2009 CEF Action

CEF Letter to Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget, regarding Fy 2011 education funding priorities. (November 13, 2009)

CEF Letter to House of Representatives regarding FY 10 Labor, HHS, Ed Bill (July 24, 2009)

CEF FY 10 Letter to Appropriators (July 15, 2009)

CEF joint letter with the National Collaboration for Youth to members of the Budget Committee regarding FY 2010 budget (March 24, 2009)

CEF letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Senate urging the passage of the FY 2009 omnibus package (March 2, 2009)

CEF letter to Congress urging the final passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (February 13, 2009)

CEF Selects New Executive Director

The Committee on Education Funding (CEF), the largest and oldest coalition of education organizations in the United States, has selected education policy expert Joel Packer to serve as its new Executive Director.

Click here to read our press release.

From the CEF Twitter: 2009-12-02

• //NLB// Is College Only for thr Rich? Student Organizing and College Affordability. Event at Center for American Progress. 13:09:02
• Congressman Tim Bishop, D-NY, CEF award winner is here. He says the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act #SAFRA should pass the Senate 13:11:15
• Bishop: Community Colleges are good and should be improved. 13:12:13
• Bishop: College should not be only for the rich; it gives people access to the American dream. 13:13:34
• Now the panel begins 13:15:19
• At UC colleges, students are becoming angry because of the new fee increases. The students feel that their university system is at risk. 13:21:42
• University officials feel they are trying to stay out of politics relative to other interests, which might leave colleges with less money 13:25:14
• Students feel that there aren't as many champions for education advocating for them as there were in the 1960's. This could be a new era. 13:30:09
• There are more student protests going on right now than people notice. The California rally is unique because it got more media coverage. 13:35:06
• Pell Grants do not cover the full cost of college. Many Pell recipients compensate with private loans that often have high interest rates. 13:38:12
• It costs money for colleges to hire staff to administer loans. 13:41:44
• Though more prestigous, research universities cost more professors must research at least 50% of the time. 13:43:36
• Community colleges (where professors primarily teach) offer students the option to transfer to well known research universities. 13:45:37
• California students feel their freedom of choice (for higher education) is at risk. 13:47:59
• The nature of the student body has changed; there are more commuter students and older students than before. 13:53:24
• CEF December Hotsheet: All about the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Read it: http://tr.im/GrOj #education #SAFRA 16:32:30
• My internship @edfunding is over, now @Swirzey will be tweeting elsewhere! 18:04:48
• Don't forget to find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/edfunding 20:30:02

December 2009 Hotsheet: The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA)

CEF December Hotsheet

This month’s Hotsheet is all about the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA). SAFRA legislates on all levels of education: early childhood, K-12, and post-secondary. Right now, the bill is in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). To see if one of your Senators is on the HELP Committee, click here

Find out all about SAFRA by reading CEF’s December Hotsheet!

Is College Only for the Rich? Student Organizing and College Affordability. Event at Center for American Progress.

1:11:15 PM: Congressman Tim Bishop, D-NY, CEF award winner is here. He says the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act #SAFRA should pass the Senate

1:12:13 PM: Bishop: Community Colleges are good and should be improved.

1:13:34 PM: Bishop: College should not be only for the rich; it gives people access to the American dream.

1:15:19 PM: Now the panel begins

1:21:42 PM: At UC colleges, students are becoming angry because of the new fee increases. The students feel that their university system is at risk.

1:25:14 PM: University officials feel they are trying to stay out of politics relative to other interests, which might leave colleges with less money

1:30:09 PM: Students feel that there aren’t as many champions for education advocating for them as there were in the 1960′s. This could be a new era.

1:35:06 PM: There are more student protests going on right now than people notice. The California rally is unique because it got more media coverage.

1:38:12 PM: Pell Grants do not cover the full cost of college. Many Pell recipients compensate with private loans that often have high interest rates.

1:41:44 PM: It costs money for colleges to hire staff to administer loans.

1:43:36 PM: Though more prestigous, research universities cost more professors must research at least 50% of the time.

1:45:37 PM: Community colleges (where professors primarily teach) offer students the option to transfer to well known research universities.

1:47:59 PM: California students feel their freedom of choice (for higher education) is at risk.

1:53:24 PM: The nature of the student body has changed; there are more commuter students and older students than before.

4:30:40 PM: CEF December Hotsheet: All about the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Read it: http://www.cef.org/?p=1413 #education #SAFRA

From the CEF Twitter: 2009-12-01

• University of Texas at Austin advised to increase tuition by 3.5% to maintain UT's quality of education. Read more: http://tr.im/Gjs4 11:49:57
• New York Governor David Paterson's proposed K-12 education budget cuts would be offset by stimulus funding. http://tr.im/Gjte #ARRA 11:53:47
• Race to the Top update: Sherwood School District in Oregon is showing innovation to win the stimulus grant money. http://tr.im/GkxS 14:50:22
• Race to the Top update: Delaware Governor Jack Markell plans to change teacher evaluations in hopes of wining the ARRA $ http://tr.im/GlvO 17:32:19

From the CEF Twitter: 2009-11-30

• Sign up for the CEF annual meeting: http://www.cef.org/?page_id=1381 Date: December 11th. At: Georgetown University's Reiss Science Building 12:21:31
• RT @comm_college: Recession-wary honor students use community colleges as door to elite schools (Washington Post) http://ow.ly/H8vC 13:17:14
• Tuition freeze for Missouri public colleges & universities is ok with Governor Jay Nixon, but must pass state legislature http://tr.im/GdoD 13:48:59
• Race to the Top update: Arizona may win the stimulus-funding award for innovative K-12 education. http://tr.im/Gdws 14:08:39