RESOURCES

* "Legislative Support Elusive for Adult Ed Funding Plan" Dec 2012 Edsource article with quote s from LAO Adult Ed Report Author Paul Steenhausen about the need for categorical funding for K12 Adult Schools.

* "What's In A Name" - Save Your Adult School Post looks at past 6 years to understand why Adult Schools continue to face so many challenges

* 2012 Community College Academic Senate advices putting all Adult Ed inside Community College System and AEM analysis of that resolution

* Assembly panel rejects piece of Governor Brown's education plan

* Bill to limit focus of adult education temporarily derailed

* Adult ed, regional occupation center advocates satisfied with budget deal - for now

* Adult ed, regional occupation centers, partnership academies get reprieve

* Assembly education leaders support dedicated funding for adult ed

* Adult Education: New regional consortia meld state programs

Adult education at a crossroads

* California Budget Bites - Education Topic

* Why Adult Schools Need Dedicated Funding

* Migration Policy Institute Report - Adult Ed Section pp 65 - 74

* Migration Policy Institute Powerpoint

* Student Success Task Force - Changes in Commuity College System affect Adult Education also - CCs are part of the new Regional Consortia system

* Affordable Housing - Policy & Info - Because cost of housing affects where people live, particular people with fewer resources. Changes in cost of housing can predict where Adult Ed will be needed in the future.

* 2013 CCAE Powerpoint on Adult Education - by Dr. Patricia Terry

* 2012 California WatchArticle about Adult Ed Cuts that provides backstory to the cuts

* AB 18 - the Brownley bill that aimed to return K12 Adult Ed to Categorical Status was vetoed by Governor Brown. Google searches will provide information such as this.

* AB86 - History

* "The Return from Investment in Adult Education and Training" - McGraw Hill Research Foundation

* Governor Announces Increased Investment in Adult Ed - OTAN, January 2015

* "Governor's Proposed Budget Called "A Gift" For Adult Education" - Edsource, Jan 2015

* New bill by Assembly Member Patty Lopez would put Parent Ed and Family Literacy back in line for State Funding.

4. Student Success Stories

* Former USA LEARNS President and Adult Learner Alum Faye Combs

* SMACE Success Blog

* OTAN Adult Education Students Succeed - Student Profiles

5. Value of Adult Ed

* Value of Adult Ed Video

* The Benefits of Lifelong Learning - Research Project in Europe

6. Ed Reform and Adult Education

Privatization

* After 70 years as a non-profit, GED switches to for-profit venture

* New Urgency Around Adult Education

* Notes on Adult Ed Reform

* "Koch Bros Reach Out To Hispanic Voters" - Huff Post

* "California Should Fix its Broken ELL Programs" - Lexington Institute, Aug '13

* "Global Vision or Corporate Welfare: The Privatization of Adult Ed in the New Millenium" - Jennifer Sumner, 1999

* Pushback against Academics speaking up about Pearson: "Mute the Messenger," The Observer

* Ed Reform of Adult Ed in the United Kingdom - article about Alan Tucket, The Guardian, Oct 2014

Mission - Broad or Narrow (Eliminating Parent Ed, Older Adults, etc. from state funding vs supporting and expanding)

* Older Adults and Parent Ed Programs Left Out of Adult Ed Budget Compromise - Edsource, July, 2013.

* "Report Lists California 40th for Children's Wellness" July 2014

* "The Faces of Senior Poverty Are Likely Women of Color" - Dec 2014

* 2014 Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being

* "Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes" - video

"The Importance of Senior Fitness" - video

*LA Family Literacy - proven to be successful & fighting to survive

* The SEED Adult & Family Learning Community in Austin, Texas

"A Fiscally Sound Choice: Keeping Older Adult and Parent Education Within the Core of Adult Education"

* Marianne Cooper, PhD "Cut Adrift: Families in Insecure Times"

*Caif Dept of Aging Stats & Demographics

* Article that includes update on Santa Barbara City College Center for Lifelong Learning - a program that is often used as a model for how to go from state funding to fee-based Older Adults programs.

