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>From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Editor: Sarah Newcomb
Production: Rose Tilghman
July 12, 2001
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Paige Announces
Partnership;
Signs MOU
Secretary Rod Paige and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) recently to improve job prospects and earnings for
workers who lack reading and math skills required by the 21st Century
workforce. ED has primary responsibility for improving access to high school
credential programs for Job Corps students. ED also will provide guidance
that supports sharing information and resources of adult education
instructional activities under One Stops. ED will host meetings as needed.
OVAE is one of four ED offices providing support for the initiative. A
coordinating committee will develop the specific content of the technical
assistance to be provided to state and local education agencies, including
adult education grantees.
NH Gets 50% More
for Adult Ed
Governor Jeanne Shaheen (D) signed legislation June 29 giving New Hampshire
adult education programs 50% more, or $250,000 per year in the 2001-2002
state budget. The increase brings the state appropriation for adult
education to $750,000. The increase is the culmination of a three-year
campaign which netted a 25% increase in funding two years ago and helped
turn back efforts to reduce funding last year. Contact
<mailto:AEllison@ed.state.nh.us>
OH Expands Free
GED Testing
Effective July 1, Ohio adults may receive free GED testing if they pass the
official practice test, thanks to the June 6 enactment of Ohio House Bill
94. Free testing was previously limited to Ohio's first-time test
applicants. The instructor as well as the director of a public or nonprofit
adult education program must still certify scores on a standard fee-waiver
form that accompanies the state GED Test application. Local testing centers
are reimbursed for the cost of testing from a state budget appropriation
administered by the Ohio Department of Education. State Director Jim Bowling
is working with the Ohio GED Testing Office to create the final rule to
support the new legislation. Contact <mailto:jim.bowling@ode.state.oh.us> or
the Ohio GED Administrator, Joan Myers at
<mailto:joan.myers@ode.state.oh.us>
Cool Websites
With Adult Ed
Potential
* Want to use translation software with English literacy
learners? Pick one of five languages and translate your own or web materials
either to or from English at
http://www.systransoft.com/?lp=en_pt&url=http://www.ldonline.org&input_type=
url
* Need free stuff for your classes? Check out
http://www.ed.gov/free A look under "New Resources" for May 22 yielded Born
in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.
These gripping, easy-to-read tales of the American slavery experience were
collected from former slaves in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers'
Project of the Works Progress Administration. Includes 500 photographs.
____________________________________________________________________________
A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
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