Traveling again today so sending without additional comment.Had uneventful meeting with DeVos's policy people yesterday- nothing of note to report out. The contrast between this team and the last administration is interesting. More later...Jeff============ Forwarded message ============From : Sheryl Cohen<cohen@cef.org>To : "CEFMembersList"<CEFMembersList@americancontinentalgroup.onmicrosoft.com>Date : Wed, 31 May 2017 14:45:32 -0400Subject : CEF Update: 05.31.17 -  News of the day, ED meeting, CEF letter on President's budget, summer timetable for budget issues, events============ Forwarded message ============           Wednesday, May 31, 2017       Dear CEF Members:              I.               What we’re hearing     ·       Staff changes at Senate Budget Committee –  Both the Republican and Democratic education analysts for the Senate Budget Committee are moving on.  Peter Warren has left Chairman Enzi’s staff to become Senior Advisor with the Office of Management and Budget.  Michael DiNapoli is leaving Ranking Member  Sanders’ staff to pursue new horizons in New York City.  We’ll let you know when successors are announced.     II.            Advocacy     ·       CEF meeting with Department of Education - This morning a few of the CEF officers, Sarah, and I met with three of the new policy staff at the Department of Education: Ebony Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Stanley Buchesky,  Senior Advisor, Budget and Finance, Office of the Secretary; and Kathleen Smith, Senior Advisor for postsecondary issues.  We introduced CEF and our advocacy efforts to increase the federal investment in education, and offered CEF’s resources as the  Administration considers options for policy and budgeting.  They were interested in how we track early childhood education, options for Perkins career and technical education, and data on what works.  We will be working with you to pull together helpful data  on programs along the education spectrum.        ·       CEF letter to Congress on the President’s budget – Last Thursday, CEF sent the attached  letter to Congress expressing opposition to the President’s fiscal year 2018 budget.  It urges Congress to raise the sequester level spending cap on nondefense discretionary (NDD) funding and increase the federal investment in education.      III.         Policy Intelligence and Education News    ·       Debt ceiling vote may come this summer – The Administration wants Congress to vote to raise the debt ceiling by the end of July, far sooner than the prevailing idea that the vote would be needed by early fall.  This is  always a contentious vote, and in the past has presented the opportunity for negotiations on both sides to attach other policies to this must-pass legislation.  For instance, the Budget Control Act was part of a package to raise the debt ceiling while lowering  the deficit.  This year some may try to link the debt ceiling vote with legislation that raises the sequester-level discretionary spending caps; as you know, CEF continues to advocate for raising the NDD cap, which would increase the source of funding that  supports education appropriations.     ·       12-bill Republican omnibus appropriations package this summer? – Roll Call reports that some House Republicans are considering passing a partisan package of 12 fiscal year 2018 appropriations bills before the August recess, even though Congress  has yet to proceed with passing a budget resolution or settling on top line spending levels for defense and NDD funding.  Republicans acknowledge that the bill would not be able to pass the Senate, where it would take 60 votes to pass, but that it could be  a messaging document for Republican priorities.     ·       CEF Member job listing: University of California – (Don’t forget that CEF members who have registered for member access to the CEF website can find all the job openings we’ve listed on the CEF Job Board.)  The University of California’s Office of Federal Governmental Relations is seeking a director of education in D.C.  The full job description and qualifications  are listed  here.     IV.          Events    ·       CEF’s upcoming schedule –  o   Friday, June 2 – No meeting  o   Friday, June 9,  9-11 am: CEF meeting (AASCU, 1307 NY Ave, NW). Guest speaker: Mike Gentile, Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Republican staff  o   Friday, June 16, 9-11 am: Quarterly meeting (University of California, 1608 Rhode Island Ave, NW, 1st Floor Auditorium)   o   Friday, June 23,  9-11 am: CEF meeting (AASCU, 1307 NY Ave, NW). Guest speaker: Mary Cassell, OMB Education Branch chief, with education staffers  o   Friday, June 30,  9-11 am: CEF meeting (AASCU, 1307 NY Ave, NW). Guest speaker: TBD.      ·       National Center for Learning Disabilities briefing on June 6 – NCLS is holding a lunch briefing on “Breaking Down Barriers to Success: Policy, Progress, and the State of Learning Disabilities” at 11:45 on June 6, Capitol  Visitors Center, room SVC-202.  Please RSVP  here by June 1.    ·       NDD United webinar on effective strategies to influence Congress on June 22 and June 23 – The Congressional Management Foundation is hosting two free webinars for policy, advocacy, and communications professionals involved  with NDD United.  “Citizen-Centric Advocacy: The Untapped Power of Constituent Engagement” will focus on the Foundation’s research on what works to influence Congress.  Register at the following links: for the webinar on June 22 from 3-4pm, or the webinar on June 23 from 11am-noon.    My best,     Sheryl      Sheryl V. Cohen, Executive Director    1800 M Street, NW Suite 500 South Washington, DC 20036 T: 202-327-8125 cohen@cef.org www.cef.org      
    
    

