======================================================================== 590 Received: (from WMMVS for via BSMTP) Received: (from WMMVS for MAILER@WMMVS via NJE) (UCLA/Mail V1.410 M-SMTP-1462-593); Sat, 25 Feb 95 20:27:50 EST Received: from eagle.birds.wm.edu by WMMVS.CC.WM.EDU (IBM MVS SMTP V2R2.1) with TCP; Sat, 25 Feb 95 20:27:22 EST Received: from localhost.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa by eagle.birds.wm.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA27643; Sat, 25 Feb 1995 19:59:51 -0500 Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 19:59:51 -0500 Message-Id: <950225193537_32364515@aol.com> Errors-To: lnboyc@mail.wm.edu Reply-To: giftednet-l@BIRDS.WM.EDU Originator: giftednet-l@listserv.cc.wm.edu Sender: giftednet-l@BIRDS.WM.EDU Precedence: bulk From: AnnS636274@AOL.COM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Javits Program Alert X-Listserver-Version: 6.0 -- UNIX ListServer by Anastasios Kotsikonas Here is some additional information for those of you who wish to respond to this latest attack on gifted program funds. Please take the time to write a note. Ann Sheldon Statement by Richard W. Riley U.S. Secretary of Education Regarding the Proposed Rescission to Investments in Education February 23, 1995 I am deeply concerned about the severe and shortsighted cuts imposed by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education yesterday. The magnitude of these kinds of cuts -- at precisely the time that our nation needs to invest in our future -- represents a grave misunderstanding of the direction Americans want for their children and grandchildren. Coming on the heels of the attack on the school lunch program, these actions break faith with America's children. At a time when every poll shows that crime and school safety are a number one concern of Americans, the Committee's actions to eliminate funding for programs for safety and drug prevention programs in schools represent a rejection of what the American public wants. Polls also show that an overwhelming majority of citizens favor increased investment in quality education. The Committee's actions to slash bipartisan initiatives to support states and local communities in their work to raise academic standards and improve their local schools is a dismissal of the public interest. And the sharp reduction in funding for education technology programs will enable fewer local communities to put state-of-the- art tools of learning in classrooms where they are most needed to prepare our students for the future. This certainly cannot be what the Speaker of the House had in mind when he said, "We must bring technology into the classroom and radically rethink our education system." The Republican majority changed the name of the former House Education and Labor Committee and added the word "Opportunity." But the measure of the Congress's commitment to students must be evaluated not by titles, but by actions. Yesterday's actions mean less opportunity for America's students. * * * DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SELECTED HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE RESCISSIONS FOR 1995 (in millions of dollars) House 1995 1995 Subcommittee Revised Appropriation Rescission Appropriation Safe and Drug-Free Schools 482 -482 0 Goals 2000 403 -173 230 Eisenhower Professional Development State Grants 320 -60 260 Technology 79 -65 14 Tech-Prep Education 108 -108 0 ### UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSTITUENT ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM We welcome your inquiry to the House of Representatives Constituent Electronic Mail System. Currently, fifty-eight Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been assigned public electronic mailboxes that may be accessed by their constituents. The nature and character of the incoming electronic mail has demonstrated that this capability will be an invaluable source of information on constituent opinion. 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We are excited about the possibilities that e-mail has to offer, and will be working hard to bring more Members on-line and to expand our services. *** Last updated on February 23, 1995 (hgs) *** --- ======================================================================== 329 Received: (from WMMVS for via BSMTP) Received: (from WMMVS for MAILER@WMMVS via NJE) (UCLA/Mail V1.410 M-SMTP-0112-333); Mon, 27 Feb 95 20:14:48 EST Received: from eagle.birds.wm.edu by WMMVS.CC.WM.EDU (IBM MVS SMTP V2R2.1) with TCP; Mon, 27 Feb 95 20:14:34 EST Received: from localhost.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa by eagle.birds.wm.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA25128; Mon, 27 Feb 1995 19:01:22 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 19:01:22 -0500 Message-Id: <9502272318.AA27400@eagle.birds.wm.edu> Errors-To: lnboyc@mail.wm.edu Reply-To: giftednet-l@BIRDS.WM.EDU Originator: giftednet-l@listserv.cc.wm.edu Sender: giftednet-l@BIRDS.WM.EDU Precedence: bulk From: sberger@INET.ED.GOV(Sandra Berger) To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: rescissions X-Listserver-Version: 6.0 -- UNIX ListServer by Anastasios Kotsikonas More information on the House Subcommittee's proposal to cut federal spending on education this year. Here are two items (FYI): a look at the *impact* of the proposal and a chart showing (for each program affected) the 1995 appropriation, the proposed rescission, and the percentage of the cut. Sandra Berger sberger@inet.ed.gov ------------------- IMPACT OF HOUSE PROPOSED RESCISSIONS GOALS 2000: A 38 percent reduction in funds for STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT would severely curtail efforts nationwide to develop and implement comprehensive strategies for systemic education reform. An estimated 4,000 fewer schools would receive the seed money they need to implement reforms based on challenging academic standards. Moreover, the rescission would eliminate all funds for GOALS 2000 NATIONAL PROGRAMS; this action would end targeted support for educational reform activities in poor communities, deprive the Federal Government of the means for evaluating the impact of educational reforms on student achievement, and end other national leadership and technical assistance