OHIO ACTE

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Federal Legislative Update

• OHIO ACTE
• JANUARY 2007

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Political Environment

• New Congressional leadership
• Both parties attempting to establish position
• Budget deficits remain great concern
• We must maintain bi-partisan support for CTE

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Perkins Reauthorization

• Reauthorization process began in 2004
• House and Senate approved legislation
  overwhelmingly in July 2006
• President signed into law August 12, 2006
• Reauthorized through 2012

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Perkins Reauthorization Themes

• Accountability and program improvement
• Secondary-postsecondary connections
• Links to rigorous academics
• Stronger focus on business and industry

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Perkins Reauthorization

• New Law
• Will use the term career and technical
  education instead of vocational education
• Will maintain Tech Prep as a separate federal
  funding stream within the legislation
• Will maintain state administrative funding at 5
  of a states allocation

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Perkins Reauthorization

• Will require Programs of Study
• Cover CTE content areas
• Incorporate both secondary and postsecondary
  elements
• Include academic and CTE content in a
  coordinated, non-duplicative progression of
  courses
• Lead to an industry-recognized credential or
  certificate, associate or bachelors degree

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Perkins Reauthorization

• Department of Education has released draft state
  plan guidance
• More information expected in late January
• States must submit transition plans for 2007-2008
  in mid-April
• Five-year final plans will be due spring 2008
• Now is the time to provide input at the state
  level

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FY 07 Budget Appropriations

• President released Administrations budget
  request Feb. 6, 2006
• Proposal completely eliminated Perkins, cut
  education budget overall, and made cuts to
  workforce development programs
• Total of 141 programs targeted for elimination,
  42 within Dept. of Education

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FY 07 Budget Appropriations

• Congressional Action
• House and Senate approved overall spending cap of
  873 billion the same as the Presidents
  request
• Within this total, House appropriators allocated
  4.1 billion above Presidents request to Labor,
  HHS, Education Subcommittee
• Senate appropriators allocated 5 billion above
  the President's request to Labor, HHS,
  Education Subcommittee

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FY 07 Budget Appropriations

• Congressional Action
• Good News House Senate Appropriations
  Committee approved level funding for Perkins
  Basic State Grant and Tech Prep
• Bad News House Senate Appropriations
  Committee approved cuts to education overall, and
  cuts to workforce development programs

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FY 07 Budget Appropriations

• Congressional Action
• Full House Senate postponed consideration of
  the Labor, HHS, and Education bill
• A Continuing Resolution (CR) was passed before
  Congress adjourned in 2006 to continue federal
  funding at current levels until Feb. 15, 2007
• Congress is now working on a long-term CR that
  will continue funding until the end of FY 07

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FY 08 Budget Appropriations

• As Congress works to finish FY 07 bills, it is
  already preparing for FY 08
• President Bush will release his FY 08 Budget
  Request to Congress on February 5
• We expect cuts to education and workforce
  development programs again this year

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No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

• Scheduled for reauthorization in 2007
• The Administration and some members of Congress
  have expressed hope of completing reauthorization
  this year
• Most expect work will be started, but not
  completed, perhaps until after 2008 elections

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No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

• Key ACTE Issues
• Integrate academic and technical education
• Support comprehensive guidance and career
  development strategies
• Increase the focus on secondary school completion

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No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

• Ensure that highly effective educators are
  supported and available across the curriculum
• Improve Adequate Yearly Progress and
  accountability provisions
• Provide support and incentives for innovation,
  replication and development of infrastructure

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WIA Reauthorization

• 108th Congress
• Passed by both House and Senate
• Died in Conference Committee
• 109th Congress
• Passed by House and Senate
• Died because no further action was taken
• 110th Congress must revisit not a political
  priority

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WIA Reauthorization

• Key ACTE Issues
• One-stop infrastructure funding
• Create a separate line for infrastructure funding
• Resisting proposals to require WIA partners fund
  (including Perkins) to fund one-stop
  infrastructure
• Funding
• Keeping funding for youth, adults, dislocated
  workers, and the Employment Service separate

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WIA Reauthorization

• Training
• Eliminating sequence of service requirements
  and allow people to access suitable training
  immediately
• Tracking WIA-Funded Clients
• Limit tracking requirements to WIA-funded clients
  only
• WIB Membership
• Maintaining Perkins membership on local WIBS

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WIA Reauthorization

• Youth
• Maintaining proportion of youth funds spent to
  serve out-of-school youth vs. in-school youth
  (30/70)
• Resisting using up to 25 percent of WIA Youth
  Formula funds to launch a new National Challenge
  Grant program for youth
• Maintaining Youth Councils

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Higher Education Act Reauthorization

• HEA Status
• Portions related to student loans were passed as
  part of budget reconciliation in early 2006
• Congress is expected to revisit full
  reauthorization this year
• Legislation is a priority of new congressional
  leaders
• Expanding access to higher education will be a
  strong focus

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Higher Education Act Reauthorization

• Key ACTE Issues
• Teacher training
• Eligible institution definition
• Expanding access through changes to financial aid
  rules and increased funding

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What You Can Do.
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What You Can Do

• Build relationships with policymakers
• Stay in regular contact
• Share local data and statistics
• Contact at critical times Respond to ACTE
  Legislative Alerts
• Promote your programs to legislators, media,
  the community to build support

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ACTE Advocacy Tools

• Use ACTE Online Advocacy Toolkit
• Sign-up for ACTEs Legislative Alerts to receive
  the latest information and stay informed on key
  issues
• Use ACTEs Legislative Action Center to
  communicate with legislators and to find their
  contact information

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Contact Us

• Association for Career and Technical Education
• 1410 King Street
• Alexandria, VA 22314
• [phone]
• Web www.acteonline.org