Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eBILef912960; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:40:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:40:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEOEJCCLAA.tpeyton@famlit.org> 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: "Tony Peyton" <tpeyton@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3301] Family Literacy and the 106th Congress X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; Status: O Content-Length: 19640 Lines: 469 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C06910.95514B60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Below is a quick summary of how family literacy was affected during the 106th Congress. I will be posting a more comprehensive report on NCFL's web site (www.famlit.org) by December 29. If you have any questions regarding any of the information included in this message, please contact me at tpeyton@famlit.org or at (502) 584-1133 x.126. Happy Holidays! Tony Peyton Senior Policy Specialist National Center for Family Literacy Family Literacy and the 106th Congress: A Summary of Legislation and Appropriations Affecting Family Literacy The field of family literacy enjoyed several victories during the 106th Congress. Family literacy continues to be recognized by Congress as a valuable strategy for helping families succeed. With support from the family literacy field, the National Center for Family Literacy worked to make sure that Congress was informed about the power of family literacy as they considered a variety of literacy issues. Family literacy’s voice was heard loud and clear in Washington through the field’s hard work and dedication, along with the support of Chairman Bill Goodling of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. First Session of the 106th Congress (Jan. 1999 – Nov. 1999) Much of the First Session of the 106th Congress laid the groundwork for the accomplishments realized at the end of the Second Session in December 2000. The primary legislative change that affected family literacy during the First Session was the extension of the Even Start Family Literacy Program. On November 29, 1999 President Clinton signed into law H.R. 3194, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113). This law contained an amendment to the Even Start program allowing 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. It also outlined that in awarding subgrant funds to continue a program after the first year, the State educational agency shall review the progress of each eligible entity in meeting the goals of the program and shall evaluate the program based on the indicators of program quality developed by the state. Second Session of the 106th Congress (Jan. 2000 – Dec. 2000) The final session of the 106th Congress resulted in a variety of successes for the family literacy field. Below are some of the most notable. Family Literacy Research The Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill included $6 million to Pennsylvania State University to establish the William F. Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy and to establish an endowment fund for the William F. Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy. The National Center for Family Literacy is a partner with Pennsylvania State University in this endeavor. Family and Child Education (FACE) Program Expansion The Interior Appropriations bill included a $3,575,000 increase for the Family and Child Education (FACE) program. According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Indian Education, this increase will allow them to add at least 10 new FACE sites to the 22 that they currently fund. Literacy Involves Families Together (LIFT) Act The LIFT Act reauthorized the Even Start Family Literacy program, now known as the William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program. LIFT reauthorizes Even Start and makes several substantive changes as follows: * Directs the State educational agency to encourage local educational agencies (including Migrant Education Programs) and individual schools that receive Title I funds to offer family literacy services (using Title I funds) if the agency or school determines that a substantial number of students served under Title I by the agency or school have parents who do not have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent or have low levels of literacy. * Requires instructional programs to be based on scientifically based reading research, to the extent such research is available. * Increases from 5% to 6% the set aside for Migrant and Indian Even Start when the total Even Start appropriation exceeds $200,000,000 (Note: FY 2001 funding level for Even Start is $250,000,000). * Requires coordination between the Indian Even Start Program and the family literacy programs operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in order to prevent duplication and to encourage the dissemination of information on high quality family literacy programs serving American Indians. * Provides that Even Start subgrantees in the ninth and succeeding years shall not receive an award in an amount less than $52,500. * Allows states to use a portion of the federal Even Start money to provide training and technical assistance to Even Start instructors as long as the level of service to program participants at least remains the same. * Institutes qualifications for individuals providing academic instruction to program participants and for the individuals administering local Even Start programs. * Allows Even Start to serve children older than eight if schools use Title I funds to pay a portion of the cost of those services. * Funds a research project to find the most effective ways to improve literacy among adults with reading difficulties. The project will also determine how family literacy services can best provide parents with the knowledge and skills they need to support their children’s literacy development. * Requires States to submit to the Secretary of Education its indicators