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Alyson Klein 聽in聽Education Week聽that federal officials have聽outlined the process聽for making changes to state ESSA plans.

State chiefs who want to make changes must first confer with their state鈥檚 governor as well as engage education stakeholders for feedback. After that, they must send the U.S. Education Department a 鈥渞edlined version of the plan that reflects the proposed changes, a cover letter describing what they want to do differently, and an explanation of how they reached out to the public to get feedback on the revision.鈥� Any changes 鈥渢hat could impact how a state flags low-performing schools in the 2019-20 school year should be submitted by March 1, 2019.鈥� Although submissions after this date will 鈥渟till be accepted and reviewed,鈥� Klein notes that 鈥渟tates may not be able to implement the changes by next school year.鈥�

Additionally, in other federal education news, Michael Stratford聽聽for聽Politico聽that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is likely to 鈥渇ace new scrutiny鈥� next year from committees that will soon be led by Democrats in the U.S. House. In particular, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), who will become chairman of the House education committee when the new Congress convenes in January 2019, will 鈥渉ave DeVos squarely in his sights.鈥� Recently, Scott 鈥渟aid his top oversight priorities would be the Education Department鈥檚 implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act, as well as its handling of claims for student loan forgiveness by public servants and borrowers defrauded by their colleges.鈥�

See below for more ESSA news:

1 How do ESSA plans handle arts education?

In the聽聽of聽Education Week鈥檚 鈥淎nswering Your ESSA Questions鈥� series, an anonymous reader asks: 鈥淗ow do ESSA plans handle arts education?鈥� As always, Alyson Klein has the answer, noting that, under ESSA, states 鈥渉ad to choose at least one indicator of school quality or student success to consider alongside test scores in gauging school performance.鈥� Klein also notes that 鈥渁t least five states decided to use the arts 鈥� either access to classes or some other indicator 鈥� to fulfill this requirement.鈥�

What’s your state’s indicator of school quality or student success鈥攁longside test scores? Several are looking to the arts for this. And, don’t forget, there’s the $1.1 billion flexible block grant for arts programs. Via

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These states include Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, and Michigan. Additionally, 鈥渄istricts can choose to use a portion of their money from ESSA’s $1.1 billion flexible block grant for arts programs.鈥澛燗nd districts that get more than $30,000 must use at least 20 percent of this funding to help develop more 鈥渨ell-rounded鈥� students. Among districts 鈥渨ho are planning to use the money for a 鈥榳ell-rounded education,鈥� about 30 percent said they would like to direct it to arts education.鈥�

2 School improvement plans: Cowen & Porter shine light on where states stand

Late last month in 蜜桃影视, the Collaborative for Student Success鈥檚 Jim Cowen and Education First鈥檚 William Porter聽 how states are approaching school improvement. While there is a lack of publicly available information on state school improvement plans, which is why only 17 states were included in the Collaborative鈥檚 recent聽聽peer review, it doesn鈥檛 mean nothing is going on in the other states.

New op-ed from and addresses how states are improving their lowest performing schools.

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Recently, Education First asked all states and D.C. to 鈥渟hare information about their progress so far,鈥� and then 鈥渃reated聽聽of 41 state education agencies, providing a broader picture of what states across the country are wrestling with and the progress they have made thus far.鈥� They found that states 鈥渁re trying to move away from a one-size-fits-all approach to one that more systematically聽uncovers the unique, pressing issues and needs in each struggling school.鈥�

3 New Mexico 鈥榣eading the way鈥� in using ESSA to demand bold action from school districts

All4Ed鈥檚 Lindsay Dworkin聽聽about how New Mexico is taking full advantage of the flexibility afforded under ESSA and is 鈥渓eading the way鈥� for other states and has seized 鈥渢his opportunity to demand bold action from districts.鈥� New Mexico was one of the first states 鈥渢o identify schools for comprehensive support鈥� and is leveraging 鈥渆very possible flexibility offered in ESSA to drive high-quality school improvement,鈥� she writes.

New Mexico has bold, innovative strategies to improve low-performing schools under . Learn more in this video with .

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The state 鈥渁lso leverages a provision in ESSA that allows states to set aside 3 percent of their overall Title I funds for direct student services鈥� and uses these funds 鈥渢o expand access to advanced course work and better instructional opportunities across the state.鈥� State education officials also 鈥渕aintain a high bar with districts by approving only evidence-based school turnaround plans that are likely to improve outcomes for underserved students.鈥�

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