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U.S. Department of Education: Returning Education to the States
This session will focus on the Department’s goal to return education to the states. We will share information on our vision for what this means and our efforts to date to provide greater flexibility for states, districts, and schools to maximize how Federal funds can meet students’ needs and improve academic achievement.
This talk was presented at:
2026 National ESEA Conference
February 2026
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Denver, CO
Speakers
Hayley Sanon
Hayley Sanon is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. She most recently served as the K-12 Education Policy Advisor for the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Previously, she was the Program Manager of the American Enterprise Institute’s Conservative Education Reform Network. She started her career in education as a 7th grade math teacher in Greensboro, NC. She holds an M. Ed. in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. in Public Policy and Political Science, with a minor in Education, from Duke University.
Patrick Rooney
Patrick Rooney is the Director of School Support and Accountability. He oversees several key components of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), including 21st Century Community Learning Centers; Title I, Part A; Title I, Part D; Title II; State Assessment Grants; Competitive Grants for State Assessments; and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education programs. Patrick previously helped lead the work of the Reform Support Network, providing technical assistance to states implementing comprehensive Race to the Top reforms, and the Race to the Top Assessment program, which provided grants to groups of states to develop new assessments aligned to state’s college and career ready standards. He also worked in the DC Office of State Superintendent of Education, where he was a senior policy advisor and worked on a variety of K-12 issues in the District of Columbia. He started his career as a statistician in the National Center for Education Statistics, analyzing education trends for a variety of topics in the Congressionally mandated annual report, The Condition of Education.
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