Is the provision in SB 823 Section 1(a) to provide adequate funds for basic education, English as a second language, and vocational training intended for existing programs only or is the intent to increase access for students in communities where there are neither K-12 nor Community College adult education programs? A funding source that should be tapped to expand instruction in basic education, ESL, and vocational education is the unused average daily attendance (ADA) left over when some adult education programs do not reach their ADA limit. In this way other important, cost-effective instruction in parent education, and other program areas could be maintained at current levels.
Is the intent of SB 823 to reduce the ten program areas to three? Arguments exist to save them all. The urgency associated with the current budget crisis should not dictate long-term state policy.
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SB 823 - Adult Education by Charles Ratliff 
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