AASA ADVOCACY
Feds Should Supplement, Not Dictate, Local Policies
The 2012 AASA Legislative Agenda, adopted by the Executive Committee in mid-January, moves forward to the Governing Board for discussion and approval next month in Houston. Read the full agenda here, which includes these guiding principles for reauthorization of ESEA:
- Allocation of funds via formulas based on the percentage of poverty;
- Limitation on regulations to ESEA programs;
- Specification that federal government should supplement, not dictate the local policies;
- Direction that a reduction in federal funds be accompanied by a reduction in federal mandates;
- Connection of children’s health and personal and social development to students and families;
- Direct allocation of funds to the local level;
- Direction that school systems should not be required to spend state and local funds for federal mandates.
Statement on Reauthorization
“As reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act moves in to its fifth year, AASA’s Executive Committee applauds the efforts of both the House and Senate to move reauthorization. Reauthorization is crucial to providing the nation’s schools with relief from current law, which is both broken and lacking in the flexibility states and local school districts need to support student learning and achievement. We also applaud the openness of the Chairmen to the views of educators — including school administrators — which has resulted in an excellent first step in both the House and Senate, and welcome the opportunity to work with both chambers to make improvements as reauthorization moves forward.” Read full statement here.
From AASA’s The Leader’s Edge
