[AAACE-NLA] State reports

[David Rosen]

Thanks, Kathie

My apologies to Norene and others from Montana -- I did receive this 
report on August 2nd and Montana should have been moved over to the 
list of states which have reported.

David
Djrosen at comcast.net

On Sunday, August 8, 2004, at 09:01  AM, Kathie Daviau wrote:

> Montana's report was made on August 2 by Norene Peterson.  Her reply 
> follows:
> Norene Peterson norenehp at bresnan.net
> Mon Aug 2 23:00:00 EDT 2004
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>
>
> Montana
> As per Montana's Adult Basic and Literacy Education Specialist, Becky 
> Bird,
> "no change" in regard to funding.
>
> The Montana Association for Adult and Community Education has been 
> active in
> promoting adult basic and literacy education in several ways.  Last 
> year
> MAACE provided postcards to local programs so that educators and 
> students
> could inform their legislators about adult basic education and invite 
> them
> to visit their programs.  At our fall conference this year we will be 
> having
> gubernatorial candidates attend to discuss their perceptions of ABLE 
> and
> views on education in general.  NP =)
>
> Norene Peterson
> Adult Education Center
> 415 N. 30th
> Billings, MT 59101
> petersonnh at billings.k12.mt.us
>
>
>
>
> David Rosen wrote:
>
> AAACE-NLA Colleagues,
>
> 22 states have reported state advocacy news so far.  Among the 29 
> which have not, surprisingly, given their generally high level of 
> advocacy activity, are:  Montana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.  If your 
> state has not reported yet, this is the last week to do so.  At the 
> bottom of this message is the list of questions. Those who provide a 
> report of their state's adult literacy advocacy news this past year 
> will get the news from all the states.  Reports privately e-mailed to 
> me will be made without attribution.  Those posted to the AAACE-NLA 
> list will be attributed.  If you can, post to the list so everyone 
> will see your state's news.
>
> Reported        Not Reported Yet
>
>             Alabama
>             Alaska
> Arizona
>             Arkansas
> California
> Colorado
> Connecticut
> Delaware
> Florida
>             Georgia
>             Hawaii
>             Idaho
> Illinois
>             Indiana
>             Iowa
>             Kansas
> Kentucky
>             Louisiana
> Maine
>             Maryland
> Massachusetts
> Michigan
>             Minnesota
>             Mississippi
> Missouri
>             Montana
>             Nebraska
>             Nevada
> New Hampshire
> New Jersey
> New Mexico
>             New York
>             North Carolina
>             North Dakota
>             Ohio
>             Oklahoma
>             Oregon
>             Pennsylvania
> Rhode Island
>             South Carolina
> South Dakota
>             Tennessee
> Texas
>             Utah
> Vermont
> Virginia
>             Washington
> Washington, D.C.
>             West Virginia
>             Wisconsin
> Wyoming
>
> 22        29
>
>
> Here are the questions:
>
> The task I have asked people to do is simple.
>
> 1. Here's the main question:
>
> How did adult literacy/basic education/ESOL do for FY05 in your 
> state's budget?
> Better than last year? Worse? Or the same?
>
> If you have been doing advocacy together as a coalition, you already 
> know the answer to this question.  If you don't know the answer, you 
> can find out by asking someone from the advocacy committee of your 
> state adult education professional development organization.  If you 
> need a list of these contacts, go to:
>
>     http://alri.org/Rosen/advocacy/advocacy.html
>
> 2. In addition to answering the main question, I hope someone(s) from 
> your state will describe what advocacy strategies you used last year 
> and how they worked.
>
> 3. if you can, describe the climate for next year's advocacy -- does 
> it look like you will see level funding, funding cuts, or some 
> opportunities for growth?  If there are opportunities, what' are they?
>
> I am not looking for a dissertation, only a paragraph or two.  It 
> would be best to post to the list, but if you aren't comfortable doing 
> that, and you don't mind my summarizing what you send me and including 
> it in a post to others who post information, e-mail it to me > privately.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> David J. Rosen
> djrosen at comcast.net
>
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