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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE OAA Meeting 9 AUGUST 2018 BOB KEFGEN LEGISLATIVE UPDATE OAA Meeting 9 AUGUST 2018 BOB KEFGEN Director of Government Relations [email protected] @BobKefgen (517) 896-5636 A BRIEF HISTORY OAKLAND CO. THEN & NOW 2014 2018 Snyder vs. Schauer Whitmer vs. Schuette NEW FACES Rick Snyder/Brian Calley (R) Gretchen Whitmer/Garlin Gilchrist (D) Ruth Johnson (R) Bill Scheutte (R) Jocelyn Benson (D) Dana Nessel (D) LEGISLATURE 2017-2018 2019-2020 House Senate BALLOT PROPOSALS ✓Prop 1: Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol ✓Prop 2: Voters Not Politicians ✓Prop 3: Promote the Vote LAME DUCK, HOLY ____!COW BUSY, LONG & EXPENSIVE 395 bills passed 57 bills vetoed 13 session days 21 hours in the final day(s) of session $1.3B in the lame duck budget supplemental WHAT DID HAPPEN • A-F School Grades • School Aid Raid • $1.3 billion supplemental WHAT DIDN’T HAPPEN • Changes to State Assessments • Innovative District Bills • Truancy Legislation • Student Growth % TURNOVER BY THE #S • 75/152 (51%) of statewide executive and legislative offices • 30/38 Senate seats (79% of chamber) • 2 flipped seats • 44/110 House seats (40% of the chamber) • 1 flipped seats • 4/4 (100%) of statewide executive offices 100TH LEGISLATURE OR BUDGET MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! 45¢ GAS TAX HIKE • Raises $2.5 billion • $1.9 billion new spending • Phased (15¢ every 6 mo.) • Current tax: 26.3¢ per gallon plus sales tax • Alternative distribution formula ALTERNATIVES Source Current Needed Mechanism Income Tax 4.25% 5.3% Statutory Corporate Income 6% 19.5% Statutory Tax Statewide 0 7 mills Constitutional Property Tax Motor Vehicle Variable 180% Increase Statutory Registrations SCHOOL AID RAID Stop the Bleeding $1,200,000,000 $900,000,000 $600,000,000 $300,000,000 $0 2009-10 2011-12 2013-14 2015-16 2017-18 A NEW FUNDING STRUCTURE GOV’S BUDGET • Major Components • $120-180/pupil (1.5X) • +$894/pupil At Risk • +$487/pupil CTE • +32% Special Ed • Other Pieces • Higer Ed Out • Cyber School Cap • PD = Instructional Time SENATE BUDGET • Major Components • $135-270/pupil (2X) • Other Pieces • Small, one-time increases for special ed, at risk • No cyber school cap • $9.2M for benchmark assessments • $12.9M in categoricals • PD = Instructional Time HOUSE BUDGET THE ROAD FORWARD • July 1: School Fiscal Year Starts • October 1: State Fiscal Year Starts • Bottom Line: Do the best you can. • Unknowns: • House budget priorities • Budget process details • Budget completion date PD = INSTRUCTIONAL TIME • Up to 38 hours: • 5 hrs = 1 day • 1 SCECH = 1 hr • Must meet all of the following • ≥ 8hrs rec’d by PD advisory cmte • Aligned to SIP/Eval Framework • Approved for SCECHs • During school year; ≤ 10 hrs/month • 75% teacher attendance PLAN AHEAD • What preparations do you need to make assuming the PD as instructional time language passes? • What key information do you need to communicate about this change in your district/region? MORE ISSUES THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER?! SNOW DAYS • Bottom Line: SOE days can be forgiven by MDE • HB 4206 • Tues, Jan 29 through Sat, Feb 2, 2019 • Need to apply to MDE • 2018-19 only SNOW DAYS • 180 days/1,098 hrs = perennial fight • The arguments… • It’s Michigan. It snows. • School in June ≠ valuable. • Pre-Labor Day start. • No school during tourism season. • Hourly employees deserve to be paid. • Long-term fix needed STUDENT GROWTH 4-8 Grade Other Teachers/ ELA/Math Teachers Administrators Growth (State) 12.5% Growth Growth (Local)* (Local)* 25.0% 12.5% Practice Practice 75.0% 75.0% * "Local" growth data is locally determined, not necessarily local assessments STUDENT GROWTH • 25%, no more, no less • 2018-19 school year only • Half (12.5% of total eval) using state data in 4-8 ELA & math • 3 years of data (where available) • Shared attribution is ok MERIT CURRICULUM • HB 4316-17 - Replace world language & VPAA w/ new 3 credit elective block. • HB 4318 - Allow stats or financial literacy to sub for algebra II • HB 4319 - Allow 30 hours of OSHA training to sub for 1/2 credit of phys ed PRE-LABOR DAY START • HB 4368-69 • Repeal pre-Labor Day start prohibition • Passed House Ed Cmte • Future uncertain in House Ways & Means Cmte • Fight w/ tourism industry is the only guarantee WORKKEYS • HB 4162 • Eliminates mandate to administer WorkKeys • Passed House Ed • Stalled in House Ways and Means • Business vs. Schools VAPING • HB 4164 & SB 106 • Key provisions: • Penalties for posession • Regulating vaping separately • No taxes • Big Tobacco vs. Health Care LOOKING AHEAD THE ANTICIPATION IS KILLING ME! A-F LETTER GRADES • 4 grades: • Proficiency • Growth • Graduation rate • Peer School Comparison • 3 Ratings: • Participation Rate • Chronic Absenteeism • Subgroup performance A-F LETTER GRADES "Because of the conflicts with federal law and expected timing issues to receive approved amendments to Michigan’s ESSA plan, the MDE has reached out to the U.S. Department of Education and the Michigan Attorney General’s office for guidance on how best to proceed." NEW STATE SUPT. • Down to 3 candidates: • Jeanice Swift, Superintendent, Ann Arbor Public Schools • Michael Rice, Superintendent, Kalamazoo Public Schools • Randy Liepa, Superintendent, Wayne RESA • SBE now 6-2 with Dems in control. • Final interview yesterday. • New state supt. starts by July 1. WAIT, THERE’S MORE? • Changes to State Assessments • Innovative District Bills • Truancy Legislation • Educator Evaluation ORGANIZE AND INTEGRATE Some things that square with my understanding. Some things that are circling in my mind are… 3 points I want to remember or think more about are… BOB KEFGEN Director of Government Relations [email protected] @BobKefgen (517) 896-5636.
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