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NAfME and 50 Federated Associations Ask for Maximum Title IV, Part A Funding

Christian Wissmuller by Christian Wissmuller
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The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and 50 of its State Federated Music Education Associations have submitted letters to the leadership of both Federal Congressional Committees on Appropriations.  

The letter advocates to Congress to not pass another Continuing Resolution for Fiscal Year 2017, and provide maximum funding for the Title IV, Part A block grant of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

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A copy of the House of Representatives’ version is provided below:

The Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
United States House of Representatives
H-305, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510

The Honorable Nita Lowey
Ranking Member
Committee on Appropriations
United States House of Representatives
H-305, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510

March 9, 2017

Dear Chairman Frelinghuysen and Ranking Member Lowey:

 

The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and 49 of its Federated State Associations are writing to request the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations to not pass another Continuing Resolution (CR) for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) and provide maximum funding for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grant program under Title IV, Part A of the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). 

 

For nearly fifteen years, students, educators, and parents faced the unintended consequences behind policies created under “No Child Left Behind,” which included frequently narrowed curricula that reduced engagement with critical subjects, such as music. The signing of ESSA marks a positive step forward for all students across the nation by focusing on what makes a student whole by embracing the intrinsic value of a “Well-Rounded Education,” which now includes music education as one part of the whole. The SSAE program embodies this fundamental value by allowing school districts the opportunity to choose where to best spend their SSAE dollars in order to provide access to a broad and rich curricula.  Students desperately need a “Well-Rounded Education” for academic success and in today’s workforce.

 

If Congress chooses to apply another stop gap spending measure, the first year of implementation and effectiveness for SSAE would be severely hampered.  As you may know, this new program is the result of a consolidation of more than 20 existing programs from Title V of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) into a single formula-funded flexible block grant program.  If another Continuing Resolution (CR) is passed, the consolidated funding from those programs only amounts to $278 million, less than one-fourth of its $1.65 billion authorized funding level, which Congress agreed upon in a bipartisan manner.  Significantly underfunding SSAE not only undermines the greater flexibility that Congress had intended for states and districts in ESSA, but also endangers the program’s long-term success and would not allow schools to make meaningful investments in critical areas of need, such as school music programs. Under the Continuing Resolution’s funding level, school districts would be forced to make difficult and unconscionable trade-offs between high-quality programs and would fail to create a “Well-Rounded” course of study.  We urge the Committee to complete FY17’s appropriations process and match SSAE’s authorized level of $1.65 billion.

 

In addition, we object any prescribing or amending language that recommends turning SSAE into a competitive grant program, regardless of the funding level. A competitive program would significantly disadvantage smaller and more rural school districts that often lack the resources to apply for funding at all. These same districts would benefit the most from the program, as they frequently serve students who are in most need, a population that has shown to perform better academically when exposed to a broad curriculum that includes music programs. Sufficiently funding SSAE would eliminate any need for competitive targeting and increase local control over educational investments.

 

ESSA is a historic piece of legislation and we must ensure that it is properly funded within its first authorized year to guarantee a world-class education for our nation’s students. On behalf of music educators, students, and advocates across the nation, we urge you to appropriate as close to full funding as possible for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant. Thank you for your consideration and for your service to our nation’s students.

 

Sincerely,

 

The National Association for Music Education

 

Supporting State Federated Organizations

 

Alabama Music Educators Association

Alaska Music Educators Association

Arizona Music Educators Association

Arkansas Music Educators Association

California Music Educators Association

Colorado Music Educators Association

Connecticut Music Educators Association

Delaware Music Educators Association

Florida Music Education Association

Georgia Music Educators Association

Hawaii Music Educators Association

Idaho Music Educators Association

Illinois Music Education Association

Indiana Music Education Association

Iowa Music Educators Association

Kansas Music Educators Association

Kentucky Music Educators Association

Louisiana Music Educators Association

Maine Music Educators Association

Maryland Music Educators Association

Massachusetts Music Educators Association          

Michigan Music Education Association

Minnesota Music Educators Association

Mississippi Music Educators Association

Missouri Music Educators Association Montana Music Educators Association

Nebraska Music Educators Association

Nevada Music Educators Association

New Hampshire Music Educators Association

New Jersey Music Educators Association

New Mexico Music Educators Association

New York State School Music Association

North Carolina Music Educators Association

North Dakota Music Educators Association

Ohio Music Education Association

Oklahoma Music Educators Association

Oregon Music Education Association

Pennsylvania Music Educators Association

Rhode Island Music Education Association

South Carolina Music Educators Association

South Dakota Music Education Association

Tennessee Music Education Association

Texas Music Educators Conference

Utah Music Educators Association

Vermont Music Educators Association

Virginia Music Educators Association

Washington Music Educators Association

West Virginia Music Educators Association

Wisconsin Music Educators Association

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