Sustaining High Quality Education Challenges and

OpportunitiesNetwork Team Institute

May 12 and 14, 2014

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The Environment• Higher Academic Standards• Local Revenue is constrained• State Aid is capped• New Tax Freeze Credit• GEA reduced from $1.6 to $1.0 billion• Universal Pre-K Expansion• Smart Schools Bond Referendum• Competitive Grants

• P-Tech High Schools• Teacher Excellence Fund

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State Aid Increased $1.1 billion

to $21.83 billion

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2014-15 Total Aid Per Enrolled Pupil

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5.4 Percent Increase

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2014-15 Total State Aid Increase

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Absolute Change in Employment-Population Ratios of 16-to-79 Years Old by Single Age, U.S., 1999/2000 and

2011/2012

16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 70 73 76 79-25

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Key Findings on the Labor Market Experiences of Teens and Young Adults (16-24 Years Old) in the U.S. from 2000 – 2012: Implications for Pathways to Prosperity

Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada, Walter McHugh Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

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Other aids

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Strategic Investments$300 million in new, focused spending recommended by the Board of Regents

$300 million for investments in several strategic areas:

• Strengthening teaching, • Ensuring that our youngest students get a

good start, • Investing in instructional materials, • Enhancing career/technical education, and • Increasing support for sharing resources.

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Federal Funds

Program and 2013-14 Funding• Title II(A) – Teacher and Principal Training

Fund $177.4 Million• Title I (A) $1.1 Billion• School Improvement Grants (SIG) $66.0

Million• Textbook Aid $180.3 million• Software Aid $46.4 million

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Final Comments

• Do you have a strategic plan or do you decide how much to cut each year?

• Do your program people talk to your financial people?

• Have you looked at where you will be in five years?

• Have you set academic improvement targets?• What are those targets based on?

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