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This update on the Every Student Succeeds Act and the education plans now being implemented by states and school districts is produced in partnership with ESSA Essentials, an ongoing series from the Collaborative for Student Success. It鈥檚 an offshoot of their聽聽newsletter, which you can聽! (See our recent ESSA updates聽from previous weeks right here.)

According to聽, the proposed budget recently released by the Trump administration would call for the U.S. Department of Education to create a new block grant 鈥渃onsisting of 29 current programs called 鈥楨lementary and Secondary Education for the Disadvantaged Block Grant.鈥欌�� At a proposed funding rate of $19.4 billion, the grant would 鈥済et $4.7 billion less than the current combined funding for the programs that would be merged together.鈥�

The grant would also 鈥渃onsist of some of the largest programs under the Every Student Succeeds Act,鈥� including Title I spending for disadvantaged students and Title II grants for educator development.

Naaz Modan reports on the same issue for , noting that President Trump鈥檚 draft budget proposal would 鈥渃ut key K-12 programs while funding private school scholarships.鈥� Overall, the president鈥檚 budget proposal would give the Department of Education $66.6 billion in funding in 2021, 鈥�7.8% or $5.6 billion less than the previous year.鈥� One of the biggest changes in the proposed budget is a restructuring of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act into a $19.4 million block grant that would consolidate major programs, including the Every Student Succeeds Act鈥檚 Title I and Title II. The proposed budget would also invest 鈥渁n additional $100 million in funding in special needs鈥� as well as other priorities, such as Education Freedom Scholarships, an initiative Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos 鈥渉as been pushing since last year.鈥�

麻豆精品鈥檚 Mark Keierleber takes a closer look at what programs the budget would create, combine, trim or de-emphasize.

Beyond the White House, here are the week鈥檚 other top headlines for how states are implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act:

Idaho state chief warns against repealing academic standards

As Clark Corbin reports for , State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra recently provided state lawmakers with an analysis of federal education laws 鈥� and warned them not to repeal academic standards without replacing them. According to Ybarra, doing so 鈥渃ould jeopardize $250 million in annual federal funding for Idaho鈥檚 most at-risk students.鈥�

Ybarra cited the need for the state to put in place 鈥渞eplacement standards that meet Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirements鈥� or else risk losing significant federal funding. The Idaho House Education Committee had previously voted to 鈥渞epeal all of Idaho鈥檚 K-12 academic standards in math, English and science.鈥� Since then, the Senate Education Committee voted unanimously to keep the standards.

Leveraging ESSA and Perkins V for STEAM education聽

A that was recently released by the Education Commission of the States and the Arts Education Partnership provides a broad overview of how states and districts can support STEAM education efforts under Title IV of the Every Student Succeeds Act and Section 124(b)(16) of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V). STEAM education encourages students to 鈥渄emonstrate critical thinking and creative problem-solving at the intersection of science, technology, engineering, arts and math.鈥� The document outlines opportunities, key players, state examples and important resources for educators and education advocates.

DeVos sees proposed block grants as tool for local 鈥榝lexibility鈥�

In an interview with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos by , Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos claims that President Trump鈥檚 recent 2021 budget proposal includes 鈥渁 significant step toward returning flexibility to the states through a proposal to block grant all of the elementary and secondary education funds,鈥� which will let states 鈥減rioritize where those funds are going to be best utilized.鈥� According to Thomas, 鈥淒eVos sees her block grant proposals as 鈥榓 very compatible step to Congress鈥檚 action on the Every Student Succeeds Act.鈥欌��

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