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Two don't miss webinars on the Adult Ed Budget: 1.  Thursday, January 29th at 4 pm   CCAE webinar on the State Budget and Adult Ed. "We will be hosting our third webinar this Thursday, January 29th at 4 p.m. in order to provide an update on the Governor's FY 15-16 Budget for adult education.   Our Legislative and Governmental Budget Advocate Dawn Koepke will be discussing the latest insights on the state budget discussions and next steps for action to protect K-12 Adult Schools.        We look forward to speaking with you about the Governor's Budget proposal, our perspectives and key issues, and discussing our next steps to protect K12 adult schools.  Register today!" Click here for a link to register and participate .  2.  Friday, January 30th at 12 noon AB86 webinar on the State Budget and Adult Ed - with DOF! - t he Department of Finance. For this week's webinar on Friday, January 30th, the Departmen...

An update about the situation at Berkeley Adult School from the Berkeley Adult School Facebook page.  (For the backstory on the situation, see this AEM post or this Berkeleyside article .) Some of the more than 100 supporters of the Berkeley Adult School at the board meeting. Photo: Seung Y. Lee The immense support, letter writing, social media/blog posting, phone calls and participation in various meetings from friends of BAS recently have been received by our Board and it is important that we continue to advocate for our programs, to organize to inform and have a presence at meetings, write letters, and invite Board members to visit. We are moved and grateful for the unified support of ... our school particularly from our staff. Local stakeholders have written letters, made phone calls and spoken at meetings. At Wednesday evening's Board meeting, Superintendent Evans said "We're not in a position to talk about long-term solutions." While the Superintendent's ...

From Edsource : Governor’s proposed budget called “a gift” to adult education January 15, 2015 | By Susan Frey | No Comments Liv Ames for EdSource Marco Estrella, right, and Yu Liu practice English in an ESL class at San Mateo Adult School. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on pinterest_share More Sharing Services 67 The governor’s proposed budget , unveiled last week, allocates $500 million for an Adult Education Block Grant, with a provision that existing K-12 adult ed programs be funded for another year. The new funding allows more time for recently formed local consortia of adult schools, community colleges and other organizations that serve adults to determine what programs their communities need, how they will be funded and who is going to provide them. K-12 adult schools have been fighting for survival since the recession, when school districts were allowed to use funding formerly dedicated for adult schools for any educational purpose. Many districts, t...

Here is CCAE Legislative Analyst Dawn Koepke's analysis of Gov. Brown's Budget Proposal.   FY 15-16 Budget Overview - "Stability" By Dawn Koepke, CCAE Legislative Analyst We've been anxiously awaiting news, having worked so hard to make meaningful headway with the Administration and Department of Finance (DOF) on the future of adult education.  All of that hard work culminated in the Governor releasing his FY 15-16 budget plan this morning that is workable and provides stability for K12 adult education when we need it most.    All-in-all, the proposal provides $500 million Proposition 98 General Fund for a newly created Adult Education Block Grant, which the Administration is characterizing as an "integral component of the state's workforce development strategy."  The Block Grant will fund adult education programs in elementary and secondary basic skills; classes and courses in citizenship and English as a second language for immigrants...

Save Your Adult School is an amazing blog written by Kristen Pursley, one of the founding members of COSAS, Communities Organized to Support Adult Schools.  The blog is always chock full of facts, insight, and analysis. The most recent post is a phenomenal parsing of Governor Brown's new Budget Proposal for 2015-16.  Because I think the post is so valuable and helpful and want it to have the widest readership as possible, I asked permission to share it here. So, with the permission of Kristen Pursley, here it is: Hit the "read more" link to see it. The Governor’s Budget Plan for Adult Education for 2015-2016: Joy, Tears and the Unknown Posted on January 11, 2015 by kpursley    The governor’s budget plan for adult education in 2015-2016 gives cause for both celebration and mourning. It also sends adult schools on a journey into the unknown, with a new system of allocating funding that mirrors the Local Control Funding Formula which was recently implemented in K-...

Here it is - Governor Brown's Proposed Budget for 2015-16. It looks good for K12 Adult Schools.  3 key points: *  For existent K12 Adult Schools, a year more of being funded at MOE (Maintenance of Effort) clause levels directly through their district for existent. *  A block grant of 500 million dollars for Adult Education.  This money can only be spent on Adult Ed. *  A new system of Local Allotment Boards which will decide how much each local school gets. The AB86 Workgroup declares the proposal a victory for adult education students across California. I'd say it's a victory, too - in numerous ways. More on that and a full parsing to come in the future.  For now, c lick here to read the full Budget Proposal Summary.   The Adult Ed portion is copied below.  It begins on page 24 of the Summary. Hit the "read more" link to see it. Adult Education Historically, K‑12 school districts and community colleges have provided adult educ...

"May I have this dance?" This Friday, January 9th, Governor Brown is expected to present his proposal for the 2015-16 budget. The MOE - the Maintenance of Effort - Clause, which has been holding the K12 Adult School system up since flex broke it, ends June 30, 2015.  Removing the MOE is like taking a cast off a broken leg.  What's underneath?  Something healed and solid, able to support the K12 Adult Education system?  Or an underfunded, broken system that will not be able to hold up its part of the new Regional Consortia delivery system? Hit the "read more" link to learn more. Brown's Budget proposal will be step one in finding out. Step one because his proposal is just that - a proposal.  Then begins the dance, a long and complex and public dance between the Governor and the Legislature, and us, the people... the people whose money is being spent... the people who elected the Governor and the Legislature to spend it wisely on ourselves. Only at the e...