Big news here is item #2(a). We now know what the Senate’s 302(b) allocation is for the Labor-HHS-ED bill: $161.857 billion, just $270 million below FY 2016. This is not as bad as some had feared. However, it's still a cut, and, knowing that there is a lot of support in the Senate for some increases to certain programs in their bill (NIH, in particular), there will inevitably be cuts to some education programs. Jeff > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > Subject: Meting Notice and Thursday Update > Date: April 14, 2016 at 11:42:34 AM EDT > To: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > > > > THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS TO DATE: American Alliance of Museums (AAM), ISTE, NACAC, NAfME, National PTA, ProLiteracy, SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Taylor Strategies, and Washington Partners > 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. (See attached) > > CEF Meeting: We will have a regular Friday meeting tomorrow, Friday, April 15 at 1307 New York Ave., NW, first floor auditorium. Our guest speaker will be Peter Oppenheim, the chief education counsel for the Senate HELP Committee. Click here for the agenda <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B19p6j32JwToUzNtSWhNdHhFQ0U/view?usp=sharing> and here for the latest meeting schedule <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B19p6j32JwToX0VvQ3RsdkZoWDQ/view?usp=sharing>. As always, we’ll start with breakfast and social time at 9 AM, with the meeting starting at 9:30 AM. Call-in #: 1-877-885-3221 PIN: 247-4788#. We’ll also have copies again of the CEF Budget Response and membership directory for those who have not yet gotten theirs. > FY 2017 Appropriations: > Senate: The Appropriations Committee by unanimous vote just approved its 302(b) allocations for all 12 bills. Ranking Democrat Mikulski said the allocations are fair but snug. The Labor-HHS-ED allocation of $161.857 billion is just $270 million (-0.2%) below FY 2016. See this table <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B19p6j32JwToQUJ3dXZJLXItYnM/view?usp=sharing> prepared by CEF. Attached is the committee’s release with all of the 302(b)s. > > The Committee also approved its first two bills: MilCon/VA and Energy and Water. > > Senate Majority Leader McConnell this morning moved to proceed to Calendar #96, H.R.2028 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d114:H.R.2028:>, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016 and filed a cloture motion on that motion. That bill will be the vehicle for the Senate’s FY 2017 Energy/Water bill. So next week will see the Senate consider its first FY 2017 appropriations bill. McConnell said at the markup that he is prepared to devote up to 12 weeks of floor time for consideration of appropriations bills. > > House: The House Appropriations Committee has not yet released its schedule for next week, but it is expected to markup additional bills in subcommittee and full committee. The House is not expected to consider any appropriations bills on the floor next week. > > The Committee did file its report <http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/04.13.16_suballocation_of_budget_allocatoins_for_fy_2017.pdf> on its one 302(b) allocation, and explained, “When the House acts to adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017 or otherwise sets a discretionary topline, the committee will fully distribute the allocation provided to it.” > Budget Process Changes: The House Rules Committee Subcommittee on Rules and the Organization of the House is holding a hearing today at 3 PM on Proposed Reforms to Rule XXI and the Modern Authorization and Appropriations Process. The witnesses are: > Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va. > Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. > Rep. David E. Price, D-N.C. > Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif. > > Rep, Nita Lowey, the ranking member on House Appropriations issued a memo <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B19p6j32JwToc2xJSTVfQzFPOWs> to the Rules Committee Dems sharply criticizing the proposed changes (no longer allowing a waiver for appropriates bills that contain funding for programs with expired authorizations, and allowing mandatory spending cuts to be added to appropriations bills) to the process. Some excerpts: > “Rules making in order floor consideration of Appropriations bills typically waive points of order against provisions of the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. Republicans propose to ban such waivers. Given the quantity of federal departments, agencies, and other investments that are unauthorized – or whose authorizations have expired – this is a recipe for chaos. Under this rule change, the vast majority of discretionary appropriations could be ruled out of order” > > “If the majority has ideas to reduce mandatory spending, they should be advanced under regular order through the committee of jurisdiction – not through the Appropriations process where the consequence of failing to pass a bill is government shutdown. House rule XXI dates to 1837, when it was adopted