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Mei 2015

From Kristen Pursley's Save Your Adult School Blog:

 

Call Your Legislators Now!

 

by kpursley

Please call or email your state legislators today to request that they support stable, dedicated funding for adult schools with a strong Maintenance of Effort requirement to protect current adult school capacity.

Governor Brown’s May Revise of the budget includes stable funding for adult schools.  However, the community colleges are lobbying to have a key protection for adult schools removed: the Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirement for school districts that is part of the Adult Education Block Grant that will provide funding for adult schools next year.  The community colleges don’t like the fact that some money will be set aside for adult schools.  They want “flexibility” so they can get access to the money for adult schools.

Flexibility for school districts was what almost killed adult schools last time.  We don’t need to have to fight for our lives against the community colleges now. It’s time we had a reliable stream of funding so we can get down to the business of educating adults.

The governor was extremely generous with the community colleges in the 2015-2016 budget.  They have their own funding independent of the Adult Education Block Grant, which was increased by  $900 million for the 2015-2016 fiscal year.  The Adult Education Block Grant Money set aside for adult schools is only $350 million, and it is the only state money California’s 554 adult schools will receive next year, down significantly from the approximately $700 million adult schools received from the state before the economic crash and the ensuing disaster that was categorical flexibility. Some districts may choose to support their adult schools with  money from their general fund, but that will only happen in well-funded districts and will almost certainly never be more than a very small amount. Many adult schools receive some federal funds, but those are supplemental.  For yet another year, adult schools will receive only enough money to maintain their services at the greatly reduced 2012-2013 level. They are still not being given the money they need to begin rebuilding.

But the community colleges want access to even the small amount of money adult schools have been granted for next year.  The fact is, adult schools need a maintenance of effort more than ever now.  Since 2012-2013, the two year Maintenance of Effort requirement imposed by the state ensured that school districts would not be able to take any more money from their adult schools, and adult schools were relatively stable. Now that the old Maintenance of Effort is sunsetting, adult schools once again face instability.  Four adult schools have closed, and Los Angeles has issued layoff notices to hundreds of adult school teachers.

Community colleges are a vital California institution, and they deserve to be well funded.  However, California needs both adult schools and community colleges to serve adults well.  California's adult schools need to be well funded and well respected.

You can find your legislators at http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

Please  call or write your legislators and ask them to support the Governor’s plan for the Adult Education Block Grant as set  forth in the May Revise. Ask that your legislator support stable, dedicated funding for adult schools with a robust Maintenance of Effort requirement so that neither school districts nor community colleges will be able to flex adult school money.  Nix to flex!   Adult schools deserve dedicated, secure funding.

For more information, see this excellent post on the Adult Education Matters blog:

http://adulteducationmatters.blogspot.com/2015/05/keep-good-news-good.html

See also the message from California Council for Adult Education (CCAE) Legislative Analyst Dawn Koepke, below:

 

