[AAACE-NLA] Legislative Action

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AACE-NLA Colleagues:
 
Are we still interested in advocating for legislative action supporting  
adult literacy education?
 
ProLiteracy America has posted an advisory to its affected affiliates  urging 
them to contact their Representatives on the House  Appropriations 
Subcommittee responsible for  funding adult education to  assure at least level funding 
in the FY 07 budget.
 
Subcommittee members are: (Republicans) Chair, Ralph Regula - OH; Ernest  
Istook - OK; Roger Wicker - MS; Ann Northrup - KY; Kay Granger - TX; John  
Peterson - PA; Don Sherwood - PA; Dave Weldon - FL; James Welsh - NY;  (Democrats) 
David Obey - WI; Steny Hoyer - MD; Rosa De Laura - CT; Jessie  Jackson - IL; 
Patrick Kennedy - RI; Lucille Roybal-Allard - CA.
 
The subcommittee is scheduled to markup the FY 07 appropriations bill on  
June 7, 2006.  The advisory also states that Chairman congressman  Regula is in 
receipt of a dear Colleague letter signed by 43 House members  urging at least 
level funding for adult basic education and literacy in the FY  07 budget.  
Proliteracy's message cites the NAAL - 2003 findings of 30  million adult in the 
Below Basic category and the 60 million in the basic  category, who need help 
and the fact that all the current combined funding  allows only three million 
adults to receive remedial help probably to  use to justify our request.
 
Don't know if this is appropriate for the list.  I remember several  dear 
colleague alerts posted some time ago, but I've received a number  of these 
alerts from ProLiteracy that haven't been posted on this  list.  I didn't send them 
because by the time I got to read them, I  thought it was too late to do any 
good.
 
This list looks an excellent vehicle for spreading the word to more  
colleagues in the adult basic education and literacy to boost the numbers that  are 
letting our legislators know what we feel is  important.  
 
Proliteracy America seems to be doing a great job of keeping  affiliates 
aware of current advocacy needs.  I'd be glad to try and pass  them to the list if 
that's what's wanted and no one else can do it.  Is it  permissible to 
forward the advisory message and attach the dear colleague  letters that show who 
has signed on to them?
 
"Woody" Woodcock
Volunteer Tutor/Tutor Trainer/Board President
Central Alabama Laubach Literacy Council
Montgomery,  Alabama       
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