Here’s today’s CEF update. Lots of appropriations news. FYI, the fact sheet referenced in OMB blog post below notes claims that under the House Republican appropriations bills and funding targets "2.4 million fewer people would receive job training and employment services, including help finding jobs and skills training." Jeff > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > Subject: Monday update > Date: June 8, 2015 at 6:34:07 PM EDT > To: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > > > > FY 2016 Appropriations: Lots of activity this week! Below are the details on House and Senate action. OMB last week posted a new blog on appropriations: Congressional Republicans Show Their Hand: Committee Spending Levels Shortchange Key Priorities <https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/06/02/congressional-republicans-show-their-hand-committee-spending-levels-shortchange-key->. > > Most importantly, while not yet officially announced, the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations subcommittee is now scheduled to markup its bill next week, on either Wednesday, June 17 or Thursday, June 18 with full committee markup the following week (the week of June 22). The Senate is expected to markup its L-HHS-ED bill the week of June 22 with subcommittee markup on Tuesday June 23 and full committee on Thursday, June 25. Time to buckle your seat belts! > House: There will be activity on five different bills at different stages. > · THUD: The House is scheduled to complete floor action on the THUD bill (H.R. 2577 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 <http://rules.house.gov/bill/114/hr-2577>) tomorrow night. That is bill #5 of the 12 appropriations bills. To see action on the amendments to that bill click here <http://repcloakroom.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394648>. > > · Defense: The House is also scheduled to take up on the floor on Wednesday and Thursday, H.R. 2685 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 <http://rules.house.gov/bill/114/hr-2685>. Rules is meeting on that bill tomorrow. That is bill #6. > > · State-Foreign Ops: The full House Appropriations Committee will markup the FY 2016 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill <http://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394231> on Thursday, June 11, 2015 10:00 AM in 2359 Rayburn. The text of the draft full committee bill and committee report will be posted on Wednesday, June 10 at 10 am. That is bill #7. > > · Interior-Environment: The FY 2016 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill <http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=394236> will be marked up in subcommittee on June 10, 2015 10:15 AM in B-308 Rayburn. The text of the subcommittee draft will be posted tomorrow morning. Bill #8 > > · Financial Services: The FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill <http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=394243> will be marked up in subcommittee on June 11, 2015 9:00 AM in 2358-B Rayburn. Bill #9. > > That leaves just three bills left for subcommittee/committee action; Labor-HHS-Education, Homeland Security, and Agriculture. It is possible/probable that all three get marked up in subcommittee next week and then full committee the week of June 22. > > Senate: Three bills will be acted on this week in subcommittee and full committee: Senate Appropriations Schedule for the Week of June 8, 2015 <http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/senate-appropriations-schedule-week-june-8-2015>. > · Defense will be marked up in subcommittee on Tuesday and full committee on Thursday (bill # 3 of 12 in the Senate) > > · Commerce, Justice, Science, And Related Agencies will be marked up in subcommittee on Wednesday and full committee on Thursday. (bill #4) > > · Legislative Branch Appropriations will be marked up in full committee on Thursday (bill #5) > > Majority Leader McConnell said today that he intends to bring up the defense appropriations bill immediately after the Senate completes action on the defense authorization bill. That would likely mean the Senate turns to the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the defense appropriations bill next Tuesday. Senate Democrats plan to filibuster that motion to proceed. > > CEF Gala Award Nominations: We are still accepting nominations for awards for this year’s Gala. If you would like to nominate someone for one of our awards, please submit his form <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B19p6j32JwToRmtqd0d5ckplbW8/view?usp=sharing> by COB this Friday, June 12 to Anais Duran (ADuran@cef.org <mailto:ADuran@cef.org>). Please note that nominations should be based on what the individual has done to help support increased investments in education. You can nominate the same person for more than one award. The process then is the Gala Committee will meet to discuss the nominations and make recommendations for issuing awards to the CEF Board. The Board then submits to the full membership the names of proposed awardees, which are then voted on at a CEF membership meeting. We plan to vote