Hi Folks, Here is today’s CEF update. REMINDER: For those of you whose organizations are not CEF members themselves and are not sponsoring the event - but who are members of NCL and would like to come to the Presidential Forum, (which is the day after our meeting, also here in D.C.), please DO NOT use the RSVP link below — send me your name(s) and I will RSVP you as a guest of NCL. I will be able to register more than three guests, so don’t worry about that limitation. The Senate appropriations process is back on track now that the Cotton amendment has been thwarted. Joel thinks the Labor-HHS-ED bill is on track for an early June markup in the Senate and a mid/late-June markup in the House. Senate HELP Committee had their dyslexia hearing today. I wanted to attend but was unable to. Presumably video is available. See #6 below. Also, as I noted on twitter this morning the @PoliticsK12 folks did a nice job live-tweeting the hearing — you might want to check out their feed from this morning. Joel Packer’s last day at CEF is this coming Friday. The CEF board hopes to have an announcement about his replacement this week, but I expect it may have to wait until next week as some final negotiations are still in process. Jeff > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > Subject: Tuesday Update > Date: May 10, 2016 at 6:03:07 PM EDT > To: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > > > Please register for the CEF Presidential Forum! CEF members please RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1A_njoY26fe2HB9ra2PL6uqw7cbKTumY4wqGV7c04LL8/viewform> for up to 3 guests to attend the Presidential Forum. Sponsors, please RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BYHBMxdggcbXIjw2-psZP2UA9qEQ5Bh5zPe2MyDtYdk/viewform> for up to 5 guests to attend the Presidential Forum. For the sponsors who are also CEF members, please do not also RSVP using the general CEF member form. > > When: May 26th, 2016 from 9AM-12PM > Where: Newseum located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, 7th Floor Knight Conference Center > Candy Crowley, award-winning journalist and former Chief Political Correspondent for CNN, will moderate this event. The CEF Presidential Forum is designed as an opportunity for Presidential Candidates/campaigns to highlight and discuss their education policy agendas––including but not limited to education funding––as part of a day looking to emphasize education as a critical domestic policy. > The 2016 CEF Presidential Forum agenda includes: > Breakfast and Networking: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM > Moderated Forum: 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM > Closing: 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM > Can’t make it? Not to worry––this event will be live streamed and a link will be shared in the coming weeks. In the meantime, CEF members, you have the opportunity to submit your questions at SubmitQ@cef.org <mailto:SubmitQ@cef.org> and tweet your questions via twitter using #CEFpresForum. > Questions? Ask Advocacy Committee Co-Chair Ally Bernstein <mailto:ally@jbernsteinstrategy.com>. > 2. FY 2017 Appropriations: > a. Senate: The Senate is now back on track on appropriations bills. Majority Leader McConnell arranged a parliamentary move after last night’s 3rd failed cloture vote on the Energy/Water bill, for a cloture vote on the Cotton amendment (which is what Democrats had been filibustering against). The Cotton amendment is not expected to get cloture, thus clearing a path for passage of the bill. That passage is expected by tomorrow. The Senate will then turn to a combined package (a little minibus) of MilCon/VA and THUD. The bills would share a legislative vehicle, likely the House-passed fiscal 2016 Transportation-HUD measure (HR 2577). > > The Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to hold more markups next week. > > b. House: The House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee tomorrow at 5:30 PM will mark up the FY 2017 defense bill. See: House Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Bill <http://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394520>. It’s already partisan. Ranking Member Lowey said, ““The majority’s failure to provide a full year of funding for thousands of men and women serving in dangerous places around the world is astoundingly irresponsible. By shifting funding away from Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), the majority would create a cliff just a few months into 2017, forcing the new President to request supplemental funds to pay our troops within weeks after taking office. This funding gimmick violates the bipartisan agreement enacted last November and overshadows positive aspects of the bill, including a pay raise for troops, increase for cybersecurity, and other critical investments. This Committee must get serious and improve this bill prior to enactment to provide the certainty that troops serving in dangerous places need.” > > There are no full committee markups scheduled this week. Next week, I expect defense and probably Leg branch, which had been approved by subcommittee, to go to full committee markup, with additional bills scheduled for subcommittee markup. > > The House is also expected to take up on the floor next week its first FY 2017 bill, MilCon/VA. > > c. Labor-HHS-ED: Still appears on track for an early June markup in the Senate and a mid- to late-June markup in the House. > > 3. CEF Meeting: We will have a regular Friday meeting this week on May 13, but the meeting will start earlier than normal. Due to our speaker’s, schedule, Robin Juliano (former staffer for both the House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations subcommittees, and currently on the staff of the White House’s