Advocacy Activities Impacting State Budget and Legislation in Education Sector
Explore the advocacy activities undertaken by NYSACTE in 2016, focusing on the multiple pathways initiative, state budget, and legislative efforts. Key highlights include recommendations, budget allocations, and collaborative lobbying efforts to support career and technical education programs in New York.
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NYSACTE Advocacy Activities -- 2016 Peter Carr Barrett Associates MULTIPLE PATHWAYS STATE BUDGET/LEGISLATION CDOS POSITION PAPER 15/7
Multiple Pathways 2 Adoption of 4+1 in January, 2015; NYSACTE made a number of recommendations; 15/7 proposal Assessments Report Card MaryEllen Elia named Commissioner in July; December, 2015 meeting with Deputy Commissioner Jhone Ebert; Meetings with members of the Board of Regents and SED staff.
State Budget/Legislation 3 January, 2016 Gov. unveils State Budget for SFY $2.1 billion increase over two years; $991 million increase this year for formula-based aids; Restoration of the Gap Elimination Adjustment by SFY 2018; $189 m. toward elimination of GEA; $4 million for early college HS with $1m to eliminating barriers to CTE for disabled/ELL.
State Budget/Legislation cont. 4 In comparison the BOR recommendations came out in December for 2016-17 (not over 2 years) $2.4 billion $2.1 m. in formula aid and GEA restoration; $345 million in additional investments; Additional reimbursement in 2017-18 for college and career pathways - $65m for CTE - BOCES cap/special services aid/new round of P-Tech.
State Budget/Legislation cont. 5 Throughout February and March we met with numerous legislators and staff to lobby to increase State aid to CTE programs; Increasing the cap on aidable BOCES salaries and increasing support for special services aid to Big 5 school districts; Letters to key members of the legislature; Drafted and circulated memorandum in support to legislators and staff; Worked with leadership of NYSACTE on a Call to Action in support of our budget positions.
State Budget/Legislation cont. 6 The State Budget was adopted on April 1 and included $24.8 billion for aid to education: Represents a $1.3 billion increase; No increase in the cap on aidable BOCES salaries; No increase in special services aid to the Big 5 school districts; Additional $500,000 for CTE programs to eliminate barriers for special needs and English language learners; The budget also did away with the Gap Elimination Adjustment.
State Budget/Legislation cont. 7 Senate Task Force on Workforce Development: We are also making a strong, lasting investment in vocational education opportunities, including P-Tech and BOCES that provide our students with hands-on learning experience to educate them and prepare them for future employment. S7920 (Ritchie) -- increase access to career and technical programs at BOCES by increasing the current salary cap for BOCES instructors from $30,000 to $50,000. -- PS
State Budget/Legislation cont. 8 S7915 (Martins)/A10572 (Rules; Bronson) Requires the commissioner of education to develop guidelines to encourage participation in apprenticeships. -- PS A9757-A(Nolan) -- Relates to the collection of data regarding certain students attending career education. -- PA S7541(Kaminsky) -- Relates to creating the career and practical education pathway to a high school diploma. A2921 (Nolan)/S6503 (Marcellino) Relates to meetings and absences of the Board of Regents. -- PBH
CDOS Pathway Option 9 January, 2016 Board of Regents Meeting Awarding a Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Commencement Credential in lieu of one of the Regents examinations; CDOS Pathway would be available to ALL students.
CDOS Pathway Option cont. 10 March 21, 2016 Board of Regents Meeting CDOS Pathway is scheduled to be considered on an emergency basis; NYSACTE worked to express our concerns with the proposal through email and hand delivered letters; March 21st meeting with Regents Bottar and Norwood; After lengthy discussion the BOR adopted the proposal on an emergency basis.
CDOS Pathway Option cont. 11 Forty-five day comment period on the CDOS Pathway regulations begins; NYSACTE leadership position on CDOS? May, 2016 Meeting with Jhone Ebert (15/7 and CDOS); Regent Meetings Young, Tilles, Norwood, Tallon, Ouderkirk; NYSACTE provided comments to SED; Call to Action; June, 2016 Board of Regents meeting CDOS Pathway is adopted as proposed on a permanent basis.
Position Paper 15/7 12 May, 2016 meeting with SED; NYSACTE leadership develops a position paper A Pathways Concentration Model for Graduation Placing Career Ready on an Equal Footing with College Ready ; Need to get our message out to the Board of Regents; In the last 16 months we have seen 8 new members join the Board and a new Chancellor, Betty Rosa, elected; Need to ask the Regents to advocate for 15/7 with SED; My ask please make an effort to meet with your local member of the Board of Regents at least once before the end of the year.
Questions/Contact Information 13 Questions? Contact information: Peter Carr Barrett Associates 95 Columbia Street Albany, NY 12210 518-465-5340 (o) 518-649-6701 (m) pcarr@albanygov.com