of program quality no later than June 30, 2001 in order for the state to be eligible to receive Even Start funds. (For the complete text of the LIFT Act as it was included in the final appropriations bill, visit NCFL’s home page at www.famlit.org. This will be posted by December 21st). Appropriations The following funding levels were approved for FY 2001: * Even Start: $250 million (a $100 million increase over FY 2000) * The Reading Excellence Act: $286 million (a $26 million increase over FY 2000) * Head Start: $6.2 billion (a $933 million increase over FY 2000) * 21st Century Community Learning Centers: $845.6 million (a $392 million increase over FY2000) * Adult Education - State Programs: $540 million (a $90 million increase over FY 2000)(Note: $70 million of the $540 million is reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education) * Adult Education - National Leadership Activities: $14 million (same as FY 2000) * National Institute for Literacy: $6.5 million (a $500,000 increase over FY 2000). * Title I (Basic Grants): $7.332 billion (approx. a $683 million increase over FY 2000) * Comprehensive School Reform: $210 million (a $50 million increase over FY 2000) * Community Services Block Grant: $600 million (a $90 million increase over FY 2000) ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C06910.95514B60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2722.2800" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY>Below is a quick summary of how family literacy was affected = during the=20 106th Congress. I will be posting a more comprehensive report=20 on NCFL's web site (<A = href=3D"http://www.famlit.org/">www.famlit.org</A>) by=20 December 29. If you have any questions regarding any of the = information=20 included in this message, please contact me at <A=20 href=3D"mailto:tpeyton@famlit.org">tpeyton@famlit.org</A> or at (502) = 584-1133=20 x.126. <P class=3DMsoNormal>Happy Holidays!</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal>Tony Peyton<BR>Senior Policy Specialist<BR>National = Center=20 for Family Literacy</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><B>Family Literacy and the 106<SUP>th</SUP> = Congress: A=20 Summary of Legislation and Appropriations Affecting Family=20 Literacy</B><?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">The = field of=20 family literacy enjoyed several victories during the 106<SUP>th</SUP>=20 Congress.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Family literacy = continues=20 to be recognized by Congress as a valuable strategy for helping families = succeed.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With support = from the=20 family literacy field, the National Center for Family Literacy worked to = make=20 sure that Congress was informed about the power of family literacy as = they=20 considered a variety of literacy issues.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> =20 </SPAN>Family literacy’s voice was heard loud and clear in = Washington through=20 the field’s hard work and dedication, along with the support of = Chairman Bill=20 Goodling of the House Education and the Workforce = Committee.<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: = auto"><B><I>First=20 Session of the 106<SUP>th</SUP> Congress (Jan. 1999 – Nov.=20 1999)</I></B><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Much of = the First=20 Session of the 106<SUP>th</SUP> Congress laid the groundwork for the=20 accomplishments realized at the end of the Second Session in December = 2000.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The primary legislative change = that=20 affected family literacy during the First Session was the extension of = the Even=20 Start Family Literacy Program.<o:p></o:p></P> <P>On November 29, 1999 President Clinton signed into law H.R. 3194,=20 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113).<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This law contained an = amendment to the=20 Even Start program allowing local grantees to continue to participate in = the=20 Even Start program beyond eight years and reduces the federal share for = the=20 ninth and succeeding years from 50 percent to 35 percent.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It also outlined that in = awarding=20 subgrant funds to continue a program after the first year, the State = educational=20 agency shall review the progress of each eligible entity in meeting the = goals of=20 the program and shall evaluate the program based on the indicators of = program=20 quality developed by the state.<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: = auto"><B><I>Second=20 Session of the 106<SUP>th</SUP> Congress (Jan. 2000 – Dec.=20 2000)</I></B><o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The final session of the = 106<SUP>th</SUP>=20 Congress resulted in a variety of successes for the family literacy = field.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Below are some of the most=20 notable.<o:p></o:p></P> <H1><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Family Literacy=20 Research</SPAN><o:p></o:p></H1> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">The = Labor, HHS,=20 Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill included $6 million = to=20 Pennsylvania State University to establish the William F. Goodling = Institute for=20 Research in Family Literacy and to establish an endowment fund for the = William=20 F. Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy. The National = Center for=20 Family Literacy is a partner with Pennsylvania State University in this=20 endeavor.<o:p></o:p></P> <H1><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Family and Child Education (FACE) = Program=20 Expansion</SPAN><o:p></o:p></H1> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">The = Interior=20 Appropriations bill included a<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>$3,575,000 increase for the Family and Child Education (FACE)=20 program.