on any proposed awardees at the CEF meeting on June 26. If necessary, we might extend the nomination form deadline, if the gala committee decides we need more nominations. As a reminder, we have already approved giving an award to FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel for her leadership on increasing funding for the E-Rate. > > To see a list of all previous CEF awardees, click here <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B19p6j32JwTod1RBSTRDOURzaFk/view?usp=sharing>. > CEF Membership Survey: Be on the lookout tomorrow for an email from our President Noelle Ellerson, with a link to a new CEF membership survey. Please respond to the survey, so the CEF leadership can gather needed input and insight in how to continue to make CEF more effective and responsive to our members’ needs. > CEF Gala Sponsorships: A major part of the success of the CEF gala comes from our sponsors. Last year our nine sponsors were: > Gold level: AFT, NEA and Apple > Silver level: ACT, APSCU, Cornerstone Government Affairs, DeVry Education, IBM, and the National Student Clearinghouse > Do you know another organization that might sponsor the CEF Gala? If you have an idea for a Gala sponsor, in addition to a contact within that organization, please contact Jocelyn Bissonnette: (Jocelyn@nafisdc.org <mailto:Jocelyn@nafisdc.org>). Thank you in advance to helping to make this year’s Gala another successful event! > > Here are the gala sponsor levels: > > Platinum Sponsor $15,000 > Two tables of 10 with priority seating, signage, recognition during the Gala program, and full-page ad and listing in the Gala program > > Gold Sponsor $10,000 > Table of 10 with priority seating, signage, recognition during the Gala program, and full-page ad and listing in Gala program > > Silver Sponsor $5,000 > Table of 10 with priority seating, signage, recognition during the Gala program, and half-page ad and listing in Gala program > > ESEA: According to a news report this morning (McConnell Plans Busy Summer, But No Tax Reform <http://morningconsult.com/2015/06/mcconnell/>) “McConnell rattled off a list of bipartisan legislation Congress would try to tackle between now and the August recess, including a significant rewrite of No Child Left Behind, a cybersecurity bill and a measure to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act.” > > Based on the schedule for defense items above, the earliest that the Senate could turn to ESEA would be June 16/17. It is possible that a cybersecurity bill could be taken up prior to ESEA, which likely push ESEA into July. > Perkins Loans: The Department of Education’s FSA has posted Federal Perkins Loan Wind-Down Questions and Answers <http://ifap.ed.gov/ifap/WrapperServlet?external=http://ifap.ed.gov/cbpmaterials/attachments/PerkinsQandAs.pdf>. > Disinvestment in Public Schools: Several items related to this: > Today, The Leadership Conference Education Fund – along with Education Law Center (ELC) – released “Cheating our Future: How Decades of Disinvestment by States Continues to Jeopardize Equal Education Opportunity <http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/Resource-Equity-Report-2.pdf>,” its new report detailing the enormous resource disparities in public schools nationwide. > In addition, the Newark, N.J.-based ELC released its fourth national report card on the 50 states’ school finance systems, “Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card <http://www.schoolfundingfairness.org/>,” showing that most states still don’t provide equitable resources for the millions of students attending schools in high poverty districts. These students are the most vulnerable and need additional resources and supports because their educations are at risk. See: New Reports Document Massive Resource Inequities in Public Schools <http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2015/1528-cheating-our-future.html> and Nation's 'Disinvestment' in Public Schools Is Crippling Poor Students, Reports Say <http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2015/06/nations_disinvestment_in_public_schools_is_crippling_poor_students_reports_say.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-TW> > Recession, Politics and Policy Stretch Arizona School Budgets <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/us/arizona-school-budgets-stretched-by-recession-politics-and-policy.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0> (NY Times): “At least 30 states spent less per student this school year than in the year before the economic downturn began, and 14 states, including Arizona, have cut per-pupil funding by more than 10 percent over that period.” > National Survey of American Teachers by Communities In Schools: Communities In School and Public Opinion Strategies recently conducted a nationwide poll of teachers. While it is embargoed until tomorrow attached is the summary narrative and here is a link <http://www.communitiesinschools.org/about/publications/publication/national-survey-american-teachers> to the poll, and other materials including infographics. > > > 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> > >