[NIFL-WORKPLACE:213] Thursday Notes 6/21/01

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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
June 21, 2001
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FY 01 EL/Civics Allotments Set

OVAE announced state FY 01 funding amounts for EL/Civics totaling $70M
yesterday. The FY 01 Consolidated Appropriations Act reserves $70M from
adult education state grant funds for "integrated English literacy and
civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient
populations." This year all states get funds, with a minimum allotment of
$60,000. States receiving EL/Civics funds for the first time this year must
submit a state plan revision indicating how EL/Civics funds will be used and
must hold a new competition for the funds.

FY 2001 ALLOCATION

STATE	 ALLOCATION
ALABAMA		 141,667
ALASKA		 92,037
ARIZONA	       930,301
ARKANSAS	       99,174
CALIFORNIA	       20,959,667
COLORADO	       625,355
CONNECTICUT	       762,276
DELAWARE	       92,652
FLORIDA	       5,799,872
GEORGIA	       959,357
HAWAII	       544,010
IDAHO	             156,757
ILLINOIS	       3,502,488
INDIANA	       317,599
IOWA	             186,122
KANSAS	       271,661
KENTUCKY	       153,025
LOUISIANA	       252,905
MAINE	             64,497
MARYLAND	       1,384,263
MASSACHUSETTS	 1,576,142
MICHIGAN	       1,168,018
MINNESOTA	       595,325
MISSISSIPPI	       72,324
MISSOURI	       343,335
MONTANA	       60,000
NEBRASKA	       145,942
NEVADA	       542,609
NEW HAMPSHIRE	 93,996
NEW JERSEY	       3,481,823
NEW MEXICO	       312,652
NEW YORK	       10,412,337
NORTH CAROLINA	 553,676
NORTH DAKOTA	 60,000
OHIO	             679,375
OKLAHOMA	       254,338
OREGON	       616,526
PENNSYLVANIA	 1,203,068
RHODE ISLAND	 211,716
SOUTH CAROLINA	 182,878
SOUTH DAKOTA	 60,000
TENNESSEE	       279,475
TEXAS	             5,874,702
UTAH	             278,665
VERMONT	       60,000
VIRGINIA	       1,440,823
WASHINGTON	       1,433,590
WEST VIRGINIA	 60,000
WISCONSIN	       325,505
WYOMING	       60,000
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 265,475
    TOTAL	 $    70,000,000.

CTC Project Directors Meet

More than 100 leaders of currently funded Community Technology Centers
projects met last week in San Diego with Division of Adult Education
Director Ron Pugsley and staff to assess current progress of their multiyear
grants. Items under discussion included: promising practices; barriers to
implementing technology; evaluation; and opportunities to expand CTC
services. The President's plan to consolidate the CTC program into
Educational Technology Grants--and other Congressional options for the
program--are still on the table.

Projected CTC Response Ups Reader Demand

If you're an expert in applying technology in education--and are not going
to be paid by or prepare an application for the Community Technology Centers
(CTC) Grant Program--join us as a proposal evaluator. We're expecting a
large number of incoming proposals for review. We need up to 400 readers to
work from office or home online during mid-August to mid-September. Each
person will review 10-12 applications and participate in panel discussions
via telephone conference calls. Send nominations to april.blunt@ed.gov
<mailto:april.blunt@ed.gov> or call 202-205-9685 for details.

MA State Board Creates Adult Basic Ed Teachers' License

The Massachusetts State Board of Education voted recently to create an ABE
Teachers' License, says State Director Bob Bickerton. Whether a license is
required is up to the local hiring officials and it will not be required by
the state. New adult education teachers who want or need to pursue the ABE
license will be required to take a test similar to the Massachusetts exam
public school teachers now must pass to earn or renew their licenses.
Teachers with five years experience in adult education who want to pursue an
ABE license do not need to take the test. Teachers with a year's experience
in adult education and a K-12 license also are not required to be tested.
See http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/certification.html

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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/



Heidi A. C. Watson
NIFL-Workplace Co-moderator
Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
102 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-3777 or 865-6472 direct
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