The LAO - the Legislative Analyst Office - recently came out with a Report on Adult Education . The report was posted on Adult Education Matters Facebook page. Several readers responded. With permission, here is Jean MacDonald's response (below the pertinent recommendations from the LAO Report.). The LAO Report's Recommendations on Credentialing "No Longer Require Adult School Instructors to Hold a Credential. We recommend the Legislature amend statute so that individuals no longer need a teaching credential to serve as instructors at adult schools. By aligning qualifications for instructors, instructors could readily teach adult education courses at both community colleges and adult schools. Moreover, the change could help adult schools in hiring teachers. If the state has concerns about the quality of adult education instructors, it could encourage consortia to provide professional development as needed." - From the 2018 LAO Report on Adult Education http://la...