Federal Education Funding Update 2013 by AASA

Federal Education Funding Update 2013 by AASA

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  Federal Education Funding Update NoelleEllerson AASA March 2013
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  Federal Education Funding  Budget vs. Appropriations  Federal Fiscal Year runs Oct. 1 – Sept. 30  FY13 started Oct. 1, 2012  FY13 dollars are in 2013-14 school year budgets  Federal Budget sets overall funding level (the whole pie)  Federal Appropriations determines programmatic funding level (our piece of the pie)
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  US Map: FederalRevenue in Local Edu Budgets
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  Budget Control Act(BCA)  Stems from Debt Ceiling Debate from Summer 2011  Among other things:  Raised Debt Ceiling  Created Super Committee tasked with identifying $1.2 trillion in savings over ten years  Established spending caps for next ten years (starting with FY12)  Required votes on balanced budget amendments  Sequestration  Stems from failed ‘Super Committee’ created in BCA  Sequestration = automatic, across-the-board cuts
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  Sequestration & Education  Cuts took effect March 1  Cuts will total $3 billion  Cuts will come in 2013-14 school year  Final appropriations for FY13 do not avoid sequestration cuts; build budgets accordingly  Every K-12 federal education program will be impacted  E-Rate and School Lunch are not cut, but they are thru FCC and USDA, respectively
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  Funding  Sequestration  It happened!  5.1%  Across the board, all K-12 programs, will impact you in 2013-14 school year  IMPACT AID is immediate  Role of Sequester in pulling the level on flexibility re: IDEA MoE  Still not resolved, still opportunity to get it ‘fixed’.
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  Funding  Federal Appropriations  FY13 started Oct 1, 2012  Current CR expires March 27  Separate from the Sequester  Congress passed the final appropriations package (a mix of stand-alone bills and CRs) last week.  Level funds education at FY12 levels and maintains sequestration.  IDEA anomaly for state Maintenance of Effort
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  Funding  FY14 Budget Proposals  President’s not expected until April 8  House Budget:  Reduces funding to well below sequester levels  Passed the House on party-line vote  Doesn’t resolve sequestration  Senate Budget  Eliminatessequestration  Passed the Senate late last week  Bottom line? House and Senate are so far apart that we know we are on a CR course for FY14, as well.
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  Sources: CEF Calculationsbased on An Update to the Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023, CBO, February 2013; OMB Report Pursuant To The Sequestration Transparency Act Of 2012, September 2012; the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, January 2013; House Budget Committee’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Resolution Discretionary Spending table and Senate Budget Committee’s FY 2014 Budget Resolution Discretionary Spending Summary
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  Function 500 Funding 11 Ryan 10-year total = $906 billion; Murray 10-year total = $1,130 billion
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  Other  ESEA  Perkins/Career  School Nutrition Tech  Rural Education  IDEA Full Funding  Education  From Sasha’s Technology/E-Rate Portfolio:  Vouchers/Charters  Seclusion/Restraint  IDEA and Due  Epinephrine Pens Process  Early Education  Bullying  School Safety
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  Contact Your AdvocacyTeam Noelle Ellerson Sasha Pudelski @Noellerson @Spudelski The Leading Edge Blog: www.aasa.org/aasablog.aspx Legislative Corps: Weekly Summary Advocacy Network: Monthly Advocacy Update Legislative Trends Report Policy Insider www.aasa.org