A
Preliminary Analysis of the Bill
by Anita
Hoge
This bill
was presented twice and referred to committee.
Every
Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2015 sponsored by
Sen. Lamar Alexander. This bill amends No
Child Left Behind which is the Re-authorization
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 referred to as ESEA.
Pages 3-4 Local Education Area Grants for prevention and intervention of children
and youth neglected, delinquent, or at
risk.
Page 20 provide for individual
students interpretive diagnostic reports refers back to accommodations for
children with disabilities (page 21) (Link clause (ii) to Individual student
interpretive diagnostic reports)
"produce
individual student interpretive, descriptive, and diagnostic reports, consistent with clause (ii), that allow
parents, teachers, and principals or other school leaders to understand and
address the specific academic needs of students, and include information
regarding achievement on assessments...."
Page 22 Clause (ii) -the results would
reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student
Page 26 are adaptations for children necessary to meet state standards and with disabilities and defined
in IDEA,
Individual with Disabilities Education Act.
Page 48 makes FERPA, Family Education Rights in Privacy
Act, federal law, which would put Obama's EO into law, that allows third party contractors to access
personally identifiable information on student records and substantiates a
longitudinal state data collection system.
Page 58 identifies eligible students in need of services
using state standards, assessments and accountability systems and other indicators.
Page 67 refers to school lunch, Medicaid, SSI, Social Security
insurance
Page 76 exemptions for schoolwide programs which are exempt
from any statutory or regulatory law.
Page 80 children identified
by the school as failing, or most at
risk of failing, to meet the challenging State academic standards on the
basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the
local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except children in
preschool through grade 2 shall be
selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews
with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures.
Page 90 refers to public
choice in education with money that
will "follow the child"
Page 92 refers to private
school and public school equity funding
Page 96 refers to Title I funds that will
follow the child (TITLE I FUNDS FOLLOW THE LOW-INCOME CHILD STATE OPTION.)
Page 97 is the identification of eligibility for funds to
follow the child
Pages 97-98 private
school choice to identify children who are enrolled in private schools
Page 98 is the application of participating children in private schools
Page 101 evaluate student assessment
through performance on ASSESSMENTS and tests that are aligned to challenging state standards
Page 111 prevention and intervention of children who are at risk
Page 113 is referred to as specialized student support. See: defined on pages 353 and 354)
Page 114 "vocational" changed to "career" throughout the
legislation
Pages 117-118 the Secretary
of Education can propose regulations or
alternate processes in any event of failure to reach consensus so the
secretary can propose regulations that will go through the rulemaking process
Page 121 negotiated rulemaking; the specialized student
support
Page 129 redo the teacher education to match state academic
standards which Pennsylvania Department of Education has a contract with
Pearson, in process of teacher certification toward standards
Page 131 performance pay for teachers and
differential and bonus pay will be based on performance
Page 138 improving student behavior and the identification of early and
appropriate intervention
Page 142 local education agencies can use funds to evaluate
programs and activities and contract with for-profit, nonprofit, or higher Ed third-party contractors
Page140 RTI, Response to Intervention and
PBIS, Positive Behavior Intervention, and supports aligns with children with disabilities
Page145 expands the school day and early morning and at night
and on in the summer page
Pages 150-151 states or local education agencies can
get technical assistance by third-party contractors or the IES, Institute of Education Sciences, this is an arm of the NCES,
National Center for Education Statistics, that monitors the national center
education statistics database
Page 153 the Secretary can grant waivers
Page 157 teacher pay will be based on measurable
increase in student achievement
Page 193 school safety and promoting student
physical and mental health well-being
Pages 194-195 school-based mental health
services
Page 211 school based mental health
services, implements schoolwide PBIS, Positive Behavior Intervention and
supports in collaboration with IDEA,
Individuals With Disabilities Act.
Page 213 third-party evaluators of supportive school
environment for the physical and mental health
Pages 218-266 increased charter schools
and the financing of charter schools (this is a huge section on Charter
Schools, funding, accountability, set up, etc.)
Page 224 the Secretary can make waivers for charter schools
Page 233 Charter schools must comply with
all the requirements for IDEA, Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act, referring to section 504, rehabilitation of "related services."
Page 250 focus on rural
schools being funded to come up to speed with all the accountability
measures
Page 353 scientifically valid research defined in HeadStart.
(the “Pyramid Model”)
Page 354 SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPPORT PERSONNEL—The term ‘specialized instructional support personnel’ means
school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other
qualified professional personnel involved in providing assessment, diagnosis,
counseling, educational, therapeutic, and other necessary services (including
related services as that term is defined in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
as part of a comprehensive program to meet student needs.
Page 356 is school district can request waivers from the Secretary which will waive any statutory or
regulatory requirements
Page 370 third-party corporations contractors direct or can
assign responsibility
Page 372 the use of IES,
Institute of Education Sciences (which is the NCES,) National Center of Education
Statistics, can conduct evaluations for experimental designs
Page 374 the IES, Institute of Education
Sciences, NCES, National Center for Education Statistics will carry out all
evaluations for Title I. (Title I will identify EVERY CHILD. This is the
authority to begin the psychometric census that NAEP wants.)
Page 379 all references
to medical records will be changed to health records
(HIPAA will not apply to education
records, FERPA will.)
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