to insulate the Appropriations process from politically divisive issues that make must-pass legislation more difficult to enact. The author of the proposal openly states the rule change is intended to hold the Labor-HHS-Education bill hostage, to force the President to agree to unpopular cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and to replace bipartisan caps with lower sequestration levels.” > > 3. Balanced Budget Amendment Sign-on Letter and Important Meeting: May 4th: From Marc Egan at NEA: On behalf AFSCME, NEA and CBPP, we would like to invite you to an important meeting on Wednesday (5/4) to discuss both the threat of a constitutional balanced budget amendment (BBA) and a possible constitutional convention at the federal and state levels and how they can potentially build off each other to become even greater threats. We will provide updated information on the impact of the Senate Republican BBA proposal, and discuss ways to address it. > > LOCATION: SD-106 (Dirksen Senate Office Building) > DATE: 05/04/2016 > TIME: 2:30 EST PM > > If you are able to join the meeting, please RSVP to Daniel Estes (destes@cbpp.org <mailto:destes@cbpp.org>). > > Also, attached is the new sign on letter of national groups in opposition to a BBA. We have over 250 groups signed. If your national group has not yet signed on, please do so by emailing Daniel Estes (destes@cbpp.org <mailto:destes@cbpp.org>). The deadline is noon on Monday, April 18. > > 4. Projections of Education Statistics: NCES today released "Projections of Education Statistics to 2023 <http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015073.pdf>" with data on enrollment, teachers, graduates, and expenditures. Some key findings: > · Total public and private elementary and secondary school enrollment was 55 million in fall 2011, representing a 4 percent increase since fall 1998 (table 1). Between fall 2011, the last year of actual public school data, and fall 2023, a further increase of 4 percent in total enrollment is expected. Public school enrollment is projected to be higher in 2023 than in 2011 while private school enrollment is projected to be lower. > · The number of high school graduates increased nationally by 25 percent between 1998–99 and 2011–12, the last year of actual data for public schools (table 9). The number of high school graduates is projected to be 2 percent lower in 2023–24 than in 2011–12. The number of public high school graduates is projected to be higher in 2023–24 than in 2011–12 while the number of private high school graduates is projected to be lower. > · Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education are projected to increase 20 percent in constant dollars between school years 2010–11, the last year of actual data, and 2023–24. > · Total enrollment in postsecondary degree-granting institutions is expected to increase 15 percent between fall 2012, the last year of actual data, and fall 2023 (table 13). Degree-granting institutions are postsecondary institutions that provide study beyond secondary school and offer programs terminating in an associate’s, baccalaureate, or higher degree and participate in federal financial aid programs. Differential growth is expected by student characteristics such as age, sex, and attendance status (part-time or full-time). Enrollment is expected to increase in both public and private postsecondary degree-granting institutions. > > 5. School Improvement Grants: The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) in the Institute of Education Sciences today released Case Studies of Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants: Final Report <http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20164002/>. “This evaluation report tracks the implementation of School Improvement Grants (SIG) by examining the actions and reactions of 25 SIG schools as they attempt to turn around a history of low performance.” Here are summary of key findings: > · A majority of the 25 core sample schools replaced their principal (21 schools) at least once in the year before SIG (2009–10) or in Year 1 of SIG (2010–11). > · About half of the 25 core sample schools (12 schools, including 9 turnaround, 2 restart, and 1 transformation) replaced at least 50 percent of their teachers during the 2009–10, 2010–11, or 2011–12 school years. > · According to teacher survey data, more teachers reported participating in professional learning on math, literacy, and data use than on ELL instruction, special education, or classroom management during Year 2 of SIG (2011–12). > · Core sample schools reported receiving support from their district (22 of 22 schools) and external support provider(s) (22 of 25 schools), but in some cases, respondents described shortcomings in their district or external support. > · Among the 12 core subsample schools, those that appeared to engage in more efforts to build human capital in Years 1 and 2 of SIG (7 schools) were more likely to improve their organizational capacity (or sustain their already higher capacity). > · Sustainability of any improvements may prove fragile. > > > > 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 > >