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Stories from School Counselors and Admission Officers

Hear from NACAC members about the budget challenges and services sacrificed in their offices.

	Video (2:26): Jeff Morrow, Director of College Counseling at Oaks Christian High School (CA), reacts to the financial crisis. "One of the things that worries me about students, high school students specifically in California and in the district where I live, is that as the economy has gotten worse less families can afford things like private education. But as the state budget is also a mess, the funding for public education in the area has gone down as well."
	Video (0:59): Chano LaBoy, Educational Counselor at Goddard Riverside's Options Center for Educational and Career Choice (NY), reacts to the financial crisis. "What this really sends home to me is the crucial fact that education should be a number one priority for the government."
	Video (0:44): Cynthia Bonn, Dean of Admission at a public flagship univeristy in New England, reacts to the financial crisis. "I'm thinking that this is going to be a problem not only now in the present but in the future for our university, for our region and across the nation."
	Video (1:01): Susan Cohen, Associate Director at the Cooper Union (NY), reacts to the financial crisis. "The other thing that I've seen students talk about a lot more recently is how they're going to pay for their healthcare."
	Video (6:05): U.S. Department of Education Highlights School Counselor Jobs Saved by Stimulus in Fairfax County, VA.
	Video (4:38): Terri Devine discusses college admission challenges for California students
	Video (4:31): Katy Murphy discusses California's economic challenges with college admissions

Reports of Counseling Cuts

New School Year Brings Steep Cuts in State Funding for Schools, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Effects of the Economy on the Admission Process, NACAC
School Counselors Stretched at a Time When Needed Most,
Education Week
Guidance Counselors Facing Cutbacks And Increased Caseloads, CityTownInfo.com
Future of College and Career Resource Center Uncertain, WWSB-TV ABC 7, Florida
High School Counselors Brace for Big Caseloads, The San Diego Union-Tribune
Dallas School Counselors Overwhelmed by Huge Caseloads, The Dallas Morning News
Editorial: Improve College Access, Success, MLive.com, Michigan

Jobs Legislation 2011

President Obama's American Jobs Act:
       Announcement
       Summary
       Legislation

Education & the American Jobs Act: Creating Jobs Through Investments in Our Nation's Schools

Interactive Map: Estimated Impact by State and District

Estimated Jobs Impact by State, U.S. Department of Education

Estimating the Impact of the American Jobs Act, Education Commission of the States

Jobs Legislation 2010

Education Jobs Fund

Map of Grant Awards

Funds by State

Reports on the Recession

National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) Reports:2011 Fiscal Survey of States

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: New School Year Brings Steep Cuts in State Funding for Schools

Center for American Progress: The State of Communities of Color in the U.S. Economy

U.S. Department of Education: State Spending on Undergraduate Education

NACAC: Federal Funds Saving Counselor Jobs

U.S. Department of Education: Education Jobs Fund Report

Alliance for Excellent Education: Education and the Economy: Boosting State and National Economies by Improving High School Graduation Rates

U.S. Census Bureau: State Government Finances

American Association of School Administrators: Surviving a Thousand Cuts: America's Public Schools and the Recession

National Council of State Legislatures: Big Questions/Practical Answers: Committing Resources to Higher Education in a Challenging Economy

The Center for Public Education: Cutting to the Bone

State Higher Education Executive Officers: State Higher Education Finance FY 2010

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009

In response to the lagging economy, Congress and the Administration have developed economic stimulus packages that include emergency funding and tax cuts (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or HR 1). NACAC supports the inclusion of initiatives designed to provide educational opportunities for students who might otherwise not be able to afford them.

Use NACAC's Key Votes page to see how your members of Congress voted.

ARRA Resources

Congressional Budget Office: Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output from April 2011 Through June 2011

U.S. Department of Education: State Grants (and by-school district amounts) Under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

U.S. Department of Education:
Spending by State
Spending by Program

National Education Association: Federal Education-Related Programs by State

U.S. Department of Education: Implementing the Recovery Act

NACAC's Economic Stimulus Podcast

Issue Brief: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

White House: Recovery.gov

U.S. Department of Treasury: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Resource Page

Summary of ARRA's Education Provisions and Implementation