[AAACE-NLA] Comparing the House and Senate WIA

[AWilder106@aol.com]

Colleagues,

We should be going for the Senate version.

I am adding my tiny perspective to all those others who are advocating through their own particular lenses, mostly larger than mine.

Going by George's comparisons, both versions, House and Senate, are full of code words.Example:  "Scientifically-based" v. "effective," and "reading instruction programs," which means textbooks. 

I have to believe that those who wrote  the 2  versions know what they are doing by the use  of code words.

When we do  our advocacy writing we should be as specific as possible about what we want to preserve, not just "adult literacy" but EFF, LINCS, Bridges to Practice, the specifics  of NIFL.  We should also say in our advocacy letters that we want funding to continue at  current levels, or increase  by x%.  (Someone else please fill in the  correct language here.)

Andrea