May Revise - Stability,  Certainty,  Identity....ProgressWords cannot describe the significant progress we have made together over the last four budget cycles.  Really.  When I began working with CCAE and CAEAA we were facing utter elimination and transfer to the community college system.  And here we are...just three budget proposals and May Revises later....stability, certainty, preserved identity....access for our students.  I'm so pleased with what we've accomplished together these past few years. When we started off 2015 we were provided a good starting point in the Governor's FY 15-16 plan.  That said, there were a number of outstanding concerns and issues that needed to be addressed.  In a proactive fashion, we continued to engage the Department of Finance (DOF), Legislature, Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), and stakeholders to push for additional changes that would strengthen the good foundation presented to us in January.  Last Thursday, the Governor and DOF released a revised budget plan ("May Revise") that addressed each and every one of the concerns we had shared.  More specifically, the following key items were revised resulting in an incredible plan: ·         Solidifies the maintenance of effort for adult schools for FY 15-16 and ensures base funding in out years for certainty in school district budgeting and stability for adult schools ·         Sets an allocation schedule and process to help ensure stability for adult schools as LEAs develop their budgets each year ·          Allows local consortia to decide how best to distribute and receive funding whether through a local fiscal agent or through existing fiscal infrastructure ·         Elimination of the Allocation Boards and instead providing for local consortia to determine the governance structure best for the region and members ·         Requires all members' funding sources be identified and noted as part of the planning process so as to assist with prioritizing the expenditures of Adult Ed Block Grant funds ·         Established a 3-year planning process, with yearly updates so as to provide out-year forecasting and planning for stability ·         Funds three positions for the California Department of Education to ensure co-equal participation with the Chancellor's office in the AB 86 process and technical assistance for LEAs and adult schools Budget Committees are already moving forward with hearings on the revised plan and preparing to take action.  As a matter of fact, I testified Monday in the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 to convey our appreciation to the Administration and DOF for listening to our concerns and addressing them.  Further, we've been in close communication with budget staff in both houses to ensure they know we are incredibly pleased with the May Revise. All of this said, it isn't over until it's over - when the Legislature has approved the plan (by June 15th) and the Governor has signed it (by June 30th).  In this regard, I would note the concerns raised by the LAO and the community colleges with regard to the MOE and ongoing base funding provisions of the May Revision.  As voiced as part of the Assembly hearing Monday, they are concerned that the funding would be locked in without flexibility to adjust expenditures in out years unless the MOE-funded member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the plan approved by the consortium; that member cannot provide the services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan; or the member has been consistently ineffective in providing the services that address the needs identified in the plan. **Call to Action** In order to ensure that the Legislature moves forward the May Revise version, I urge you to contact your respective Assemblymember and Senator as soon as possible to convey your support for the Governor's May Revise.  To identify your legislator, please see http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/.  Key talking points may include: ·         We appreciate the Legislature's engagement on preserving K-12 based adult education ·         The Governor's May Revise is the culmination of many proactive, solutions-oriented conversations with DOF, the Legislature and stakeholders over the past year that have resulted in a workable path forward for adult schools that ensures stability and access for our students ·         We would oppose any changes to the plan that would erode the stability and certainty DOF provided to the K-12 providers in the trailer bill language associated with the maintenance of effort (MOE) Please begin making your calls now and let's ensure a smooth path forward to the Governor's signature for this incredibly positive, workable proposal.  Strength in numbers!

From Kristen Pursley's Save Your Adult School Blog:

 

Call Your Legislators Now!

 

by kpursley

Please call or email your state legislators today to request that they support stable, dedicated funding for adult schools with a strong Maintenance of Effort requirement to protect current adult school capacity.

Governor Brown’s May Revise of the budget includes stable funding for adult schools.  However, the community colleges are lobbying to have a key protection for adult schools removed: the Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirement for school districts that is part of the Adult Education Block Grant that will provide funding for adult schools next year.  The community colleges don’t like the fact that some money will be set aside for adult schools.  They want “flexibility” so they can get access to the money for adult schools.

Flexibility for school districts was what almost killed adult schools last time.  We don’t need to have to fight for our lives against the community colleges now. It’s time we had a reliable stream of funding so we can get down to the business of educating adults.

The governor was extremely generous with the community colleges in the 2015-2016 budget.  They have their own funding independent of the Adult Education Block Grant, which was increased by  $900 million for the 2015-2016 fiscal year.  The Adult Education Block Grant Money set aside for adult schools is only $350 million, and it is the only state money California’s 554 adult schools will receive next year, down significantly from the approximately $700 million adult schools received from the state before the economic crash and the ensuing disaster that was categorical flexibility. Some districts may choose to support their adult schools with  money from their general fund, but that will only happen in well-funded districts and will almost certainly never be more than a very small amount. Many adult schools receive some federal funds, but those are supplemental.  For yet another year, adult schools will receive only enough money to maintain their services at the greatly reduced 2012-2013 level. They are still not being given the money they need to begin rebuilding.

But the community colleges want access to even the small amount of money adult schools have been granted for next year.  The fact is, adult schools need a maintenance of effort more than ever now.  Since 2012-2013, the two year Maintenance of Effort requirement imposed by the state ensured that school districts would not be able to take any more money from their adult schools, and adult schools were relatively stable. Now that the old Maintenance of Effort is sunsetting, adult schools once again face instability.  Four adult schools have closed, and Los Angeles has issued layoff notices to hundreds of adult school teachers.

