Educator Preparation Reform Act

HR 4508, the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act, or the PROSPER Act, amending the Higher Education Act of 1965, all provisions S_, reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, all provisions S 1694/HR 3636, Educator Preparation Reform Act, all provisions HR 6440, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Trade in Schools Act, all provisions HR 6543, the Aim Higher Act, amending the Higher Education Act of 1965, all provisions HR 6876/S 3467, the Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 2018, all provisions PL 110-315, Higher Education Opportunity Act, Education Department guidance related to use of information derived from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for institutional research purposes

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Advancing Career Pathways Innovation Act (S. 1245), Aim Higher Act (H.R. 6543), Anti-Lunch Shaming Act (S. 1064/H.R. 2401), Child Care for Working Families Act (S. 1806/H.R. 3773), Choices in Education Act (H.R. 610), Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act (S. 235/H.R. 691), Educating Tomorrows Workforce Act (S. 628), Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act (H.R. 5199/S. 2517), Educational Opportunities Act (H.R. 895/S. 148), Educator Preparation Reform Act (S. 1694/H.R. 3636), Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act (H.R. 160), Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act (H.R. 716), Expanding Access to the Workforce Through Dual Enrollment Act (H.R. 6685), IDEA Full Funding Act (H.R. 2902), Jumpstart on College Act (H.R. 2845), Investing in 21st Century Workforce Partnerships Act (S. 2775), Jumpstart on College Act (H.R. 2845), Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act (S. 718/H.R. 1710), Mental Health in Schools Act (H.R. 2913/S. 1370), Mental Health Services for Students Act (S. 3337), Middle STEP Act (S. 1814/H.R. 3785), Preparing and Retaining Education Professionals Act (S. 3308), PROSPER Act (H.R. 4508); Prohibit E-Cigarette Use in Schools Act (no bill #), Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act (H.R. 3580), Public Funds for Public Schools Act (H.R. 4269), Rebuild Americas Schools Act (H.R. 2475), Recruiting and Retaining Effective School Leaders Act (no bill #), SAFE Kids Act (S. 3319), Safe Schools Improvement Act (H.R. 1957/S. 2572), School Building Improvement Act (S. 1674), STOP School Violence Act (H.R. 4909/S. 2495), Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act (H.R. 627), Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353/S. 3217), Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 5374/S. 2584) and Teachers are Leaders Act (S. 1413); ESSA implementation; stakeholder engagement; Titles I, II, and IV of ESSA; Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grants; School Leader Recruitment and Support program; Carl D. Perkins CTE program; private school vouchers; District of Columbia private school voucher program; Impact Aid; E-Rate; homework gap, IDEA; transgender students; supplemental priorities for discretionary grant programs; school discipline guidance; HEA reauthorization; Public Service Loan Forgiveness; Teacher Quality Partnership; education in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; school safety; the Federal Commission on School Safety; the U.S. Department of Educations Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE); and the U.S. Department of Educations Privacy and Technical Assistance Center

Funding (no bill number) Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act (FY19). Funding the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants (Title II of the Higher Education Act)for FY19. Funding for the Special Education Personnel Preparation program (IDEA) for FY19; Funding for the School Leadership Program in the Every Student Succeeds Act for FY19; funding for the Institute of Educational Sciences for FY19. Includes letters to the relevant subcommittees of the appropriations committee. Working on the Educator Preparation Reform Act to reauthorize Title II of the Higher Education Act; Supporting AACTE members and TQP grantees in advocating to the Members of Congress, including specific requests to sign on to a letter to the appropriations subcommittee on funding for the Teacher Quality Partnership grants as needed. Also working with other national organizations on funding the Teacher Quality Partnership grants, including sign-on letters to leadership of the labor-H subcommittees in the House and Senate. Meetings with staff on funding and legislative issues. Support of S.457; S.458;H.R. 2544 Support of HR 3636 & S 1694 - meetings with staff as well as advocacy work with AACTE members to obtain cosponsors. meetings on FY 19 appropriations letters in opposition to HR 4508, the PROSPER Act; working with AACTE members in opposition to this measure; signing on to letters against this bill; doing meetings in opposition to the PROSPER Act. CEO Testified on regulatory matters to the US Department of Education - opening of negotiated rulemaking on TEACH grants as a potential subject (testimony 5 minutes, no specific regulatory suggestions made in the testimony, just "do no harm"

