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

[Debbie Yoho]

Can someone explain how the OMB suddenly finds adult ed effective, when
last year there was a move to cut AE by more than 65% because it was deemed
ineffective?


> [Original Message]
> From: David Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net>
> To: National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by AAACE
<aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org>
> Date: 2/12/2007 8:43:04 AM
> Subject: [AAACE-NLA] However...the Administration thinks an
'effective'rating is only worthy of level funding and cuts
>
> 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
>
>
>
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