Community colleges are a vital California institution, and they deserve to be well funded.  However, California needs both adult schools and community colleges to serve adults well.  California's adult schools need to be well funded and well respected.

You can find your legislators at http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

Please  call or write your legislators and ask them to support the Governor’s plan for the Adult Education Block Grant as set  forth in the May Revise. Ask that your legislator support stable, dedicated funding for adult schools with a robust Maintenance of Effort requirement so that neither school districts nor community colleges will be able to flex adult school money.  Nix to flex!   Adult schools deserve dedicated, secure funding.

For more information, see this excellent post on the Adult Education Matters blog:

http://adulteducationmatters.blogspot.com/2015/05/keep-good-news-good.html

See also the message from California Council for Adult Education (CCAE) Legislative Analyst Dawn Koepke, below:

 

May Revise - Stability,  Certainty,  Identity....ProgressWords cannot describe the significant progress we have made together over the last four budget cycles.  Really.  When I began working with CCAE and CAEAA we were facing utter elimination and transfer to the community college system.  And here we are...just three budget proposals and May Revises later....stability, certainty, preserved identity....access for our students.  I'm so pleased with what we've accomplished together these past few years. When we started off 2015 we were provided a good starting point in the Governor's FY 15-16 plan.  That said, there were a number of outstanding concerns and issues that needed to be addressed.  In a proactive fashion, we continued to engage the Department of Finance (DOF), Legislature, Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), and stakeholders to push for additional changes that would strengthen the good foundation presented to us in January.  Last Thursday, the Governor and DOF released a revised budget plan ("May Revise") that addressed each and every one of the concerns we had shared.  More specifically, the following key items were revised resulting in an incredible plan: ·         Solidifies the maintenance of effort for adult schools for FY 15-16 and ensures base funding in out years for certainty in school district budgeting and stability for adult schools ·         Sets an allocation schedule and process to help ensure stability for adult schools as LEAs develop their budgets each year ·          Allows local consortia to decide how best to distribute and receive funding whether through a local fiscal agent or through existing fiscal infrastructure ·         Elimination of the Allocation Boards and instead providing for local consortia to determine the governance structure best for the region and members ·         Requires all members' funding sources be identified and noted as part of the planning process so as to assist with prioritizing the expenditures of Adult Ed Block Grant funds ·         Established a 3-year planning process, with yearly updates so as to provide out-year forecasting and planning for stability ·         Funds three positions for the California Department of Education to ensure co-equal participation with the Chancellor's office in the AB 86 process and technical assistance for LEAs and adult schools Budget Committees are already moving forward with hearings on the revised plan and preparing to take action.  As a matter of fact, I testified Monday in the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 to convey our appreciation to the Administration and DOF for listening to our concerns and addressing them.  Further, we've been in close communication with budget staff in both houses to ensure they know we are incredibly pleased with the May Revise. All of this said, it isn't over until it's over - when the Legislature has approved the plan (by June 15th) and the Governor has signed it (by June 30th).  In this regard, I would note the concerns raised by the LAO and the community colleges with regard to the MOE and ongoing base funding provisions of the May Revision.  As voiced as part of the Assembly hearing Monday, they are concerned that the funding would be locked in without flexibility to adjust expenditures in out years unless the MOE-funded member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the plan approved by the consortium; that member cannot provide the services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan; or the member has been consistently ineffective in providing the services that address the needs identified in the plan. **Call to Action** In order to ensure that the Legislature moves forward the May Revise version, I urge you to contact your respective Assemblymember and Senator as soon as possible to convey your support for the Governor's May Revise.  To identify your legislator, please see http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/.  Key talking points may include: ·         We appreciate the Legislature's engagement on preserving K-12 based adult education ·         The Governor's May Revise is the culmination of many proactive, solutions-oriented conversations with DOF, the Legislature and stakeholders over the past year that have resulted in a workable path forward for adult schools that ensures stability and access for our students ·         We would oppose any changes to the plan that would erode the stability and certainty DOF provided to the K-12 providers in the trailer bill language associated with the maintenance of effort (MOE) Please begin making your calls now and let's ensure a smooth path forward to the Governor's signature for this incredibly positive, workable proposal.  Strength in numbers!

adult history Perspective: Gregory Dobie: "You're Not A Real Teacher": Relfections on Adult ESL (from CATESOL News) - japraklupo

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Mei 2015

How many of us teaching in the field of Adult Education have been made to feel this way?  And very importantly, why?  How does the larger culture perceive who we serve, what we do, and why?   

