[AAACE-NLA] 16 States have now reported. Has yours?

[David Rosen]

AAACE-NLA Colleagues,

So far we have state adult literacy education funding news from 16  
states. Let's hear from every state so we can get a realistic picture  
of what's happening on the state level in funding for adult literacy  
education.

The question is:

1. For the FY that begins in 07 and ends in 08 in your state, in  
comparison with the previous year, did your state funding (not  
federal funding) increase, decrease or stay the same.
2. If it increased or decreased, by how much?
3. And how much is your state (not federal) funding for 07-08?

Post to this list or email me directly at djrosen at theworld.com

INCREASES (10 states)

Arkansas: Over a 10% increase of $1,968,475, bringing the state total  
to $21,447,968.

California: 2.5% Cost of living increase.  Roughly, $700 million.  
Budget has not been finalized yet.

Connecticut: one million dollars, nearly a 5% increase, for next  
year's budget bringing the state total to $20,596,400 and an  
additional million for the following fiscal year

Georgia:  $3,261,376. State funding for 07-08 is $16,016,600.

Montana: $275,000, nearly a 100% increase. State funding for 07-08 is  
$525,000, and this is the first increase since 1998.

New Hampshire: 60% increase in state funding in the biennial budget  
recently signed by the Governor for FY08,09. The increase brings the  
federal/state funding ratio to approximately 40% federal and 60% state.

New Mexico: State funding increased for FY 07-08 by $581,000, nearly  
10% increase to $6,415,100.

Pennsylvania:  $4.9 million, 26% increase over 06-07

Rhode Island: $2 million, 41% increase over 06-07

Tennessee: $2.5 million, 78% increase over 06-07, bringing the state  
total to $5.7million

LEVEL FUNDING (5 states)

Arizona: $4.4 million

Colorado: $200,000 to fund the Colorado Family Literacy Education  
Fund grant program, limited to adult learners who are parents of  
eligible children in a family literacy context.

Indiana: $14 million

Michigan

Texas

DECREASES (0 states)

OTHER (1 state)

Massachusetts:  $30,101,348 for ABE in FY '08. Last year,   
$29,522,628 which was supplemented by an additional $3,000,000 passed  
as part of an Economic Stimulus Bill. If you consider the original  
amount passed in the budget, this is an increase of $578,720.  
However, ABE administrative and other costs that totaled $2,214,197  
in FY '07 have been moved to a separate Department of Education line  
item, so the increase compared to the original amount of the budget  
is $2,792,917. Compared to the total including the one-time  
appropriation from the Economic Stimulus bill, this is a small  
decrease of $207,082.

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





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