National Economic Council) will speak promptly at 9:15 AM! After she is done, I’ll provide my update and then committee reports and other business, so we’ll be done prior to 11 AM. > > Please arrive prior to 9:15 AM so we have a good size audience for Robin. > > 4. FY 2018 Budget: OMB recently issued a memo to agencies <https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-16-10.pdf> on the FY 21018 Budget process. Noting that “The FY 2018 Budget will be submitted by the next President”. The memo than tells agencies that “You are not required to submit a formal budget request to OMB in September, and there will be no formal Director's Review or Passback processes this fall. Most of the policy materials you usually submit in September in support of your budget requests will not be required until after the new administration (or a transition team) is in place, although you may be asked to provide information on selected topics by your OMB representatives.” > > > 5. Perkins Hearing: The Education and the Workforce Committee today announced it will hold a hearing on May 17 next week on “Helping Students Succeed by Strengthening the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act <http://edworkforce.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=400663>”. No witnesses announced yet. > > 6. Dyslexia Hearing: The Senate HELP Committee today held a hearing “Understanding Dyslexia: The Intersection of Scientific Research & Education <http://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/understanding-dyslexia-the-intersection-of-scientific-research-and-education>.” Sen. Cassidy (R-LA) and Sen. Mikulski (D-MD) co-chaired the hearing. See: Cassidy’s Opening Statement for Senate Education Hearing on Dyslexia <http://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidys-opening-statement-for-senate-education-hearing-on-dyslexia>. Also see Mikulski statement: Mikulski, Cassidy Co-Chair Bipartisan Senate Help Committee Hearing On Dyslexia <https://www.mikulski.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/mikulski-cassidy-co-chair-bipartisan-senate-help-committee-hearing-on-dyslexia>. > > 7. 2016 Building a Grad Nation Report: Written annually by Civic Enterprises <http://www.civicenterprises.net/home> and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University <http://www.every1graduates.org/>, and released in partnership with America’s Promise Alliance <http://www.americaspromise.org/> and the Alliance for Excellent Education <http://all4ed.org/>, this report examines the progress and challenges the nation faces in reaching the GradNation goal of a national on-time graduation rate of 90 percent by the Class of 2020. > The 2016 Building a Grad Nation <http://www.gradnation.org/sites/default/files/civic_2016_full_report_FNL.pdf> report is the first to analyze 2014 graduation data using new criteria established by ESSA and the first to show the impact of additional time on graduation rates. > > 8. YMCA of the USA Invitation: MBK Caucus Special Reception and Briefing on Youth Mentoring: Jessica Seitz of the Y asked me to share this: > Please join us for a congressional briefing <https://mentoring.givezooks.com/events/mentor-s-congressional-briefing> co-hosted by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR) and the new Congressional My Brother’s Keeper Caucus on May 17th, 2016 from 10:00-11:30 (210 Cannon House Office Building). You’re also invited to a special reception co-hosted with YMCA of the USA on May 17th from 6:00-7:00, B-340 Rayburn House Office Building. Click here <https://mentoring.givezooks.com/events/mentor-s-congressional-briefing> to RSVP for the briefing and/or reception! > BRIEFING: Expanding Opportunity for Young People of Color. > When: Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 10:00-11:30 a.m. ET > Where: 210 Cannon House Office Building, 1st Street & Independence Ave SE, Washington, D.C. 20515 > Description: Nationally, youth disconnection rates (from school and work) for young black men are 21.6 percent, for Native Americans, 20.3 percent and Latinos, 16.3 percent -- significantly higher than for Asian Americans (7.9 percent) or whites (11.3 percent). Young black men are disconnected at a rate 35 percent higher than young black girls. These youth are cut off from guidance and support at an age when their adult identities, experiences, and skills are developing and thus face an uncertain transition to adulthood. MENTOR is collaborating with the Congressional My Brother’s Keeper Caucus on a briefing to delve deeply into how mentoring can offer a pathway to success for young people of color, helping them successfully navigate the transition from school to work and from childhood to adulthood. Panelists will cover research and practice, as well as highlight programs, trends and campaigns related to youth mentoring. Including emerging impact evidence from research, best practices from leaders in the field, and strategies including cultural competency, strengths-based approaches, and mentoring integrated into school, work, and community. > Panelists: > • Michael A. DeVaul, YMCA of Greater Charlotte > • Albert Dotson, Jr., Blizin, Sumberg, Baena, Price & Axelrod, 100 Black Men of America, and White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans > • Noelle Hurd, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia > • David Shapiro, CEO, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership > • Paul V. Wilson, Administrative Director, School Operations, 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project > • Malcolm Johnson, Executive Director, Real Estate Banking & Edgar Dacto, TFI Fellow, JP Morgan Chase (Mentor-Mentee pair in “The Fellowship Initiative” program) > > > 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 >