Adult Ed Teacher Gregory A. Dobie reflects on some of these questions in this CATESOL News article.

Hit the link to read his thoughts.

“You’re Not a Real Teacher”: Reflections on Adult ESL

May 19th, 2015 | By CATESOL News | Category: Conferences, Featuring: Regional Conferences, Regional 

           

By GREGORY A. DOBIE

—In 1998 I was teaching an adult ESL class for a public school district in San Antonio. The class met at night in a middle school. One evening I needed to get access to a classroom, so I asked the custodian for a key. He told me that he couldn’t give me the key, saying, “You’re not a real teacher.” I understood what he meant—I wasn’t one of the teachers who taught middle school students during the day—but his comment has stayed with me as a good description of how adult ESL teachers are viewed.

IN MY OPINION

I recently attended the 2015 Los Angeles Regional CATESOL Conference, titled “Innovate, Transform, Inspire.” After a full day of going to sessions, viewing exhibits, and conversing with other attendees, I came up with a different title: “Why Isn’t Adult ESL Teaching Respected as a Full-Time Profession?” From speakers and attendees alike I heard such comments as “I’m a freeway flyer,” “The trunk of my car is where I keep all my materials,” “I don’t have my own classroom,” “My hours have been cut,” “I’m kept below the benefit level,” and so on. These are the same kinds of comments I have heard since the late 1980s, when I began teaching. With the increasing professionalism of the adult ESL field since that time—certificates and degrees, conferences, credentials, organizations, and publications—why is adult ESL teaching still treated as if it were some kind of volunteer activity?
The CATESOL conference did offer a novice teacher strand, which covered such issues as finding teaching positions, and lunchtime rap sessions, which touched on workplace-related topics, but I felt in some ways as if we were fiddling while Rome burned. In the past few years, adult ESL programs have been cut or canceled in Alhambra, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Oakland, and other California cities, with ESL teachers losing their jobs. Uncertainties surround the implementation of AB 86, which is to establish Regional Consortia of community colleges and public school districts in California for the purpose of providing adult education, including ESL instruction. A growing shift from credit to noncredit courses, the economic impact of a strong dollar on foreign enrollment in US programs, scholarship funding decisions by countries such as Saudi Arabia, the effect that Obamacare regulations will have on employers—these are other issues with a direct bearing on the well-being of adult ESL teachers.

As part of a future CATESOL gathering, I would like to see a presentation by the organization’s advocacy team, an open-mic discussion for all conference participants, an analysis of the types of educators in attendance, a resource guide of ESL employment requirements, a job board, a booth with California workforce and unemployment information, and a panel with teachers’ union representatives, government officials, and school administrators. Certainly there are other suggestions that could be added to this list—why not solicit the membership?

I’m glad I attended the recent conference—I gained valuable information and was happy to see colleagues from several of my teaching locations. But I attended out of concern for my livelihood more than from a need to learn new teaching strategies. I am a real teacher, and I want to be treated like one, with a stable job, with benefits, with a classroom, with an office, with tenure—with professionalism.
 

How many of us teaching in the field of Adult Education have been made to feel this way?  And very importantly, why?  How does the larger culture perceive who we serve, what we do, and why?   

Adult Ed Teacher Gregory A. Dobie reflects on some of these questions in this CATESOL News article.

Hit the link to read his thoughts.

