NSBA Conducts Private Meetings with Key Education Staff on Capitol Hill NSBA lobbyists met privately with key Senate and House Education Committee staff to discuss Congressional plans to begin the legislative process to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which could occur as early as next month.  NSBA reaffirmed its concerns to the House Committee staff with the House proposal to tie future funding to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and to eliminate Maintenance of Effo

• Education Chairman Promotes Local Level Decision-making at House Hearing on ESEA • Senate Passes Marketplace Fairness Act • NSBA Bill Garners Additional Co-Sponsors • Center for Public Education Releases Report on Turnaround Strategies • Sequestration Stories: Keep ‘em coming! Education Chairman Promotes Local Level Decision-making at House Hearing on ESEA Education & Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (MN) declared support for local control and flexibility at a hearing consider

Phase 2 Race to the Top – District Proposed Priorities Incorporate NSBA Recommendations, More Revisions Needed The U.S. Department of Education issued a Notice of Proposed Priorities (Notice) for a Phase 2 Race to the Top – District (RTT-D) grant competition in the Federal Register, April 16, 2013.  This is a victory for NSBA because in the 2012  grant cycle the U.S. Department of Education provided only a temporary blog on its website for public input – to which NSBA strenuously objected

Urge your member of Congress to support and formally sponsor HR 1386 to reaffirm local school board governance in education and other related decision making and to ensure that the U.S. Department of Education’s actions are consistent with the specific intent of federal law and are educationally, operationally, and financially supportable at the local level. The responsibility for education resides with the states which, in turn, have delegated substantial authority to local educational agencies

NSBA Bill Gains More Co-Sponsors NSBA’s Comments on Competitive Food Standards Urge Maximum Flexibility and Support for School Districts NSBA Supports Mental Health in Schools Initiative Approved by Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Senate Debates School Safety Education Funding Update NSBA Advocacy Sessions During Annual Conference NSBA Bill Gains More Co-Sponsors The NSBA Bill, Local School Board Governance & Flexibility Act, H.R. 1386, which was introduced on M

• NSBA Bi-partisan Bill Introduced – Local School Board Governance and Flexibility Act, HR 1386 • Education Funding: Please Contact Your Senators Today • NSBA Facilitates School Board Participation in White House Call on Physical Activity in Schools • NSBA and Nebraska Association of School Boards Collaborate on FCC Oversight Hearing • NSBA Urges the Department of Agriculture to Extend Comment Period for Proposed Competitive Food Standards for Schools NSBA Bi-partisan Bill Introduced ̵

• Last Call for Original House Co-sponsors to Introduce Bill Supporting Local School Boards • Capitol Hill Update from NSBAC • Fiscal Year 2013 Continuing Appropriations Act • House and Senate Budget Committee Resolutions for FY2014 • Senate Committee Reports School Safety Bill Last Call for Original House Co-sponsors to Introduce Bill Supporting Local School Boards Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) and Rep. Pat Meehan (R-PA) have issued a Last Call Dear Colleague letter to members of the U.S. House of R

NSBA Bill to Support Local School Boards Clears Office of the Legislative Counsel (House) The Office of the Legislative Counsel (House) has cleared the way for NSBA’s bill to support local school boards to be formally introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Aaron Schock (IL-R) has agreed to introduce the bill, and other House members are expected to sign on as co-sponsors once the formal bill number has been assigned.  NSBA lobbyists continue to meet with congressional offices in t

The National School Boards Action Center (NSBAC) continues to urge Congress and President Barack Obama to develop an immediate bipartisan solution that will allow school districts to continue programs that are vital in advancing student achievement as they craft budgets for the 2013-14 school year. The Budget Control Act of 2011 is imposing across-the-board cuts of approximately 5 percent to education and other domestic programs in FY2013 through a process called sequestration (the cancellation

• Sequestration Update • NSBA Lobbyists Continue to Seek Sponsors for NSBA Bill • School Safety Hearing Sequestration Update The sequester is scheduled to become effective today after weeks of gridlock between Congress and the Administration.  According to the White House Office of Management and Budget, the across-the-board budget cuts from sequestration would be around five percent for most programs. This week, the Administration published data regarding the state-by-state impact that the sequ