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ESAs Serve Schools and Communities
ESAs
Serve Schools and Communities
The Association of
Educational Service Agencies (AESA) is a professional organization serving
educational service agencies (ESAs) in 45 states; there are 553 agencies nationwide with
hundreds of thousands of staff members. AESA is in the position to reach well over 80% of the
public school districts, over 83% of the private schools, over 80% certified
teachers, and more than 80% non-certified school employees, and well over
80% public and private school students. Annual budgets for ESAs come
to $14.7 billion. AESA’s membership is agency wide
and includes all ESA employees and board members.
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out more
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AESA Working For You
AESA
2010 Federal Legislative Agenda
New!
The
AESA Governmental Relations Committee set the AESA 2010 Legislative Agenda
in January. It was adopted by the AESA Council at its next meeting in March.
A
Blueprint for Reform
New!
On March 13, 2010, the
Obama Administration released its blueprint for revising the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to help states raise expectations of students and
reward schools for producing dramatic gains in student achievement.
Improving
American Education Through Educational Service Agencies
Selected examples of Educational
Service Agency support provided by members of the Association of Educational
Service Agencies’ Council, Governmental Relations Committee, and former
Council and Committee members.
A White Paper prepared for the US Department of Education, January 2010
Fiscal
Year 2011 Budget
On February 1, 2010
President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2011 Budget. See what is requested for
the programs and activities of the Department of Education.
Please
see AESA's Legislative Page
for the newest information on ESEA, Race to the Top, E-Rate and other
legislative issues important to school leaders.
Read the latest AESA Online News: February
22, 2010
Read the latest
Big Deal Book of Technology: March
15, 2010
State
of AESA, 2009
Address by AESA Executive
Director, Brian Talbott
In
the News
The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) funding
continues to support over 300,000 education jobs.
This
ARRA site will be updated frequently with news on ARRA.
Also see
In
the Know
Ninety-seven
percent of districts surveyed had a local area network in all schools and 2 percent had
it in some schools. Eighty-one percent of districts provided a district network
to all schools and 3 percent provided it to some schools. Of the districts
surveyed, 100 percent of those with a district network were connected to the
Internet.
Educational
Technology in Public School Districts: Fall 2008
If
you missed knowing please see our
In The Know
archives
Announcements
H1N1
(Swine Flu) Information
A comprehensive site regarding H1N1 (Swine Flu) including guidance for schools
from the Centers for Disease Control, a communications toolkit for schools from
the CDC, and the US Departments of Education and Health and Human Services
regarding providing meals to at risk children during school dismissals, and a
communications toolkit for schools has been developed by AASA. The website is:
http://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=3566
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The
website will be updated as new information regarding H1N1 is made available.
Read
the new 2009 issue of Perspectives
The annual publication is AESA’s
journal reflecting needs, policies, research and other issues affecting ESAs.
State Association Reports
AESA
is collecting state association annual reports. To add your state's report to
this list please e-mail it to info@aesa.us
Model Documents for Collaborative Procurement
A grant from the U.S. Department of Education allowed AESA to create model
agreements for ESAs, their schools and providers of supplemental educational services.
AESA Governing Board
AESA
Executive Council Members 2009 - 2010
AESA Business Members/Partners
For 2009-2010
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FEATURED PRODUCT
Has your Educational Service Agency developed a product or service
that you would like to share with other ESAs?
Learn more about how your ESA can participate in
the AESA Solutions Marketplace
such as.....
Virtual Learning Academy submitted by
Jefferson County Educational Service Center
The Virtual Learning Academy (VLA)is a robust, online educational delivery system for students in grades 2-12. VLA provides anytime, anywhere learning because course content is completely online. Students login with their own username and password and...More >>>
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Upcoming Conferences 2006 Annual Conference November 29
CONFERENCE ARCHIVES
AESA Conferences
Conference Archives
Find presentations and readings from past AESA
conferences, including key power point presentations in the Conference
Archives.
AESA
Annual Conference
December 2-5, 2009
Austin Convention Center
Austin, Texas
AESA
Foundation CEO Conference
July
20-23, 2009
Napa, California
2009
Educator's Call to Action Conference
September 14-16, 2009
Arlington, Virginia
Read important legislative information from the conference.
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