“You’re Not a Real Teacher”: Reflections on Adult ESL

May 19th, 2015 | By CATESOL News | Category: Conferences, Featuring: Regional Conferences, Regional 

           

By GREGORY A. DOBIE

—In 1998 I was teaching an adult ESL class for a public school district in San Antonio. The class met at night in a middle school. One evening I needed to get access to a classroom, so I asked the custodian for a key. He told me that he couldn’t give me the key, saying, “You’re not a real teacher.” I understood what he meant—I wasn’t one of the teachers who taught middle school students during the day—but his comment has stayed with me as a good description of how adult ESL teachers are viewed.

IN MY OPINION

I recently attended the 2015 Los Angeles Regional CATESOL Conference, titled “Innovate, Transform, Inspire.” After a full day of going to sessions, viewing exhibits, and conversing with other attendees, I came up with a different title: “Why Isn’t Adult ESL Teaching Respected as a Full-Time Profession?” From speakers and attendees alike I heard such comments as “I’m a freeway flyer,” “The trunk of my car is where I keep all my materials,” “I don’t have my own classroom,” “My hours have been cut,” “I’m kept below the benefit level,” and so on. These are the same kinds of comments I have heard since the late 1980s, when I began teaching. With the increasing professionalism of the adult ESL field since that time—certificates and degrees, conferences, credentials, organizations, and publications—why is adult ESL teaching still treated as if it were some kind of volunteer activity?
The CATESOL conference did offer a novice teacher strand, which covered such issues as finding teaching positions, and lunchtime rap sessions, which touched on workplace-related topics, but I felt in some ways as if we were fiddling while Rome burned. In the past few years, adult ESL programs have been cut or canceled in Alhambra, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Oakland, and other California cities, with ESL teachers losing their jobs. Uncertainties surround the implementation of AB 86, which is to establish Regional Consortia of community colleges and public school districts in California for the purpose of providing adult education, including ESL instruction. A growing shift from credit to noncredit courses, the economic impact of a strong dollar on foreign enrollment in US programs, scholarship funding decisions by countries such as Saudi Arabia, the effect that Obamacare regulations will have on employers—these are other issues with a direct bearing on the well-being of adult ESL teachers.

As part of a future CATESOL gathering, I would like to see a presentation by the organization’s advocacy team, an open-mic discussion for all conference participants, an analysis of the types of educators in attendance, a resource guide of ESL employment requirements, a job board, a booth with California workforce and unemployment information, and a panel with teachers’ union representatives, government officials, and school administrators. Certainly there are other suggestions that could be added to this list—why not solicit the membership?

I’m glad I attended the recent conference—I gained valuable information and was happy to see colleagues from several of my teaching locations. But I attended out of concern for my livelihood more than from a need to learn new teaching strategies. I am a real teacher, and I want to be treated like one, with a stable job, with benefits, with a classroom, with an office, with tenure—with professionalism.
 

adult history CATESOL Legislative Advocate Jeff Frost on Gov. Brown's January Adult Ed Budget Proposal - japraklupo

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Mei 2015

This is obviously late in coming.  I'm posting it because I think it provides good information and analysis.  The May Revise only partly changes Gov. Brown's Budget Proposal for Adult Ed.  We need all the help we can get in understanding the possible ramifications of it.

Also, whatever happens or has happened in Adult Education these last six years, I imagine some day some graduate student or educational policy academic or historian will put it under a magnifying glass.  I certainly hope they do.  When that happens, blogs like this one will be important digs.

Hit the link to read Jeff's analysis.

Details of Governor’s Adult Education Proposal Made Public

Mar 13th, 2015 | By CATESOL News | Category: Advocacy, News

Jeff Frost

By JEFF FROST

—When the governor’s 2015-2016 state budget was unveiled in mid-January, adult education advocates were encouraged to see that it contained $500 million per year in ongoing funding to develop a stand-alone categorical program to begin the meet the needs of the old adult education program, which was allowed to become flexible in 2007-2008 during the beginning of the economic recession. The concept of creating new programs by region that would meet the specific local workforce and education needs of adults was generally supported in the education community. However, most statewide education organizations wanted to wait until the actual implementing language came out before taking any positions on the governor’s adult education proposal. The details were made public the week of February 16.

