deeming resolution which does the same (presumably it too wouldn't pass with 218 Republican votes, so the Republicans would have to rely on Dem votes for it) > · Move appropriations bills without either of the above. Such bills can be taken up on the floor after May 15 without a Budget or a deemmer. The Committee wouldn’t have to then approve official 302(b) allocations. > · Start moving appropriations bills on the floor prior to May 15 by waiving the rule that prohibits such prior to May 15 without a passed Budget. > · Not move appropriations bills to the floor until either a Budget or deemer pass. > · Give up and just pass a CR > > b. Department of Education Budget Hearing: This morning, the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee held its hearing on the FY 2017 Department of Education Budget with Secretary King. Apparently, the live web stream wasn’t working, so my live tweets were the only source of information to those not in the room. I've compiled the Tweets via Storify <x-msg://74/sfy.co/g1Kop>. However, the webcast of the hearing is now up on the subcommittee's site. Budget Hearing - Department of Education <http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=394464>. Also see: Chairman Cole’s opening statement <http://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP07/20160322/104690/HHRG-114-AP07-MState-C001053-20160322.pdf>. > > Also see: Appropriators Press Education Secretary on State Authority <http://www.cq.com/doc/news-4857673?2&srcpage=news&srcsec=cqn> (CQ) > > 3. CEF Budget Response: We will hold our Budget Response Hill briefing on Thursday, March 31 from 9:30-11 AM in Room HVC-201AB in the Capitol Visitor Center > > As many CEF people as possible should attend. Please RSVP! <http://goo.gl/forms/rRHbjqXhXN> We have invited the education, budget and appropriation LAs for every House and Senate office. > > Thanks to those of you who signed up to deliver the budget response books and CEF directories on that day. I still need a few more people to take the last unclaimed assignments. > > So, if you can please sign up to the one or more of the assignments, I’d really appreciate it. Each delivery group is no more than 7 deliveries. Most are just 4-5. The books are about 300 pages, so they will be heavy, thus the small groupings. > > The way this will work is as follows: > > · Sign up here to deliver materials on the Senate side <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/168aMsDvb_ElN97tVk9ZUkzXRA7CFEZyWBpyVp0ZAiZ8/edit?usp=sharing>. > > · Sign up here to do House deliveries <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XTWGxacCiip-8CC57adl3E5Bo9yMT8_dEkqBlERRa08/edit?usp=sharing>. > > · On March 30, come to or send someone to my office (The Raben Group, 1341 G Street, NW, Fifth floor) to pick up the appropriate number of budget response books and directories you need based on how many offices you signed up for. If you can’t come on March 30, you can come on March 31 or April 1. When you come to pick up your materials we’ll have CEF backpacks available for you to put them in. But feel free to being your own backpack or tote bag. > > · Deliver your materials to your assigned offices on March 31, after our Hill briefing. The lists show the name of the education staffer. Ask for that person so you can personally drop off the materials. If they are not there, leave the materials with your card with the front desk person to give to the staffer. We’d really like to have the materials delivered by the end of the day on April 1. > > > > 4. Education Research Hearing: The House Education and the Workforce Committee today held this full Committee hearing: Strengthening Education Research and Privacy Protections to Better Serve Students <http://edworkforce.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=400420>. From that link you can watch the archived webcast, read the witness statements and Chairman Kline’s opening statement. Also see the opening statement of Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott. > <http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/sites/democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/files/3.22.16%20Research%26Privacy%20RCS%20Opening%20Statement.pdf> > 5. Save the Date for the 2016 CEF Presidential Forum: This event will take place on May 26th, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Newseum in Washington DC. The forum is designed as an opportunity for presidential candidates to highlight and discuss their education policy agendas––including, but not limited to, education funding––and highlight education as a critical domestic policy. > > In order to showcase the breadth of CEF membership, we invite your organization to be a $1,000 sponsor for this event. Sponsorship includes 5 tickets with premium reserved seating and logo placement on the event’s webpage, as well as on select printed materials for the event. Your generous sponsorship will help defray costs associated with catering, closed-captioning services, and printing materials. See attached sponsorship agreement and memo. > > If you are interested in serving as a sponsor or have additional questions, please contact Ally Bernstein at ally@jbernsteinstrategy.com <mailto:ally@jbernsteinstrategy.com> by April 30th, 2016 <x-apple-data-detectors://43>. > > 6. CRS Reports: > a. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B: Key Statutory and Regulatory Provisions <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B19p6j32JwToSXBURDVuTUcxbUU/view?usp=sharing> > b. ESEA Title I-A Formulas: In Brief <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B19p6j32JwToSWpaeUt0cjRTX2M/view?usp=sharing> > > Joel Packer > CEF Executive Director > JPacker@cef.org <mailto:JPacker@cef.org> > 202-383-0083 > 202-255-0915 (cell) > www.cef.org <http://www.cef.org/> > www.Twitter.com/edfunding <http://www.twitter.com/edfunding> > NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS > 1341 G Street, NW > Fifth Floor > Washington, DC 20005 > >