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

HR 4508/S_, reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, all provisions S 1694/HR 3636, Educator Preparation Reform Act, all provisions PL 110-315, Higher Education Opportunity Act, Education Department guidance related to use of information derived from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for institutional research purposes

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Advancing Career Pathways Innovation Act (S. 1245), Anti-Lunch Shaming Act (S. 1064/H.R. 2401), Child Care for Working Families Act (S. 1806/H.R. 3773), Choices in Education Act (H.R. 610), Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act (S. 235/H.R. 691), Educating Tomorrows Workforce Act (S. 628), Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act (H.R. 5199/S. 2517), Educational Opportunities Act (H.R. 895/S. 148), Educator Preparation Reform Act (S. 1694/H.R. 3636), Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act (H.R. 160), Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act (H.R. 716), IDEA Full Funding Act (H.R. 2902), Jumpstart on College Act (H.R. 2845), Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act (S. 718/H.R. 1710), Mental Health in Schools Act (H.R. 2913/S. 1370), Middle STEP Act (S. 1814/H.R. 3785), PROSPER Act (H.R. 4508); Prohibit E-Cigarette Use in Schools Act (no bill #), Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act (H.R. 3580), Public Funds for Public Schools Act (H.R. 4269), Rebuild Americas Schools Act (H.R. 2475), Recruiting and Retaining Effective School Leaders Act (no bill #), Safe Schools Improvement Act (H.R. 1957/S. 2572), School Building Improvement Act (S. 1674), STOP School Violence Act (H.R. 4909/S. 2495), Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act (H.R. 627), Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353/S. 3217), Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 5374/S. 2584) and Teachers are Leaders Act (S. 1413); ESSA implementation; stakeholder engagement; Titles I, II, and IV of ESSA; Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grants; School Leader Recruitment and Support program; Carl D. Perkins CTE program; private school vouchers; District of Columbia private school voucher program; Impact Aid; E-Rate; homework gap, IDEA; transgender students; supplemental priorities for discretionary grant programs; school discipline guidance; HEA reauthorization; Public Service Loan Forgiveness; Teacher Quality Partnership; education in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; school safety; the Federal Commission on School Safety; and the U.S. Department of Educations Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE)

Funding (no bill number) Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act (FY18). Funding the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants (Title II of the Higher Education Act)for FY18. Funding for the Special Education Personnel Preparation program (IDEA) for FY18; Funding for the School Leadership Program in the Every Student Succeeds Act for FY18; funding for the Institute of Educational Sciences for FY18. Includes letters to the relevant subcommittees of the appropriations committee. Working on the Educator Preparation Reform Act to reauthorize Title II of the Higher Education Act; Supporting AACTE members and TQP grantees in advocating to the Members of Congress, including specific requests to sign on to a letter to the appropriations subcommittee on funding for the Teacher Quality Partnership grants. Also working with other national organizations on funding the Teacher Quality Partnership grants, including sign-on letters to leadership of the labor-H subcommittees in the House and Senate. Meetings with staff on funding and legislative issues. Support of S.457; S.458;H.R. 2544 Support of HR 3636 & S 1694 - meetings with staff as well as advocacy work with AACTE members to obtain cosponsors. meetings on FY 19 appropriations letters in opposition to HR 4508, the PROSPER Act; working with AACTE members in opposition to this measure; signing on to letters against this bill; doing meetings in opposition to the PROSPER Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Funding (no bill number) Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act (FY18). Funding the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants (Title II of the Higher Education Act)for FY18. Funding for the Special Education Personnel Preparation program (IDEA) for FY18; Funding for the School Leadership Program in the Every Student Succeeds Act for FY18; funding for the Institute of Educational Sciences for FY18. Includes letters to the relevant subcommittees of the appropriations committee. Working on the Educator Preparation Reform Act to reauthorize Title II of the Higher Education Act; Supporting AACTE members and TQP grantees in advocating to the Members of Congress, including specific requests to sign on to a letter to the appropriations subcommittee on funding for the Teacher Quality Partnership grants. Working with House offices on an amendment to the Labor-H bill to restore funding for Title II-A of ESSA; School Leaders Recruitment and Support grants (ESSA); increase SEED funding (ESSA) and restore funding for the Teacher Quality Partnership grants. Meetings with staff on funding and legislative issues. Support of S.457; S.458;H.R. 2544 Advocating with AACTE members on a deal to raise the budget caps by amending the Budget Control Act of 2011; engaging on tax reform; engaging on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Support of HR 3636 & S 1694 - meetings with staff as well as advocacy work with AACTE members to obtain cosponsors. Engaging on tax reform, signing on to letters of concern; meetings on FY18 and FY 19 appropriations letters on the FY18 omnibus in support of the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program; Letters in support of a budget deal (prior to omnibus)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

