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

Wed Aug 15 17:02:14 EDT 2007

Would you publish a list of all states and amounts?  We get $200,000 and
it has not changed for 7 or more years.

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Thanks Marcia.  I'll include this information in the next update to  
the AAAACEW-NLA list.

All the best,

David

DJRosen at theworld.com

On Aug 14, 2007, at 5:37 PM, <Marcia.Hess at state.sd.us>  
<Marcia.Hess at state.sd.us> wrote:

> No change for South Dakota
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: aaace-nla-bounces at lists.literacytent.org [mailto:aaace-nla- 
> bounces at lists.literacytent.org] On Behalf Of David Rosen
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 2:23 PM
> To: National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by AAACE
> Subject: [AAACE-NLA] 16 States have now reported. Has yours?
>
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> 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.
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> 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
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>
> 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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