[AAACE-NLA] Job Training Improvement Act

[Debbie Yoho]

Friends:  A while back Art Ellison offered:

"...The National Council of State Directors of Adult Education has been
active
over the years in working with both legislative and funding issues at the
national level. Much of this work is done in Washington by the staff of the
organization which operates at the direction of the Policy and Executive
Committees...Over the past two years the Council worked closely with House
and Senate
staff on various elements of different versions of a new WIA bill. The
Council worked with its membership to develop 8 major bottom line positions
that the organization felt strongly should be reflected in any final version
of the bill. These positions became the basis for the discussions with
member of Congress and their staffs..."

Art or Patricia, can you share with us on this list what the "eight bottom
line positions" are? 

Many thanks.
 
Debbie Yoho
Moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv
Past-president, SC Adult Literacy Educators
Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council
2728 Devine Street     Columbia, SC  29204
dwyoho at earthlink.net    803-765-2555


> [Original Message]
> From: Ellison, Art <AEllison at ed.state.nh.us>
> To: National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by AAACE
<aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org>
> Date: 1/7/2005 4:02:04 PM
> Subject: RE: [AAACE-NLA] Job Training Improvement Act (long post)
>
>   Hopefully the information below will be helpful in answering some of
> Andrea's questions.
>
>  The National Council of State Directors of Adult Education has been
active
> over the years in working with both legislative and funding issues at the
> national level. Much of this work is done in Washington by the staff of
the
> organization which operates at the direction of the Policy and Executive
> Committees.
>
>   The Current Policy Committee is chaired by Patricia Bennett MD and Art
> Ellison, NH with other members: Reecie Stagnolia KY, Bob Bickerton MA,
Becky
> Bird MT, Jim Bowling and Denise Pottmeyer OH, Randy Whitfield NC, Bob
Purga
> NY, Israel Mendoza WA and Mary Ann Jackson WI.
>
>  Over the past two years the Council worked closely with House and Senate
> staff on various elements of different versions of a new WIA bill. The
> Council worked with its membership to develop 8 major bottom line
positions
> that the organization felt strongly should be reflected in any final
version
> of the bill. These positions became the basis for the discussions with
> member of Congress and their staffs.
>
>   The National Council of Adult Education is an active participant in the
> National Coalition for Literacy which helps develop policy positions that
> can be supported by the field as a whole and works to insure that those
> positions will be a part of any future legislation and funding packages. 
>   
>   Since WIA was not reauthorized in the last Congress the process must
start
> all over again. The recent introduction of the new bill in the House is
the
> first step in that direction. We expect that the Senate will introduce
their
> version of the bill sometime in Feb/March of this year. If the two
versions
> of the bills are close to those approved in the last session of Congress
and
> the Senate agrees to name conferees to a Conference Committee there is a
> chance that action on a new bill come be completed before July 1, 2005.
>
>   The National Council has developed a network of key contacts for policy
> action in each state. In some cases the key contact for a state is the
State
> Director, in others it is the Chair of the Legislative Committee of the
> state's Adult Education Professional Organization and in others it may be
> the head of the state Literacy Coalition. These people are in a position
to
> activate networks in the states that will provide quality information to
> policy makers in Washington. 
>
>   It is clear that we will be using this system during the next 6 months
on
> both WIA reauthorization and the development of the federal budget for
FY06.
> The National Council's network of Single Points of Contacts will
coordinate
> with individuals and organizations identified by the National Coalition
for
> Literacy and its members.  
>  
>  In answer to Andrea's question we think that we know most of the key
> issues, the ropes and the key players. With all of us working together we
> can be a powerful force on behalf of the students that we serve.
>
>   Patricia Bennett pbennett at msde.state.md.us and Art Ellison
> aellison at ed.state.nh.us can be contacted with any questions regarding the
> policy work of the National Council of State Directors.   Art Ellison   
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AWilder106 at aol.com [mailto:AWilder106 at aol.com] 
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 8:52 AM
> To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
> Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] Job Training Improvement Act (long post)
>
> Debby,
>
> In your opinion what are the highest priority items we should challenge?
>
> Anyone--what happens now in the legislative process? Do we have anyone to
> act as a key informant?  Who knows the ropes and the players?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andrea
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