Traveling again today so sending without additional comment.Had uneventful meeting with DeVos's policy people yesterday- nothing of note to report out. The contrast between this team and the last administration is interesting. More later...Jeff============ Forwarded message ============From : Sheryl Cohen<cohen@cef.org>To : "CEFMembersList"<CEFMembersList@americancontinentalgroup.onmicrosoft.com>Date : Wed, 31 May 2017 14:45:32 -0400Subject : CEF Update: 05.31.17 - News of the day, ED meeting, CEF letter on President's budget, summer timetable for budget issues, events============ Forwarded message ============     Wednesday, May 31, 2017     Dear CEF Members:             I.               What we’re hearing   ·       Staff changes at Senate Budget Committee – Both the Republican and Democratic education analysts for the Senate Budget Committee are moving on.  Peter Warren has left Chairman Enzi’s staff to become Senior Advisor with the Office of Management and Budget.  Michael DiNapoli is leaving Ranking Member Sanders’ staff to pursue new horizons in New York City.  We’ll let you know when successors are announced.   II.            Advocacy   ·       CEF meeting with Department of Education - This morning a few of the CEF officers, Sarah, and I met with three of the new policy staff at the Department of Education: Ebony Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Stanley Buchesky, Senior Advisor, Budget and Finance, Office of the Secretary; and Kathleen Smith, Senior Advisor for postsecondary issues.  We introduced CEF and our advocacy efforts to increase the federal investment in education, and offered CEF’s resources as the Administration considers options for policy and budgeting.  They were interested in how we track early childhood education, options for Perkins career and technical education, and data on what works.  We will be working with you to pull together helpful data on programs along the education spectrum.      ·       CEF letter to Congress on the President’s budget – Last Thursday, CEF sent the attached letter to Congress expressing opposition to the President’s fiscal year 2018 budget.  It urges Congress to raise the sequester level spending cap on nondefense discretionary (NDD) funding and increase the federal investment in education.    III.         Policy Intelligence and Education News   ·       Debt ceiling vote may come this summer – The Administration wants Congress to vote to raise the debt ceiling by the end of July, far sooner than the prevailing idea that the vote would be needed by early fall.  This is always a contentious vote, and in the past has presented the opportunity for negotiations on both sides to attach other policies to this must-pass legislation.  For instance, the Budget Control Act was part of a package to raise the debt ceiling while lowering the deficit.  This year some may try to link the debt ceiling vote with legislation that raises the sequester-level discretionary spending caps; as you know, CEF continues to advocate for raising the NDD cap, which would increase the source of funding that supports education appropriations.   ·       12-bill Republican omnibus appropriations package this summer? – Roll Call reports that some House Republicans are considering passing a partisan package of 12 fiscal year 2018 appropriations bills before the August recess, even though Congress has yet to proceed with passing a budget resolution or settling on top line spending levels for defense and NDD funding.  Republicans acknowledge that the bill would not be able to pass the Senate, where it would take 60 votes to pass, but that it could be a messaging document for Republican priorities.   ·       CEF Member job listing: University of California – (Don’t forget that CEF members who have registered for member access to the CEF website can find all the job openings we’ve listed on the CEF Job Board.)  The University of California’s Office of Federal Governmental Relations is seeking a director of education in D.C.  The full job description and qualifications are listed here.   IV.          Events   ·       CEF’s upcoming schedule – o   Friday, June 2 – No meeting o   Friday, June 9,  9-11 am: CEF meeting (AASCU, 1307 NY Ave, NW). Guest speaker: Mike Gentile, Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Republican staff o   Friday, June 16, 9-11 am: Quarterly meeting (University of California, 1608 Rhode Island Ave, NW, 1st Floor Auditorium) o   Friday, June 23,  9-11 am: CEF meeting (AASCU, 1307 NY Ave, NW). Guest speaker: Mary Cassell, OMB Education Branch chief, with education staffers o   Friday, June 30,  9-11 am: CEF meeting (AASCU, 1307 NY Ave, NW). Guest speaker: TBD.    ·       National Center for Learning Disabilities briefing on June 6 – NCLS is holding a lunch briefing on “Breaking Down Barriers to Success: Policy, Progress, and the State of Learning Disabilities” at 11:45 on June 6, Capitol Visitors Center, room SVC-202.  Please RSVP here by June 1.   ·       NDD United webinar on effective strategies to influence Congress on June 22 and June 23 – The Congressional Management Foundation is hosting two free webinars for policy, advocacy, and communications professionals involved with NDD United.  “Citizen-Centric Advocacy: The Untapped Power of Constituent Engagement” will focus on the Foundation’s research on what works to influence Congress.  Register at the following links: for the webinar on June 22 from 3-4pm, or the webinar on June 23 from 11am-noon.   My best,   Sheryl     Sheryl V. Cohen, Executive Director   1800 M Street, NW Suite 500 South Washington, DC 20036 T: 202-327-8125 cohen@cef.org www.cef.org