HR 4508/S_, reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, all provisions HR 2944, To Offer Refugees College Help (TORCH) Act, all provisions HR 2526, Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act (POST GRAD) Act, all provisions HR 3734/S 1801, SOS Campus Act, all provisions S 1694/HR 3636, Educator Preparation Reform Act, all provisions

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Advancing Career Pathways Innovation Act (S. 1245), Anti-Lunch Shaming Act (S. 1064/H.R. 2401), Child Care for Working Families Act (S. 1806/H.R. 3773), Choices in Education Act (H.R. 610), Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act (S. 235/H.R. 691), Educating Tomorrows Workforce Act (S. 628), Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act (H.R. 5199/S. 2517), Educational Opportunities Act (H.R. 895/S. 148), Educator Preparation Reform Act (S. 1694/H.R. 3636), Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act (H.R. 716), IDEA Full Funding Act (H.R. 2902), Jumpstart on College Act (H.R. 2845), Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act (S. 718/H.R. 1710), Middle STEP Act (S. 1814/H.R. 3785), PROSPER Act (H.R. 4508); Public Funds for Public Schools Act (H.R. 4269), Recruiting and Retaining Effective School Leaders Act (no bill #), School Building Improvement Act (S. 1674), STOP School Violence Act (H.R. 4909/S. 2495), Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act (H.R. 627), Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353), and Teachers are Leaders Act (S. 1413); ESSA implementation; stakeholder engagement; Titles I, II, and IV of ESSA; Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grants; School Leader Recruitment and Support program; Carl D. Perkins CTE program; private school vouchers; District of Columbia private school voucher program; Impact Aid; E-Rate; homework gap, IDEA; transgender students; supplemental priorities for discretionary grant programs; school discipline guidance; HEA reauthorization; Public Service Loan Forgiveness; Teacher Quality Partnership; and education in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Funding (no bill number) Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act (FY18). Funding the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants (Title II of the Higher Education Act)for FY18. Funding for the Special Education Personnel Preparation program (IDEA) for FY18; Funding for the School Leadership Program in the Every Student Succeeds Act for FY18; funding for the Institute of Educational Sciences for FY18. Includes letters to the relevant subcommittees of the appropriations committee. Working on the Educator Preparation Reform Act to reauthorize Title II of the Higher Education Act; Supporting AACTE members and TQP grantees in advocating to the Members of Congress, including specific requests to sign on to a letter to the appropriations subcommittee on funding for the Teacher Quality Partnership grants. Working with House offices on an amendment to the Labor-H bill to restore funding for Title II-A of ESSA; School Leaders Recruitment and Support grants (ESSA); increase SEED funding (ESSA) and restore funding for the Teacher Quality Partnership grants. Meetings with staff on funding and legislative issues. Support of S.457; S.458;H.R. 2544 Advocating with AACTE members on a deal to raise the budget caps by amending the Budget Control Act of 2011; engaging on tax reform; engaging on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Support of HR 3636 & S 1694 - meetings with staff as well as advocacy work with AACTE members to obtain cosponsors. Engaging on tax reform, signing on to letters of concern;