* California Older Adults Education Standards and Assessment Guide (Draft), May 2003 (Demonstrates how the State once approached Adult Ed for Older Adults and makes a clear case for the value of such a program)

* "Majority of U.S. Public School Students Are In Poverty" - Wash Post, Jan 2015

* "Latino Children's Language Skills Lagging by Age 2" - Wash Post, April 2015

* "Rx to Ward Off Dementia: Glue Gun, Paintbrush, Pals & Computers" - LA Times, April 2015

* California Older Adults Adult Ed Program

* Older Adults Health Literacy

Sources Pushing for Reform - and their Funding

* "The National Commission on Adult Literacy calls on Congress and state governments to make postsecondary and workforce readiness the new mission of the adult education and workforce skills system."
Source: National Commission on Adult Literacy Report, June 2008
http://www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/
- Lead funding for the Commission’s work came from the Dollar General Corporation ($1 million)
- David Perdue, who retired during the course of the study as Chairman and CEO of the Dollar General Corporation, served as Commission chair. He is currently running for Governor of Georgia on the Republican ticket and starting a company in India.

Note: Tom Torlakson cites the 2008 report from NCAL as the rationale for narrowing the mission of adult ed in CA.

NCAL=CAAL - CAAL was formed to build on the work of BCEL (Business Council for Effective Literacy) its predecessor organization.

7. Adult Ed - National and Federal

* Adult Education and Family Literacy Act - Good overview

* 13 minutes video - overview of Adult Ed & Fam Lit Act

* OCTAE - Office of Career, Tech, and Adult Ed - US Dept of Ed

* WIA - Workforce Investment Act - info on the Calif Dept of Ed webpage

* WIA - Workforce Investment Act - info on OTAN webpage

* CASAS - test commonly used in Adult Ed

* CASAS & Workforce Development

* National Coalition for Literacy

* "Federal Visit to San Mateo Adult School"

* VALUE USA - National Adult Learner Alumni organization

* Federal Adult Education: A Legislative History 1964 - 2013

* COABE Public Policy Update, Jan 2015

8. Community College

* Community College Academic Senate - asccc.org

* ASCCC powerpoint on Adult Ed & Non-Credit

* Kathy Wada's Powerpoint on Data Mart vs Scorecard (part of a presentation on Top Policy Issues for Community College ESL at 2014 CATESOL)

* Common Assessment Initiative (CAI) - developing a new assessment system for Community Colleges

* "Academic Preparedness of ESL Students - A Factor Success and Program Survival" (part of a presentation on “Rethinking Community College ESL in Times of Transformation” at CATESOL 2013

* Taskforce on Jobs on Jobs and Workforce Education - from Community College Chancellor's Office

* Key Facts about Community Colleges. Nov 2014

* California Community Colleges League - 1993 paper which advocates for Community Colleges to be the sole providers of Adult Education (no more K12 Adult School delivery).

9. K12 Adult Schools and Community Colleges:

How They Work and Who Does What

* Part 1: The Community Colleges, Credit and Non-Credit Programs

* Part 2: Adult Schools: Community Interest and Mandated Programs

* Part 3: Who's Doing What

AB 86

THE PURPOSE OF AB 86 SECTION 76, ARTICLE 3 IS TO PROVIDE GRANT FUNDS TO REGIONAL CONSORTIUM TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO BETTER PROVIDE ADULTS IN ITS REGION WITH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY BASIC SKILLS, INCLUDING CLASSES REQUIRED FOR A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CERTIFICATE
CLASSES AND COURSES FOR IMMIGRANTS ELIGIBLE FOR EDUCATION SERVICES IN CITIZENSHIP AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND WORKFORCE PREPARATION CLASSES IN BASIC SKILLS
EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
SHORT-TERM CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITH HIGH EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL
PROGRAMS FOR APPRENTICES