activities. SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES: The $25 million cut ($12.5 million each at ED and DOL) would require a minimal reduction in support for STATE GRANTS AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS, but the elimination of National Programs funding would end important research, development, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities that help improve State and local efforts. ESEA TITLE I: A $105 million reduction for GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES would deprive an estimated 100,000 educationally disadvantaged children of special services designed to enable them to achieve to challenging academic standards. It would also hinder efforts underway to improve Title I programs by linking them to broader educational reforms being implemented in States and localities. Eliminating all funding for Title I EVALUATIONS would make it impossible for the Department to measure the impact of the almost $7 billion Title I program and to complete several Congressionally mandated studies. EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STATE GRANTS: A $60 million reduction would severely limit State and local efforts to prepare educators to teach to high standards in the core academic subjects. In particular, because the Eisenhower statute includes a minimum funding level for mathematics and science, the 1995 appropriation, after the rescission, would include only $10 million, spread across all 50 States, for other subjects like English and history. SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES: A rescission of ALL funds for Safe and Drug-Free Schools would eliminate a key component of the Administration's national drug strategy, deprive children in all school districts of instruction and other services designed to prevent drug use, and hinder school districts' efforts to create a safe school environment. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR SCHOOLS (FACES): A rescission of all funds for FACES would prevent the Department from initiating this crime prevention program for communities with significant poverty, violent crime, and juvenile delinquency. The Department is currently working with the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a joint competition under FACES and the Community Schools Youth Services and Supervision Grant Program for comprehensive youth development projects. Fiscal year 1995 FACES funds would support between 22 and 44 grants. EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH: Elimination of all funding would end State programs that ensure that homeless children, an extremely at-risk population, receive the education to which they are entitled and the other services that they need to succeed in school. BILINGUAL EDUCATION: It appears that the House Subcommittee action would reduce funding by $38.5 million, but it is not clear which of the Bilingual programs would be affected. If the rescission were taken from Instructional Services, it would eliminate approximately 209 local projects serving some 158,000 limited English proficient children. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: The rescission would terminate all funding for TECH-PREP EDUCATION, one of the most promising methods of linking academic and vocational instruction across secondary and postsecondary education and facilitating the school-to-work transition. Emerging, high-quality programs in all States would be affected. ADULT EDUCATION: A rescission of almost $46 million would set back the national effort to ensure that all adults are literate and able to compete in a global economy. State and national leadership activities, as well as services to such populations as homeless and incarcerated adults, would be most affected. STATE POSTSECONDARY REVIEW PROGRAM: Elimination of all 1995 funding would stop the program just as its most important activity- -State reviews of problem schools--are about to begin. Some 300 institutional reviews planned for 1995 would not be undertaken. Termination of the program would eliminate the only source of Federal support of state efforts to reduce abuse and protect students. STATE STUDENT INCENTIVE GRANTS: Elimination of all 1995 funding would reduce aid generated by the program by almost $127 million, while eliminating SSIG awards to some 212,000 students. The Administration has proposed a two-year phase-out to allow States time to plan for elimination of the program. TRIO PROGRAMS: Proposed reduction of $11.2 million would reduce counseling and other support services to some 2,885 disadvantaged students. BYRD HONORS SCHOLARSHIPS: Proposed reduction of $9.8 million would allow ED to provide 1995-96 awards to continuing students only. Some 6,548 entering freshmen would not receive awards. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION EXCHANGE: Rescission would eliminate this new program. A competition for two awards to support international exchange activities in civics and economics education was announced on February 17th. TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEMONSTRATION FOR MATHEMATICS: Rescission would eliminate this new program. A competition for one award was announced on February 17th for a project to train teachers in at least 15 States to prepare students to achieve State content standards in mathematics. JAVITS GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS EDUCATION: Rescission would eliminate funds for any new awards in 1995. This would include approximately 25 grants for model programs serving gifted and talented students and technical assistance projects designed to improve gifted and talented education. The Department would be able to continue 11 ongoing projects, as well as fund a research and development center in gifted and talented education. STAR SCHOOLS: Rescission would eliminate all funding for this program. The Department would be unable to support the final year of funding for 8 ongoing distance learning partnerships, whose continuation awards are scheduled for June. These projects currently serve students and teachers in schools in 25 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific region. The recipients of these funds, and their partners, include State educational agencies, colleges and