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Editor: Sarah Newcomb
Production: Rose Tilghman
November 1, 2001
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FY 2002 Appropriations
Moving Slowly
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) indicated that the Senate will
focus almost entirely on appropriations measures--including the
Labor--HHS-Education appropriations bill-this week, while also working on
measures related to terrorism. New legislation possibly ready for
introduction this week, would prohibit the Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) from issuing student visas to applicants from countries that
sponsor terrorism. The measure also would require schools to notify the INS
immediately when foreign students fail to show up for classes.
Facing Staff Cuts,
CA Ponders EL/Civics
The California Department of Education (CDE) announced October 15 that,
because it is being required to redirect or eliminate 90 staff positions, it
will "postpone the release of " the EL/Civics funds it received last July.
CDE's funding for EL/Civics nearly tripled from $7.65M in FY 2000 to $20.96M
in FY 2001. CDE argues that it needs more, not fewer, staff in order to
manage the rapidly increasing EL/Civics program in a responsible way. CDE
says it "strongly supports the goals of the EL/Civics education initiative"
and will "offer currently funded agencies the opportunity" to continue their
present activities through June 30, 2002 without additional funding.
EL/Civics is one of many programs affected. Contact
<mailto:mweaver at cde.ca.gov>
NCAL to Create
National Technology
Lab for Adult Education
OVAE announced this week that a $2.4M contract with the University of
Pennsylvania's National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) will create a
demonstration lab here featuring cutting edge technology for adult
education. Also created under the contract will be a main National
Technology Lab in Philadelphia and a companion lab in Sacramento. Learners
and practitioners involved in this TECH.21 project will become leaders in
applying the latest technology to adult education instruction. Their
leadership will be used to help build technology capacity throughout the
system. Project partners include Sacramento's Outreach and Technical
Assistance Network, PBS, and the National Adult Education Professional
Development Consortium. For more see http://www.literacy.org
Estimates of
Undocumented
May Be Too Low
The number of undocumented immigrants in the US is at least 7 million and
could be as high as 8 million, new figures from the 2000 Census revealed.
The earlier estimate from the Census Bureau was just 6 million. According to
the new statistics, the number of undocumented immigrants has doubled since
1990. Most of the new arrivals from Mexico and Central America were entering
illegally to find jobs in the rapidly expanding economy of the last decade.
See http://www.washingtonpost.com for October 25.
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A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
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<P ALIGN=3DRIGHT><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#008080" FACE=3D"Arial">Office of =
Vocational and Adult Education</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Editor: Sarah =
Newcomb</FONT></I></B>
<BR><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Production: =
Rose Tilghman</FONT></I></B>
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FACE=3D"Arial">___________________________________</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">FY 2002 =
Appropriations</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Moving =
Slowly</FONT></B>
</P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle =
(D-SD) indicated that the Senate will focus almost entirely on =
appropriations measures--including the Labor--HHS-Education =
appropriations bill-this week, while also working on measures related =
to terrorism. New legislation possibly ready for introduction this =
week, would prohibit the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) =
from issuing student visas to applicants from countries that sponsor =
terrorism. The measure also would require schools to notify the INS =
immediately when foreign students fail to show up for =
classes.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Facing Staff =
Cuts,</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">CA Ponders =
EL/Civics</FONT></B>
</P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">The California Department of =
Education (CDE) announced October 15 that, because it is being required =
to redirect or eliminate 90 staff positions, it will "postpone the =
release of " the EL/Civics funds it received last July. CDE's funding =
for EL/Civics nearly tripled from $7.65M in FY 2000 to $20.96M in FY =
2001. CDE argues that it needs more, not fewer, staff in order to =
manage the rapidly increasing EL/Civics program in a responsible way. =
CDE says it "strongly supports the goals of the EL/Civics education =
initiative" and will "offer currently funded agencies the opportunity" =
to continue their present activities through June 30, 2002 without =
additional funding. EL/Civics is one of many programs affected. =
Contact<U></U></FONT><U><I> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Times New =
Roman"><<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:mweaver at cde.ca.gov">mailto:mweaver at cde.ca.gov</A>></FO=
NT></I></U></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">NCAL to =
Create</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">National =
Technology</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Lab for Adult =
Education</FONT></B>
</P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">OVAE announced this week that a $2.4M =
contract with the University of Pennsylvania's National Center on Adult =
Literacy (NCAL) will create a demonstration lab here featuring cutting =
edge technology for adult education. Also created under the contract =
will be a main National Technology Lab in Philadelphia and a companion =
lab in Sacramento. Learners and practitioners involved in this TECH.21 =
project will become leaders in applying the latest technology to adult =
education instruction. Their leadership will be used to help build =
technology capacity throughout the system. Project partners include =
Sacramento's Outreach and Technical Assistance Network, PBS, and the =
National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium. For more =
see</FONT><U> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Times New Roman"><A =
HREF=3D"http://www.literacy.org" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.literacy.org</A></FONT></U></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Estimates =
of</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Undocumented</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">May Be Too =
Low</FONT></B>
</P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">The number of undocumented immigrants =
in the US is at least 7 million and could be as high as 8 million, new =
figures from the 2000 Census revealed. The earlier estimate from the =
Census Bureau was just 6 million. According to the new statistics, the =
number of undocumented immigrants has doubled since 1990. Most of the =
new arrivals from Mexico and Central America were entering illegally to =
find jobs in the rapidly expanding economy of the last decade. =
See</FONT><U> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Times New Roman"><A =
HREF=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com</A></FONT></U><FONT =
FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> for October 25.</FONT><U></U></P>
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______________________________________</FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008080" SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and =
Literacy</FONT></I></B></P>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008080" SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Office of Vocational and Adult =
Education</FONT></I></B></P>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008080" SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">OVAE Homepage</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT></I></B><B><I><U> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial"><A HREF=3D"http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/</A></FONT></U></I></B>=
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