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COABE is the Coalition on Adult Basic Education.  Their April Legislative Update provides a good overview of the situation from the federal perspective.  Reminder:  California Adult Ed is mostly - but not entirely - funded through the state.  Federal funding matters, too, and we should keep a close eye on what is happening on the federal level where Public Education and Adult Education are concerned.         Government Relations Report: April   This report focuses on budget and appropriations issues.   Congress is on recess for another week.   The continuing resolution (CR) under which the government is operating expires on April 28. There is a need to determine how the government will be funded for the remainder of the year. There is still a certain lack of clarity about whether there will be a long-term CR to carry funding through to September 30, or an omnibus appropriations bill (or bills) that will make actual funding decisio...

Posted from OTAN News : LAO Provides Overview of Adult Education   Posted on 04/10/2017 The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), the Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal advisor, issued a report to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education, which provided an overview of adult education in California. The report provided background and an assessment of the adult education program including key policy issues that remain unresolved. According to the report, school districts and the California Community Colleges (CCC) are the main providers of adult education in California. The state restructured its adult education system in 2013-14 due to historical fragmentation between school districts and the community colleges. The new system made the following structural changes: Created 71 regional adult education consortia of school districts and community colleges in collaboration with other stakeholders Provided funding to develop and implement regional adult educat...

To: All CCAE Members    Re: COABE and State Directors National Campaign to Save Adult Education     The website ( HERE ) has been established by COABE as a joint effort between the State Directors of Adult Education and COABE to prevent any cut to adult education funding at the federal level. As you know the first Trump budget proposal for FY18 has contained a 13.5% reduction for our programs.   There are now multiple options available for all of us to meet the goal of 600,000 contacts with members of Congress on this issue. The request still is for each person to make three contacts:  their two US Senators and their member of the US House.   Students, teachers, and administrators can send prepared letters or make phone calls directly to their legislators. Make a direct call or send a direct email (HERE). Alternatively, hand written letters can also be sent by students detailing their adult education experience (why they enrolled, what they a...

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First, a reminder:  Most of California's Adult Ed funds come through the state but some comes in from the federal government through WIOA - the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act . From CCAE - California Council of Adult Education : From:      Art Ellison, State Director's S.P.O.C. Network Administrator   Alert:      Trump Administration Budget Proposal for Adult Education (FY18)     The first Trump budget proposal (skinny version) was released this morning.   It refers to significant cuts in job training programs in the Department of Labor portion of the proposal. Adult Education is not mentioned in the brief description of Department of Education programs however the Department would receive a -13.5% overall decrease. In the absence of more specific information which will not be forthcoming until mid-May WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ANTICIPATED CUT OF -13.5% FOR ADUL...

SB68 extends and clarifies language in AB540 allowing undocumented students to attend community colleges without paying non-resident fees.  Supporting SB68 as amended can help students in adult schools who are planning on transitioning to colleges. Support this bill by contacting your state senator . (a) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the United States Code,  who meets all of the following requirements  shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community  Colleges:  Colleges if the student meets all of the following requirements: (1)  (A)   A total  of three or more years of  attendance  in California  or credits equivalent to three or more years of full -time attendance or credits at any of the following: (i)  California  elementary  schools, California ...

Shared with permission rom Kristen Pursley's Save Your Adult School blog: Write Governor Brown Now to Request More Funding for Adult Schools Posted on February 5, 2017 by kpursley In January, Governor Brown released a proposed 2017-2018 budget that, once again, fails to provide any additional money for California’s adult schools.  The  amount of the Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG), which now provides the only state funding for adult schools, is still $500 million, the same amount that was provided when the block grant was created two years ago.  Of the $500 million provided by the AEBG, only $350 million is earmarked for adult schools.  The state spent $750 million on adult schools before the financial crash of 2008.  If the budget passes with the amount of the AEBG unchanged, 2017-2018 will mark the ninth year that adult schools have gone without an increase in their state funding, which is their largest and most important source of funding.  Of...