[AAACE-NLA] State Funding News: 24 states have reported

[David Rosen]

News from the States 8/26/06


Summary:


So far, the state funding news is relatively good:

• 15 states have had increases in their state level funding,  two  
with first-time state funding!
•   9 have had level state funding, and
•   Decisions are still in process in two states

Please check the lists below.  Has your state reported in?  If not,  
can you help by finding and sending us the information we need?  We  
want to know if your state:

•  received an increase in state level funding for adult literacy  
education for this new fiscal year and, if so, by how much over the  
previous year , or
•  if it was level funded, or
•  if there was a decrease in state level funding.

We would also like to know what advocacy strategies were used in your  
state and how successful they were.

MISSING

Arkansas, Alabama, California, Delaware, District of Columbia,  
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Louisiana,  
Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina,  
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas,  
Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Why haven't we heard from your state yet?

STATES WHICH HAVE HAD INCREASES

Alaska
Colorado (first-time funding of $200,000 for family literacy)
Illinois (2%),
Kansas (18%)
Kentucky ($1M)
Maine (10%)
Maryland ($1.5M for 2008)
Massachusetts( $3 Million)
Michigan  (7.1%)
Minnesota (3%)
New Hampshire (7%)
New York ($1 Million)
North Dakota ($135,000 over two years)
Utah (6%)
Wyoming (first-time funding of $924,459)

STATES WHICH HAVE BEEN LEVEL FUNDED

Arizona
Connecticut
Missouri
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont (however, they did get funding for  16-22 year old dropouts)
Virginia
Washington

STATES STILL IN PROCESS:

Montana
New Jersey


Please post the missing information to the AAACE- NLA list or e-mail  
me.  Thanks.

David J. Rosen
Adult Literacy Advocate
DJRosen at theworld.com