[Dec-kentucky] FW: Subdivision Leaders - Important DEC Alert!
Michael, Sonia
Sonia.Michael at EKU.EDU
Mon Feb 2 08:06:22 MST 2009
Please see the message below and contact your senators to ask for support. Forwarded on behalf of Kentucky DEC.
Sonia Michael, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Special Education IECE
Eastern Kentucky University
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DEC ALERT - Contact your Senators!
Support the Senate Recovery Bill with funds for Part C, Part B and Set-aside for 619!
This is a very important week for passage of the recovery (stimulus) package. The Senate will be debating their version of the bill all week and plans to vote late in the week. The House has already passed its version of the bill.
Please read CEC's alert below and take a few minutes to contact both your Senators and ask them to support the recovery bill with the IDEA increases.
The House and Senate bills include $13 billion for Part B.
The House bill does not include any funds for 619 but the good news is the Senate bill requires LEAs to spent at least 15% of the extra Part B funds they receive from this recovery bill.
The House bill includes $600 million for Part C and the Senate bill includes $500 million for Part C.
Please call or email your Senators and ask for their support!
Sharon Walsh and Bonnie Keilty, DEC Governmental Relations
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CEC's Voice Heard on Capitol Hill: Legislation to Double IDEA Funding Passes House; Headed to Senate<mip://01e03fe0/default.html#LETTER.BLOCK7>
Differences Between the House and Senate Versions of the American Recovery and Investment Act<mip://01e03fe0/default.html#LETTER.BLOCK11>
House Education and Labor Committee Subcommittee Chairs and New Members Formally Announced<mip://01e03fe0/default.html#LETTER.BLOCK13>
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January 30, 2009
CEC's Policy Insider is your connection to special & gifted education policy information.
CEC's Voice Heard on Capitol Hill: Legislation to Double IDEA Funding Passes House; Headed to Senate
Ask Your Senators for Their Support!<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102435835132&e=001z_EpiF7nYqxgbu0rbLUlhivv4uupfa_ycESRkw2ZqDnnZenulUCkx_Unx6XzDRyQCOTTUkLTWm0T_AdLX2GcoQVu6nLmAX8rWjfPHG0YLBgwJ-n80_YPlIyXT0DkYiMR>
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102435835132&e=001z_EpiF7nYqxIkCoEydjH2VJypP8bOKbdtc6jgGPh11UADEi-PfOWThSvv0kKObfu95YFPrVtibkpthwZqsflhHatbqgtNJBnok58B5yBvWSRtWNKEelEocXxIpUr9Dhu>. This legislation provides historic increases in funding for IDEA Grants to States (Part B) and the Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program (Part C), funding that CEC and its members have advocated for since IDEA's inception. While the bill passed by a vote of 244-188, every Republican and 10 Democrats in the House voted against the bill. Throughout the legislative process, CEC has been actively advocating for Congress to include critical provisions benefiting children and youth with disabilities and the professionals who work on their behalf.
CEC thanks all of its members who contacted their Representatives to demonstrate the nationwide need for additional IDEA funding. But we still need your help!
Next steps in the process...
With the Senate scheduled to start debating their version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on February 2nd and a full vote expected later next week, CEC is urging its members to contact their Senators in support of IDEA funding. To answer mounting opposition, CEC urges you to contact your Senators using CEC's Legislative Action Center <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102435835132&e=001z_EpiF7nYqxgbu0rbLUlhivv4uupfa_ycESRkw2ZqDnnZenulUCkx_Unx6XzDRyQCOTTUkLTWm0T_AdLX2GcoQVu6nLmAX8rWjfPHG0YLBgwJ-n80_YPlIyXT0DkYiMR> to express your support!
While much of the Senate and House versions of the bill remain the same, there are some differences within IDEA provisions. Within the Senate bill, CEC is supporting a provision which would provide $13 billion for IDEA Grants to States (Part B) with at least 15 percent of this money to be allocated for IDEA's Preschool Grants Program (Part B - Section 619). The House version does not include a provision for IDEA's Preschool Grant Program. Also included in the Senate version is $500 million for IDEA IInfants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program (Part C), rather than the $600 million passed by the House. CEC is supporting $600 million for Part C (see next story below for more details on all of the differences concerning education funding).
