The NAFIS Spring Conference will
be held March 6-9 in Washington, DC. In anticipation of the conference, we are making the Basics of Impact Aid and the Conference Workbook vailable to you online. You can leave them at home as a reference once you return from the conference or print them out and bring them with you to the conference.

Basics of Impact Aid

Conference Workbook

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today said that the $24.8 billion in federal funds available annually to the nation's schools should support reforms that prepare students for success in college and careers.

"Today, I am calling on all of you to join with us to build a transformative education law that guarantees every child the education they want and need—a law that recognizes and reinforces the proper role of the federal government to support and drive reform at the state and local level," Duncan told more than 200 leaders of major education groups in his first major speech about the future of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

The ESEA was reauthorized most recently in 2002 in what is known as the No Child Left Behind Act.

In his speech, Duncan said