[AAACE-NLA] State Funding Reports

[KSmith1@aol.com]

Ryan,

I am, as David Rosen is, doubtful that OVAE will be able to respond to the 
two questions you have posed.   I too would like to have that information and 
have been asking ProLiteracy and OVAE to look at the distribution of federal 
dollars to CBOs in order to make some determination as to progress in meeting 
'direct & equitable' statutory responsibilities under WIA Title II law for 
several years.   The mix of state and federal resource is better information and 
more indicative of if and how CBOs are being supported.   Last year I put 
together the attached spreadsheet from the data contained on the ProLiteracy Web 
site.   It reflects information provided by member programs.   I have been told 
that there are significant discrepancies in the information.   Nonetheless, 
since the majority of ProLiteracy members are CBO/volunteer programs it may 
provide a start for you. 

Your question about how much state's spend per student is even more 
intriguing.   Julie Strawn's recent policy brief Policies to Promote Adult Education 
and Postsecondary Alignment (http://www.caalusa.org/publications.html) indicates 
that the national average is $645 including all public sources.   What would 
be more interesting is the range and difference between the mean and median 
which I suspect is very significant?   Also looking at the difference in the 
money spent per year by sector.   How much is spent per year, per student in CBOs 
versus secondary and/or postsecondary programs?   In the era of NRS, judging 
results based upon some notion of sufficient and adequate investment of 
resource must be considered.   How can the government hold a program receiving half 
or a third of what another receives equally responsible for similar results?

Good luck in your quest.

Kevin Smith 

In a message dated 1/27/08 9:55:27 PM, DJRosen at theworld.com writes:


> Hello Ryan,
> 
> I am not aware that the information you have asked for exists on the 
> Office of Vocational and Adult Education/US Department of Education 
> (OVAE) Web site. You might contact OVAE directly to find out.
> http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html
> If you find that OVAE does have the data, please let us know. Of 
> course, the OVAE data would only include OVAE-funded programs, and 
> there are many community-based, volunteer-based,  and other adult 
> basic education programs that do not receive OVAE (or any public) 
> funding.
> 
> David J. Rosen
> Adult Literacy Advocate
> djrosen at theworld.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 24, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Ryan Hall wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi everyone,
> > I was wondering if anyone on this list knows if there is a report 
> > of some
> > sort that lists by state:
> > 1. how much money the state spends per student enrolled in adult basic
> > education programs and
> > 2. how much money, if any, each state gives to community-based adult
> > literacy programs.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan
> >
> >
> 




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