The money contained within this bill is an unprecedented investment that will provide much needed relief to state and local governments struggling to balance their budgets. See how much money the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would bring to your school district in the areas of Title I, school construction and IDEA Part B<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102435835132&e=001z_EpiF7nYqyk7CZMlTvNpBZ8H61sp2uqpSel8dqYTwwY6vt6nPOiADbJusaAy4OpczHuoSWYtZa_q2WJu7DtU_OkTbzZRDMkPKw5NTv2y-Trx_fJVUe2hshYxg_fzVDYj2_paotnxrfJ_ZcFo0UQMrWQSciCTwiQf8Xw5aIy9vlMt-OIbw0mYQMr5XjAdRVvSoYLOd-ZM_1QVPtkAtkY7g-U8OsDShHKVtr2_NqKBJKIFMKSZO6QXSGlQwk7SyRO>. We know that this infusion of resources for IDEA will help deflect job layoffs, help ensure program continuation, and free up resources for other critical initiatives. Therefore, CEC urges you to contact your members of Congress to urge them to support this bill TODAY!<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102435835132&e=001z_EpiF7nYqxgbu0rbLUlhivv4uupfa_ycESRkw2ZqDnnZenulUCkx_Unx6XzDRyQCOTTUkLTWm0T_AdLX2GcoQVu6nLmAX8rWjfPHG0YLBgwJ-n80_YPlIyXT0DkYiMR>
Also, be sure to share your story with CEC to support our advocacy efforts by emailing elisabethw at cec.sped.org<mailto:elisabethw at cec.sped.org>
Summary of the Differences Between the House and Senate Versions of the
American Recovery and Investment Act
State Stabilization Fund HOUSE SENATE
-Local School Districts and Public
Colleges and Universities $39 billion $39 billion
-State Education Performance
Grants $15 billion $15 billion
-Other Priority Needs, including
education $25 billion $25 billion
K-12 Education
-Title I State Grants $13 billion $13 billion
-School Modernization and Repair $14 billion $16 billion
-QZABS $1.4 billion $1.4 billion
-School Construction Bonds
(cost over ten years) $9.9 billion $4.5 billion
-Teaching Incentive Fund $200 million $0
-Impact Aid $100 million $320 million
-Education for the Homeless $66 million $70 million
-USDA School Food Service
Equipment $0 $198 million
Education for Students with Disabilities
-IDEA Part B State Grants $13 billion $13 billion*
-IDEA Grants for Infants and Families $600 million $500 million
-Vocational Rehabilitation State
Grants $500 million $500 million
Higher Education
-Pell Grant Program $15.6 billion $13.8 billion
-Higher Education Modernization
and Repair $6 billion $3.5 billion
-NIH University Research Facilities $1.5 billion $0
-College Work-Study $490 million $0
-NIST Research Science Building
Construction Grants $300 million $0
-Student Aid Administration $50 million $0
-Federal Perkins Capital
Contributions $0 $61 million
-STEM Education $100 million $50 million
-Improving Teacher Quality $100 million $100 million
-American Opportunity Tax Credit
(over 10 years) $13.7 billion $12.9 billion
Education Technology
-21s t Century Classrooms $1 billion $1 billion
-Statewide Data Systems $250 million $0
-Grants to Institutional Entities
for Sustainability
and Efficiency $1 billion $1.6 billion
Early Childhood Education
-Child Care Development Block
Grant (CDBG) $2 billion $2 billion
-Head Start $2.1 billion $2.1 billion
Compiled by Committee for Education Funding (Funding levels over 2 years unless specified)
Source: House and Senate Appropriations Committees
*In the Senate version IDEA Part B, the Grants to States would receive $13 billion with at least 15 percent of this money to be allocated for Part B - Section 619 Preschool Grants Program. The House version does not include a provision for IDEA's preschool grant program.
House Education and Labor Committee Subcommittee Chairs and New Members Formally Announced
Representative George Miller (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, announced the new members and subcommittee chairs for the committee in the 111th Congress.
Subcommittee Chairs:
·U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI), Chair, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
·U.S. Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Chair, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
·U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Chair, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
·U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX), Chair, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
·U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Chair, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities
New Members to the Committee:
· Representative Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
· Representative Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR)
· Representative Jared Polis (D-CO)
· Delegate Gregorio Sablan (D-Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands
· Representative Dina Titus (D-NV)
· Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY)
CEC looks forward to discussions concerning the Committee's work on behalf of children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents, and the professionals who work on their behalf.
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