{"id":1484,"date":"2016-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/us-department-of-education-begins-transition-to-essa\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T12:18:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T17:18:57","slug":"us-department-of-education-begins-transition-to-essa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/us-department-of-education-begins-transition-to-essa\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of Education Begins Transition to ESSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/new-k-12-federal-education-bill-signed-into-law-esea-is-reauthorized\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">signed into law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the next step is the United States Department of Education (ED) issuing guidance and regulations. (For more on what\u2019s included in ESSA, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/new-k-12-federal-education-bill-signed-into-law-esea-is-reauthorized\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">click here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.) ED has started the process by asking for comments from the general public regarding Title I programs. As President Obama stated while signing the bill, \u201cthe law is only as good as its implementation.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@POTUS<\/a> &#8220;laws are only as good as the implementation&#8221; The passage of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESEA?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ESEA<\/a> is just the beginning for states and districts!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Susan Gentz (@shoing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shoing\/status\/674988829682479104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESSA shifts more authority back to the states <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assessment, accountability, and use of funding<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The shift increases flexibility and creates significant opportunities for states and districts to redesign K-12 education around student learning. However, flexibility also comes with risks of regression, and could result in policies that do not support student-centered learning or address equity appropriately. ED is now requesting feedback from the public, providing an opportunity to ensure that the newly granted flexibility is used in a way to better support all learners.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Federal Updates<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ED<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sent a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/policy\/elsec\/leg\/essa\/transition-dcl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Colleague letter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to State Chiefs that provides preliminary information on:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Next steps: The handoff between NCLB and ESSA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the coming months, ED will conduct a careful review of the work in which the states are currently engaged, provide ongoing guidance to support schools, districts and states in the transition to ESSA, and establish clear expectations regarding: Title I assessment peer review; annual measurable objectives (AMOs) and annual measurable achievement objectives (AMAOs) for school years 2014\u20132015 and 2015\u20132016; conditions and other related requirements under ESEA flexibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waivers previously granted through ESEA flexibility remain effective through August 1, 2016. \u00a0ED expects each state that is currently approved to implement ESEA flexibility to continue to meet all ESEA flexibility principles during the 2015\u201316 school year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/essa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ed.gov\/essa<\/a> or e-mail\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:essa.questions@ed.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">essa.questions@ed.gov<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ESSA<\/b>\u00a0r<b>equest for information and public feedback<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Secretary invites advice and recommendations from state and local education administrators, parents, teachers and teacher organizations, principals, charter school leaders, paraprofessionals, members of local boards of education, civil rights and other organizations representing the interests of students (including historically underserved students), representatives of the business community, and other organizations involved with the implementation and operation of Title I programs. ED will hold two additional regional meetings to solicit feedback. Both meetings will be held prior to the commenting period deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To submit comments:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written comments are due on or before January 21, 2016. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regional meetings will be held on two separate occasions: January 11, 2016, at the U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC.; and January 19, 2016, at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Carnesale Commons, Los Angeles, CA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to present comments at the regional meetings, you must register by sending an email to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESSA.publichearing@ed.gov<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> no later than 5:00 p.m. local time on January 5, 2016, for the Washington, DC meeting, and no later than 5:00 p.m. local time on January 12, 2016, for the Los Angeles meeting. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information and to submit your comments, visit: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/articles\/2015\/12\/22\/2015-32178\/implementing-programs-under-title-i-of-the-elementary-and-secondary-education-act?utm_campaign=subscription+mailing+list&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=federalregister.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">federalregister.gov<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you want to see in iNACOL\u2019s next policy update? Please comment or Tweet us (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nacol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@nacol<\/a>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/get-aurora-email-updates\/\">sign up for our newsletter<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To learn more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Save the Date:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/symposium\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The iNACOL 2016 Blended and Online Learning Symposium<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Watch:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/the-every-student-succeeds-act-how-will-the-new-federal-k-12-education-law-support-personalized-learning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Every Student Succeeds Act\u2014How Will the New Federal K-12 Education Law Support Personalized Learning?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Engage:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Tweet with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESSA?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ESSA<\/a>\u00a0and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/edpolicy?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/edpolicy?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EdPolicy<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is signed into law, the next step is the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"issue":[61,384],"location":[],"class_list":["post-1484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-federal-policy","issue-harness-opportunities-in-essa-federal-policy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - 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