Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id VAA06880; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 21:45:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 21:45:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19991203203632.00954500@acs.tamu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Don Seaman <dseaman@tamu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2605] Re: Even Start Program Extension X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Status: OR At 03:44 PM 12/2/99 -0500, you wrote: >On November 29, 1999 President Clinton signed into law H.R. 3194, >Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113). > >Not only does this law contain the Labor, HHS, and Education appropriations, >but it also contains an amendment to the Even Start program. The Conference >Report on H.R. 3194 contains the following: > >“EXTENSION OF PARTICIPATION IN EVEN START PROGRAM--The conference agreement >contains an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 >that was contained in the House bill that allows local grantees to continue >to participate in the Even Start program beyond eight years and reduces the >federal share for the ninth and succeeding years from 50 percent to 35 >percent. The Senate bill had no similar provision.” > >The complete amendment from the House bill (H.R. 3424) is as follows: > >“Sec. 306. (a) Section 1204(b)(1)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary >Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6364(b)(1)(a)) is amended-- >(1) in clause (iv), by striking `and' after the semicolon; >(2) by striking clause (v) and adding the following: >`(v) 50 percent in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth such years; and >`(vi) 35 percent in any subsequent such year.'. > >(b) Section 1208(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is >amended- >(1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: >`(3) Continuing eligibility.--In awarding subgrant funds to continue a >program under this part after the first year, the State educational agency >shall review the progress of each eligible entity in meeting the goals of >the program referred to in section 1207(c)(1)(A) and shall evaluate the >program based on the indicators of program quality developed by the State >under section 1210.'; and >(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking the last sentence.” > >If you have any questions regarding these changes please contact me at >tpeyton@famlit.org or at (502) 584-1133 x.126 > >Tony Peyton >Policy Specialist >National Center for Family Literacy >325 W. Main Street, Ste.200 >Louisville, KY 40202 >(502) 584-1133 x.126 >fax (502) 584-0172 >tpeyton@famlit.org > >I don't mean to brag (but why not?), but I firmly believe that the presentation that Ann Martinez and I made at the last NCFL conference in Louisville was at least part, if not all of the basis for this legislative action. Sharon Darling brought Representative Goodling to our session about (a) the factors that enable programs to continue beyond federal funding, and (b) the barriers that prevent them from doing so. This was Ann's dissertation project. The study population was all of the Even Start programs that completed their federal funding (four or eight years) in 1996 and 1997. She acquired data from 100 of the 120 programs (83%) - not bad, but it required about three months to finally locate staff from the 100 programs, 48 of which were no longer functioning. It cost her a lot of time and our center a lot of money, but that's what research is all about. After the presentation, representative Goodling came to the front of the room and asked us several questions about our research and eventually commented that . . . "maybe something should be done to help programs continue beyond what the legislation allows (at that time). When I first saw what he had proposed this fall, I immediately thought, "I know where that idea came from, and it's based on some firm research (Ann's dissertation) data". If you don't believe me about this, ask Sharon Darling. She really knows when and how to get the right people together in the right place at the right time. My hat's off to her! Don Seaman Texas Center for Adult Literacy and Learning Texas A&M University
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