Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA07936; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 10:35:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 10:35:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s468355f.001@cal.org> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Fran Keenan <fran@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:1493] good news from Washington xpost X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Status: RO Content-Length: 832 Lines: 18 from Alice Johnson of the National Institute for Literacy via the NLA list (posted 11/10/97): Over the weekend, Congress passed its education funding bill for next year, and literacy did very well. In ALL the areas where the Senate had recommended higher funding levels than the House, the Senate prevailed. Adult education basic state grants were not only maintained -- but increased. In other words, not only did it again get the the $95 million increase from last year, but got an EXTRA $5 million on top of that -- for a total of $345 million. Even Start Family Literacy was increased to $108 million; the National Institute for Literacy to $6 million. Prison literacy programs will receive $5 million, as will the national evaluation/technical assistance programs. AmeriCorps and HeadStart also received increases.
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