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

HR 4508/S_, reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, all provisions HR 2944, To Offer Refugees College Help (TORCH) Act, all provisions HR 2526, Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act (POST GRAD) Act, all provisions HR 3734, SOS Campus Act, all provisions S 1694/HR 3636, Educator Preparation Reform Act, all provisions

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Advancing Career Pathways Innovation Act (S. 1245), Anti-Lunch Shaming Act (S. 1064/H.R. 2401), Child Care for Working Families Act (S. 1806/H.R. 3773), Choices in Education Act (H.R. 610), Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act (S. 235/H.R. 691), Educating Tomorrows Workforce Act (S. 628), Educational Opportunities Act (H.R. 895/S. 148), Educator Preparation Reform Act (S. 1694/H.R. 3636), Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act (H.R. 716), IDEA Full Funding Act (H.R. 2902), Jumpstart on College Act (H.R. 2845), Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act (S. 718/H.R. 1710), Middle STEP Act (S. 1814/H.R. 3785), PROSPER Act (H.R. 4508), Public Funds for Public Schools Act (H.R. 4269), Recruiting and Retaining Effective School Leaders Act (no bill #), School Building Improvement Act (S. 1674), Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act (H.R. 627), Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353), Teachers are Leaders Act (S. 1413); and National Principals Month resolutions (S. Res. 306/H. Res. 517); ESSA implementation; stakeholder engagement; Titles I, II, and IV of ESSA; Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grants; School Leader Recruitment and Support program; Carl D. Perkins CTE program; private school vouchers; District of Columbia private school voucher program; E-Rate; IDEA; transgender students; supplemental priorities for discretionary grant programs; school discipline guidance; reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, and public service loan forgiveness

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Funding (no bill number) Title II of the Every Student Succeeds Act (FY18). Funding the Teacher Quality Partnership Grants (Title II of the Higher Education Act)for FY18. Funding for the Special Education Personnel Preparation program (IDEA) for FY18; Funding for the School Leadership Program in the Every Student Succeeds Act for FY18; funding for the Institute of Educational Sciences for FY18. Includes letters to the relevant subcommittees of the appropriations committee. Working on the Educator Preparation Reform Act to reauthorize Title II of the Higher Education Act; Supporting AACTE members and TQP grantees in advocating to the Members of Congress, including specific requests to sign on to a letter to the appropriations subcommittee on funding for the Teacher Quality Partnership grants. Working with House offices on an amendment to the Labor-H bill to restore funding for Title II-A of ESSA; School Leaders Recruitment and Support grants (ESSA); increase SEED funding (ESSA) and restore funding for the Teacher Quality Partnership grants. Meetings with staff on funding and legislative issues. Support of S.457; S.458;H.R. 2544 Advocating with AACTE members on a deal to raise the budget caps by amending the Budget Control Act of 2011; engaging on tax reform; engaging on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Support of HR 3636 & S 1694 - meetings with staff as well as advocacy work with AACTE members to obtain cosponsors.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Advancing Career Pathways Innovation Act (S. 1245), Anti-Lunch Shaming Act (S. 1064/H.R. 2401), Child Care for Working Families Act (S. 1806/H.R. 3773), Choices in Education Act (H.R. 610), Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act (S. 235/H.R. 691), Educating Tomorrows Workforce Act (S. 628), Educational Opportunities Act (H.R. 895/S. 148), Educator Preparation Reform Act (S. 1694/H.R. 3636), Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act (H.R. 716), IDEA Full Funding Act (H.R. 2902), Jumpstart on College Act (H.R. 2845), Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act (S. 718/H.R. 1710), Middle STEP Act (S. 1814/H.R. 3785), Public Dollars for Public Schools Act (no bill #), Recruiting and Retaining Effective School Leaders Act (no bill #), School Building Improvement Act (S. 1674), Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act (H.R. 627), Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353), and Teachers are Leaders Act (S. 1413); ESSA implementation; stakeholder engagement; Titles I, II, and IV of ESSA; Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grants; School Leader Recruitment and Support program; Carl D. Perkins CTE program; private school vouchers; District of Columbia private school voucher program; E-Rate; IDEA; and transgender students

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported