[AAACE-NLA] However...the Administration thinks an 'effective' rating is only worthy of level funding and cuts

[David Rosen]

AAACE-NLA Colleagues,

Despite the OMB "effective" rating for adult education programs, the  
Administration proposes level funding for state grants, national  
leadership activities and the National Institute for Literacy,  and  
again zeros out EvenStart Family Literacy.  Perhaps we can persuade  
Congress to pay more attention to this OMB finding than the  
Administration has given it.

"FY’08: Adult EdLevel Funded

President Bush’s FY 2008 budget, sent to Congress on February 5,  
proposes funding adult education State grants at the current level of  
$564.1M.  The budget also proposes current funding of $9.1M for  
national leadership activities and $6.6M for the National Institute  
for Literacy.  Congress has the option of increasing or decreasing  
these amounts.  To see the President’s request for FY 2008, go to  
http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget08/summary/edlite- 
section2c.html.  Earlier, the House cobbled together and Senate  
generally agreed to a held-over FY 2007 budget, minus any  
“earmarks.”  The existing FY 2007 stopgap budget measure expires  
February 15.  After that, under the new 2007 continuing resolution,  
adult education is level funded, and Head Start gets a boost of  
$103.7M to $6.9B for the remaining months of FY 2007.  Check page 12  
at http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget07/07action.pdf "
(February 8, 2007 Special Budget Issue, OVAE Thursday Notes.)


David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net