universities, State educational television agencies, major cities, and schools serving some of the poorest and most rural areas of the Nation. In addition, a new award scheduled for 1995, for distance learning to help adults complete high school requirements, could not be made. NATIONAL DIFFUSION NETWORK: Rescission would eliminate funding for new awards in 1995. Approximately 20 such awards are planned, to the developers of exemplary educational programs and practices to disseminate and help others adopt those programs and practices. Funds would be available for the continuation of ongoing projects. READY TO LEARN TELEVISION: Rescission would reduce the amount of the award the Department intends to make for the development of educational programming and related materials by 40 percent. This would delay the production of educational programming for preschoolers. EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY: Rescission would eliminate funding for National Challenge Grants. These grants, to local school districts in collaboration with various private and public sector partners, are critical to leveraging private sector involvement in the development and rapid deployment of high quality applications of technology for education. Funding for regional technical assistance providers and for national leadership activities would each be reduced by 23 percent. LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION: Rescission would eliminate all but $2.5 million in funding for this program. This is a current-funded formula grant program, and the $2.5 million has already been awarded to eight States and the Virgin Islands. Other States will receive awards as their projects are approved. LIBRARY RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS: Rescission would eliminate all funding for this program. However, $5 million has already been obligated. A competition was announced on December 5th for the remaining $1.5 million in this program, with the award scheduled for May. HOUSE RESCISSIONS TO 1995 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET (dollars in thousands) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY House PROGRAMS Subcommittee Percent 1995 Approp. Rescission Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goals 2000 $403,400 $173,530 -43% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . School-to-Work Opportunities 125,000 12,475 -10% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Title I Grants to LEAs 6698,356 105,000 -2% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eisenhower Prof. Dev. State Grants 320,298 60,000 -19% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safe and Drug-Free Schools 481,962 481,962 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inexpensive Book Distribution 10,300 5,300 -51% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arts in Education 12,000 6,000 -50% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education for Homeless Children & Youth 28,811 28,811 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education for Native Hawaiians 12,000 12,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training in Early Childhood Education 13,875 13,875 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family and Community Endeavor Schools 11,100 11,100 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Programs for Indian Children 14,342 2,000 -14% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bilingual Education Instructional Services 155,690 38,500 -25% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tech-Prep Education 108,000 108,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocational Education National Programs 34,535 34,535 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult Education Literacy Programs 45,990 45,990 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Student Incentive Grants 63,375 63,375 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Postsecondary Review Program 20,000 20,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Direct Loan Administration/ FFEL Transition 345,000 47,000 -14% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nat. Hawaiian/Alaska Native Culture and Arts 1,000 1,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Urban Community Service 13,000 13,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student Financial Aid Database/ Information Line 496 496 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal TRIO Programs 463,000 11,200 -2% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postsecondary Scholarships & Fellowships 112,030 54,499 -49% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard University 206,463 4,300 -2% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College Housing Loan Federal Administration 1,022 1,022 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TECHNOLOGY AND IMPROVEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Technology 40,000 30,000 -75% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Star Schools 30,000 30,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ready to Learn Television 7,000 2,700 -39% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telecommunications Demonstration for Math. 2,250 2,250 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javits Gifted and Talented Education 9,521 4,600 -48% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Diffusion Network 14,480 2,700 -19% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . International Education Exchange 3,000 3,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Library Construction 17,792 15,300 -86% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Library Research and Demonstrations 6,500 6,500 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OTHER PROGRAM RESCISSIONS: 223,505 TOTAL RESCISSIONS: $1,675,525 ****************************************************************************** Sandra L. Berger ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education The Council for Exceptional Children 1920 Association Drive Reston, VA 22091 Voice: 703/264-9471 Toll Free: 800/328-0272 FAX: 703/264-9494 Internet E-Mail: sberger@inet.ed.gov ERIC/EC Clearinghouse Internet address: ericec@inet.ed.gov ******************************************************************************