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U.S. Federal Education and Language Policy Update
John Segota, CAE Assoc. Executive Director for Public Policy & Professional Relations
2013 TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo
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Overview
• 113th Congress • Obama Administration • Policy
– Budget & Appropriations – ESEA – WIA – Student Visas – Immigration – Language
• Advocacy
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113th Congress
• House of Representatives – 234 Republicans – 201 Democrats
• Senate – 53 Democrats – 45 Republicans – 2 Independents
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House of Representatives
• Leadership – Speaker of the House – Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
• Education and Labor – Chairman – Rep. John Kline (R-MN)
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U.S. Senate
• Leadership – Majority Leader - Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
• Health, Education, Labor and Pensions – Chairman – Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
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U.S. Department of Education
• Deborah Delisle, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education
• Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult Education
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Budget and Appropriations
• Continuing Resolution
• Sequestration – Approximately 5% cut
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FY 13 Federal Budget
FY13 Post-Sequester
ESEA – Title I $14.5 B $13.8 B
ESEA – Title III $732 M $695 M
WIA – Title II $595 M $565 M
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
• NCLB Waivers – 44 States, DC, Puerto Rico have applied
– 34 States and DC are approved
• Flexibility on some provisions of NCLB in exchange for State-developed plans
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Adult Education
• Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
• HR 803 – Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (“SKILLS”) Act – Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
• HR 798 – Workforce Investment Act of 2013 – Rep. John Tierney (D-MA)
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Student Visas
• Accreditation of English Language Training Programs Act – December 2010 – Requires all IEPs that serve international students to be
accredited, or to have started the accreditation process, by December 15, 2011 in order to be SEVP certified.
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Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals
• Eligibility criteria"• Application procedure"• Protection from deportation – 2 years"• Possible employment authorization"• Not a pathway to permanent residency or
citizenship""
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Immigration Reform
• Key Principles – Obama Administration – Border Security – Hiring of Undocumented Workers – Earned Citizenship
• Pathway to Citizenship • Earned Citizenship for Undocumented Students
– Streamlining Legal Immigration
• S. 1 – Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act
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Integration
• Dept. of Education integration initiative – Economic – Civic – Linguistic
• HR 1258 - Strengthen and Unite Communities with Civics Education and English Development (SUCCEED) Act – Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA)
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Language Policy
• HR 997 – English Language Unity Act – Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
• S. 464 – English Language Unity Act – Sen. James Inhofe
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Online Resources
• TESOL’s U.S. Advocacy Action Center – http://capwiz.com/tesol
E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @JohnSegota
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