AESA Online News

February 23, 2021

Federal Rural Education Policy

OCRE Federal Rural Education Summit

(Virtual)

February 24, 2021

12 pm Eastern

(11 am Central; 10 am Mountain; 9 am Pacific; 8 am Alaska)

First virtual Federal Rural Education Policy Summit . . .

As part of our commitment to supporting rural education, Organizations Concerned About Rural Education (OCRE) is hosting its first virtual Federal Rural Education Policy Summit for Capitol Hill on Wednesday, February 24th. During this half-day virtual event, Hill staffers and other attendees will get an overview of the most pressing issues facing rural K-12 schools, administrators, teachers, and students as our public school system continues to recover from the pandemic.

Resources and recommendations to address the most pressing issues . . .

The summit will feature five (5) separate one-hour policy sessions focused on the most pressing education-related issues facing our nation's rural communities and offer attendees resources and recommendations for how to solve these problems. If that wasn't enough to get your attention, the summit's line-up of high-profile speakers and experts from the Department of Census, Center on Budget Priorities, and Learning Policy Institute is sure to convince you to join the conversation.

Hosted by a coalition of partners . . .

This event is part of the allied coalition efforts of the summit's co-hosting organizations: the Association of Education Service Agencies (AESA), AASA, the School Superintendents Association, Future of Privacy Forum, Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, National Association of State Directors of Special Education, National Education Association, National Rural Education Advocacy Consortium, National Rural Education Association, and White Board Advisors.

To access the full details of the summit - including the tentative session descriptions and speakers - please click here.

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Member Spotlight: You are Invited to

"Equipping Hope"

brought to you by ESSDACK, Hutchinson, Kansas

Our hearts are bursting with possibilities. In the midst of incredible uncertainty, our team has been steadily walking alongside schools and communities to co-create healing and well-being for all.

Supporting a Trauma-Informed Community

Are you seeking to support a truly trauma-informed school or community? Trauma-informed work is never a one-size-fits-all program. It is about building a responsive and actionable culture that is rooted in the science of HOPE. Building healthy communities takes a full-spectrum approach, from building the buy-in to implementing and sustaining the process.

Two-Hour Online Conference March 2

In this online conference, you will learn the components for building change: understanding how to develop HOPE; learning how to sustain restorative practices; making self- and co-care a given, lifting local families out of poverty.

This two-hour online experience will literally hand you the comprehensive road map you’ve yearned for. You CAN equip your current ecosystem, no matter what your challenges are. You CAN move toward becoming a community of healing and resilience.

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Detailed Explanation of the K-12 Funding Request in the American Rescue Plan

AESA Legislative Update

On February 5, 2021, the Biden Administration released additional information on the President's latest $1.9 trillion COVID-19 economic relief proposal. This week's legislative update provides details about the K-12 funding request in the American Rescue Plan.

From our AESA Business Partners

Schools and workplaces trust STOPit Solutions to protect the physical, social and emotional safety and well-being of their students and employees by equipping them with our tailored Safe360 Technology and Education to uncover the unseen, intervene on the imminent, and prevent the preventable. To date, over 6,000 K-12 schools nationwide use STOPit Solutions Safe360 resulting in thousands of lives being intervened upon and saved.

Learn More about this Solution Plus Grant Funding!

Join AESA Business Partner STOPit Solutions for a webinar to learn more about its Safe360 suite of safety and mental wellness products AND how to take advantage of 2021 federal grants to offset school ESA-related costs. In 2020, over $6.6M was awarded to ESAs in nine states!

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

2:00 pm Eastern

(1 pm Central; 12 noon Mountain;

11 am Pacific; 10 am Alaska)

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

2:00 pm Eastern

(1 pm Central; 12 noon Mountain; 11 am Pacific; 10 am Alaska)

Annual Conference Session Recordings Available Until March 8!

The AESA 2020 Annual Conference may seem like a distant memory, but registered attendees can access the session recordings through the conference app until March 8, 2021!

Access Platform

Contact AESA Executive Assistant Ann Fiene if you need assistance.

Stacey Bess, Keynote Speaker

We have received inquiries, so we thought we would share information about Stacey Bess . . .

Stacey Bess was one of our keynote presenters at the 2020 annual conference. She is an author and educator, best known for Nobody Don't Love Nobody, which was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie in 2011 called "Beyond the Blackboard." Stacey engages audiences sharing the lessons she learned that changed her life as she taught hundreds of homeless children in Salt Lake City.

You may want to consider inviting Stacey to your next event! www.staceybess.com