Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@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 HAA28293; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 07:35:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 07:35:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NDBBLOBOOLAPGLFICILHKEAECCAA.haw6@psu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Heidi Watson" <haw6@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:3246] xpost- Thursday Notes 1/13/2000 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: OR >From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL Office of Vocational and Adult Education Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman January 13, 2000 ___________________________________ No FY 00 Recissions in Adult Ed The Administration has decided to exempt adult and vocational education from across-the-board 0.38% cuts it had to make in the FY 2000 Labor, HHS and Education appropriations in order to protect the Social Security Trust Fund. Adult education maintains its $450 million for state grants [including $25.5 million for EL/Civics and 1.72% for incentives] and $14 million for National Leadership in FY 2000. SD, WY Submit Unified Plans South Dakota and Wyoming are the first states this year to submit unified plans including adult education and the 90-day clock for review already is running. The States have posted their plans on websites at http://www.state.sd.us/dol/MARCIA/WIA/sdplan.htm and http://commission.wcc.edu/ABE/STATEPLAN.htm respectively. US Economy Helps Drive ESL The first results of a Division of Adult Education and Literacy survey of state trends in ESL enrollment suggest that America’s booming economy may help drive ESL enrollment up or down in the 30 states responding. States indicating that ESL enrollment had increased pointed to growth spurts in chicken processing (AL, KY, TX, GA, NC), meat packing (NE, KS,), hog farming (KS, NC), construction (GA, NC), furniture manufacturing (MN) and general farming (AL, GA, NC) as well as to new ventures (VT) and overall high employment (IN, MN, TX). Only three states (CT, HI, IL) indicated ESL enrollment dropped slightly. These states also cited the economy as a driver: more people were working, or working more jobs, and were not attending classes. Increased accuracy in data collection was listed by five states (KY, MD, PA, PR, WI) as responsible for some ESL declines on paper, although ESL enrollment in those states actually was expanding. States also pointed to the dispersion of formerly concentrated ESL populations among an increasing number of their communities. Contact joyce_campbell@ed.gov ____________________________________________________________ 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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