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AESA Working For You
Improving
American Education Through Educational Service Agencies
New!
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 New!
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.
FY
2010 Appropriations
On
December 16, 2009, the President signed into law H.R. 3288, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010, Division D of which provides FY 2010 funding for the
Department of Education (ED). A table (last updated 12/16/2009) showing the
amounts provided for ED by H.R. 3288 is available in PDF
[106KB] and
MS
Excel [330KB].
It also shows the amounts provided in FY 2009 (including the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act funding) and at each major step in the FY 2010
appropriations process.
The
Department of Education has released the final requirements for $3.5 billion in
Title I School Improvement grants to turn around the nation's lowest performing
schools. The applications are now available at http://www.ed.gov/programs/sif/applicant.html and
are due into the Department of Education by Feb. 8, 2010.
On November 12th The U.S.
Department of Education announced the final criteria/application package for
Race to the Top investments. All materials related to this announcement
can be found on the Race
to the Top web site.
Please
see AESA's Legislative Page
for the newest information on Race to the Top, E-Rate and a follow-up on the 2009
ECA Legislative Conference.
The
AESA staff have reviewed and researched the U.S Department of Education’s
October 9, 2009 Federal Register announcement of proposed priorities,
requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for the Investing in Education
(i3) grants. While the announcement specifies eligibility of LEAs to apply for
the grants, and federal law includes ESAs in the definition of LEAs, we believe
that there needs to be an explicit inclusion of ESAs as eligible applicants.
Please read the letter
that AESA has submitted to the U.S. Department of Education making that request.

Read the latest AESA News: January
18, 2010
Read the latest
Big Deal Book of Technology:
February
1, 2010
New!
In
the News
The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama
on February 17th, 2009. This site will be updated frequently with news on ARRA.
Applications
are now available at
http://www.ed.gov/programs/sif/applicant.html
for the $3.5
billion in Title I School Improvement grants. Applications are due into the
Department of Education by Feb. 8, 2010.
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
.
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.
AESA 2009 Federal Legislative Agenda
The
AESA Governmental Relations Committee set the AESA 2009 Legislative Agenda in
January. It was adopted by the AESA Council at its next meeting in April.
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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Upcoming Conferences 2006 Annual Conference November 29
AESA Conferences
AESA Foundation
CEO Conference
July 19--22, 2010
Grove Park Inn
Asheville, North Carolina
AESA
Annual Conference
December 1 - 4, 2010
Savannah Trade and Convention Center
Savannah, Georgia
State
of AESA, 2009 New!
Address by AESA Executive
Director, Brian Talbott
CONFERENCE ARCHIVES
Conference Archives
AESA
Annual Conference
December 2-5, 2009
Austin Convention Center
Austin, Texas
AESA
Foundation CEO Conference
July
20-23, 2009
Napa, California
Conference
Round-up
2009
Educator's Call to Action Conference Round-up
Read important legislative information from the conference.
Find presentations and readings from past AESA
conferences, including key power point presentations in the Conference
Archives.
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