Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f2FI8jg23609; Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:08:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:08:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <a05010400b6d6b414d8f7@[146.186.96.52]> 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: "H. A. C. Watson" <haw6@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:101] Thursday Notes 3/15/2001 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2631 Lines: 51 >From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL Office of Vocational and Adult Education Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman March 15, 2001 ___________________________________ Committee Approves Bush Plan President Bush's education agenda got good reviews from the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on March 8, when members approved Bush's plan for K-12 schools by a vote of 20-0. The newly minted Better Education for Students and Teachers (BEST) Act includes most of Bush's proposals for reforming the nation's elementary and secondary school systems by testing students and making schools accountable, press reports say. Site Visits Confirmed For 6 States The Division of Adult Education and Literacy has scheduled 2001 site visits for six states: CA, IN, IL, MI, PA, and SC. Site visits are designed to foster program improvement as well as to ensure that states administer adult education programs as the law requires. The process involves a structured review of documentation at ED headquarters followed by visits to state adult education offices and local programs. The review team is slated to include a state director of adult education from another state to supply a state perspective to the process. Contact carroll_towey@ed.gov States Seek Next Steps in LD Eight states met in Alexandria this week to discuss current issues in learning disabilities and to make recommendations to the federal government on how to address them. The states (NH, RI, MD, DC, VA, AR, AZ, and OR) sent interdisciplinary teams to the National Symposium on Learning Disabilities, sponsored jointly by OVAE and NIFL March 11-13. The teams included representatives of adult education, TANF, vocational rehabilitation, one-stops, corrections, and non-profits. The meeting produced eight federal-level recommendations. Examples include creating a federal interagency taskforce and arriving at cross-agency agreement on definitions. NIFL's part of the conference focused on developing trainers certified on LD approaches. For more contact glenn_young@ed.gov ETA Websites Show 2001 Dollars Interested in funding under Title I of WIA? ETA's budget webpage now has the PY 2001 allotment data for WIA Adults, Youth, Dislocated Workers and Employment Service for your state. Dollars and data factors are available, as well as formula descriptions. See http://www.doleta.gov/budget ______________________________________________________________________ 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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