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California Governor’s Adult Ed Budget Proposal
Here’s the latest on California’s adult education situation: California Governor Jerry Brown submitted a budget revision on May 14 that substantially increases funding for adult education beginning in 2015-16, raising the amount allocated to $500 million instead of the $300 million in his original budget proposal for 2013-14 released in January. The original budget would have made [...]
Help Maintain California Libraries!
The Governor of California’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year keeps library funding level. The California Library Association is requesting an additional $5 million–$750,000 of which would restore library literacy programs that were cut during past budget cycles. If you think these important literacy programs should be reinstated, let the policymakers in California know! [...]
Update on Immigration Reform
On May 9, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin mark-up of the 844-page Senate proposal, “Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013.” Related to adult literacy and basic education, the proposal: Establishes a new Office of Citizenship and New Americans; Creates a U.S. Citizenship Foundation to expand citizenship instruction; Creates a task force on [...]
President Obama’s FY2014 Budget Proposal
On April 10, President Obama sent his FY2014 federal budget proposal to Congress. This is the first step in a yearly budgeting process; Congress will likely make significant changes before final appropriations are completed. For fiscal year 2014, President Obama has requested level funding at $595 million for adult basic education and literacy programs as compared [...]
Education and the Continuing Resolution
The U.S. Senate passed a continuing resolution (what’s a continuing resolution?) on March 20 and will send it over to the U.S. House of Representatives for approval on March 21. The House is expected to agree with the Senate version. What does this mean for education funding? The Department of Education will be funded at [...]
Take Action! Tell Congress to Preserve Adult Literacy Funding
On March 1, if Congress fails to act, government-sponsored programs and services will undergo deep across-the-board cuts through “sequestration.” Education and job training will be affected. If the sequestration goes into effect, non-defense discretionary (NDD) programs would see a cut in federal funding of approximately 5.1 percent. This includes the Workforce Investment Act, the primary [...]
Sequester Update
Haven’t heard about the sequestration in a while? The topic has started to gain new attention as the new deadline–March 1–begins to loom. On Valentine’s Day, Senate Democrats unveiled a sequester replacement plan that would achieve $110 billion in deficit reduction over 10 years, half in new revenue and half in spending cuts. Titled the [...]
President Must Invest in Adult Literacy and Basic Education
President Obama delivered his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, February 13, 2013. Read our official reaction to the speech: ProLiteracy, the largest adult literacy and basic education membership organization in the nation, today commended President Obama for his emphasis on education in the 2013 State of the Union address. President Obama made clear [...]
Immigration Reform Must Be Met With Increased Funding
The path to citizenship must be paved with resources for English language learning We applaud the U.S. Senate and President Obama for their recent and renewed focus on the need for English language acquisition as a major component of immigration reform. Both the Senate’s and the Administration’s immigration proposals released last week require speaking English [...]
Immigration and Adult Literacy Briefing Feb. 13
Interested in immigration as it relates to adult literacy and basic education? Live in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area? You’re invited to a special briefing on “Educating Immigrant Workers for a New Economy: Immigrant Integration in the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act,” taking place on February 13, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in 122 Cannon House Office [...]
National Day of Service
A National Day of Service is taking place on Saturday, January 19. The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that it will host a range of volunteering events in Washington, D.C. and around the country. Additionally, the Committee is encouraging people to pledge a commitment to volunteer after Martin Luther King Day throughout 2013. Today, Americans are volunteering in increasing numbers and interest in [...]
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