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>According to the = Bureau of=20 Indian Affairs, Office of Indian Education, this increase will allow = them to add=20 at least 10 new FACE sites to the 22 that they currently fund. = <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B>Literacy Involves Families Together = (LIFT)=20 Act<o:p></o:p></B></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The LIFT Act reauthorized the Even = Start Family=20 Literacy program, now known as the William F. Goodling Even Start Family = Literacy Program.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>LIFT = reauthorizes=20 Even Start and makes several substantive changes as = follows:<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* Directs the State educational agency = to=20 encourage local educational agencies (including Migrant Education = Programs) and=20 individual schools that receive Title I funds to offer family literacy = services=20 (using Title I funds) if the agency or school determines that a = substantial=20 number of students served under Title I by the agency or school have = parents who=20 do not have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent or have = low=20 levels of literacy.<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* Requires instructional programs to be = based on=20 scientifically based reading research, to the extent such research is=20 available.<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* Increases from 5% to 6% the set aside = for=20 Migrant and Indian Even Start when the total Even Start appropriation = exceeds=20 $200,000,000 (Note: FY 2001 funding level for Even Start is=20 $250,000,000).<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* Requires coordination between the = Indian Even=20 Start Program and the family literacy programs operated by the Bureau of = Indian=20 Affairs in order to prevent duplication and to encourage the = dissemination of=20 information on high quality family literacy programs serving American=20 Indians.<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* <SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN>Provides that Even Start = subgrantees in the ninth and succeeding years shall not receive an award = in an=20 amount less than $52,500.<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* Allows states to use a portion of the = federal=20 Even Start money to provide training and technical assistance to Even = Start=20 instructors as long as the level of service to program participants at = least=20 remains the same.<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* <SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN>Institutes = qualifications for=20 individuals providing academic instruction to program participants and = for the=20 individuals administering local Even Start programs.<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* Allows Even Start to serve children = older than=20 eight if schools use Title I funds to pay a portion of the cost of those = services.</P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* Funds a research project to find the = most=20 effective ways to improve literacy among adults with reading = difficulties.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The project will also = determine how=20 family literacy services can best provide parents with the knowledge and = skills=20 they need to support their children’s literacy = development.<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">* Requires States to submit to the = Secretary of=20 Education its indicators of program quality no later than June 30, 2001 = in order=20 for the state to be eligible to receive Even Start funds.<o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">(For the complete text of the LIFT Act = as it was=20 included in the final appropriations bill, visit NCFL’s home page = at <A=20 href=3D"http://www.famlit.org/">www.famlit.org</A>. This will be posted = by=20 December 21st).<o:p></o:p></P> <H1><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Appropriations</SPAN><o:p></o:p></H1> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">The = following=20 funding levels were approved for FY 2001:</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">* Even = Start: $250=20 million (a $100 million increase over FY 2000)<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">* </SPAN>The Reading Excellence Act: $286 = million (a=20 $26 million increase over FY 2000)</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">* Head = Start: $6.2=20 billion (a $933 million increase over FY 2000)<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">* </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 7pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN>21<SUP>st</SUP> Century = Community=20 Learning Centers: $845.6 million (a $392 million increase over=20 FY2000)<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">* </SPAN>Adult Education - State Programs: = $540=20 million (a $90 million increase over FY 2000)(Note: $70 million of the = $540=20 million is reserved for integrated English literacy and civics=20 education)<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">* </SPAN>Adult Education - National = Leadership=20 Activities: $14 million (same as FY 2000)<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">* </SPAN>National Institute for Literacy: = $6.5=20 million (a $500,000 increase over FY 2000).<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">* </SPAN>Title I (Basic Grants): $7.332 = billion=20 (approx. a $683 million increase over FY 2000) <o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">*</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7pt">=20 </SPAN>Comprehensive School Reform: $210 million (a $50 million increase = over FY=20 2000) <o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">* </SPAN>Community Services Block Grant: = $600=20 million (a $90 million increase over FY 2000)</P></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C06910.95514B60--
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