The details of the proposal are at once fairly simple but overly complex. The general concept is to allocate $500 million in ongoing funding to regions based on documented regional need. For the past two years, participating school districts and community colleges have been actively planning for adult education’s regional future by analyzing workforce demand and programmatic need. Those needs-based plans have continued to be massaged and analyzed and are to be the foundation of local budgeting and fund-allocation decisions. The budget trailer bill language (the implementing language) outlines that state funding will be apportioned by region based on each district’s overall percentage of need. Should demand exceed the overall funding available, each region’s allocation will be reduced accordingly. Before seeing the trailer bill language, some thought that the governor might give priority to some regions of the state over others, but this does not appear to be the case.

There are four main areas where the implementing language raises concerns from statewide organizations and adult ed advocates in the field. The concerns include:

 

1.  The proposal seems to be needlessly complicated in terms of how the funds will flow and to whom they will flow. The language sets up regional consortiums as new entities of local government with the ability to hire an executive director and spend up to 5% of the region’s funding administration

It seems that there are a number of alternatives to the bureaucratic nature of the regional delivery model set up in this trailer bill language. The model used for Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPAs) could be used, in which one of the school districts serves as the administrator for the region; there would be far less funding spent on overall administration. It is likely that this formal structure will receive a great deal of scrutiny as the proposal moves forward.

2.   There is a significant level of state control over the direction of the new program. The language gives the executive director of the State Board of Education the ability to veto any funding allocations suggested by the two entities given authority to establish the program—the superintendent of public instruction and the community college chancellor.

This authority is unprecedented. While it has been common in the past to place overall approval authority in the hands of the State Board of Education (all of whose members are approved by the state Senate), there has never been an instance in which this level of authority has been given to an administrator in state government. This authorization is likely to be changed by the time the budget negotiations are concluded.

3.  Funding for each region will be allocated by a seven-member board, on which five of the seven voting members do not represent an entity that receives the Proposition 98 adult ed funding or operates the programs. Each region’s board will have one school district and one community college representative. The other five voting members will include representatives from a local workforce investment board, a local community-based organization or “other adult education entity,” a county social services representative, a county probation office representative, and a public member selected by the region’s members.

This governance structure raises concerns on two levels. One is that there is only one slot for a “school district” representative in a region that may have a dozen or more districts, and the other is that the non–Prop 98 voting members far outweigh the two that represent districts and community colleges. Additionally, there is no reason why the five non-school district representatives on the regional consortium board cannot provide significant programmatic input without being voting members. Again, each region could use the SELPA model, in which voting members represent the educational entities in the region.

4.  The focus of the new adult education programs is decidedly geared toward workforce needs and training. Concerns have been raised, mainly by the California Teachers Association, that the governor’s proposal is an attempt to take a long-standing program that focuses on the needs of poor and non–English-speaking adults and has transformed it, using Proposition 98 funds, into an accelerated workforce-training program. The implication is that the statutory direction of the new program will make it harder for school districts to offer ESL, adult basic education (ABE), high school diploma (HSD), and citizenship courses.

This concern is legitimate, but the direction of the new adult ed program is consistent with the long-standing intent of both the governor and the legislature that our adult program does need to be focused on job skills but that core courses such as ESL, ABE, and HSD are gateway skills that are needed to get into or to expand opportunities in any job market.

Significant concerns have been raised about all of these issues. It is clear that there are ways to address each of these concerns without significantly altering the intent of the governor’s proposal. Both houses of the legislature will be addressing this issue in the next weeks. CATESOL’s legislative advocates will keep everyone informed as this issue progresses.

Jeff Frost is CATESOL’s legislative advocate.

This is obviously late in coming.  I'm posting it because I think it provides good information and analysis.  The May Revise only partly changes Gov. Brown's Budget Proposal for Adult Ed.  We need all the help we can get in understanding the possible ramifications of it.

Also, whatever happens or has happened in Adult Education these last six years, I imagine some day some graduate student or educational policy academic or historian will put it under a magnifying glass.  I certainly hope they do.  When that happens, blogs like this one will be important digs.

Hit the link to read Jeff's analysis.

Details of Governor’s Adult Education Proposal Made Public

Mar 13th, 2015 | By CATESOL News | Category: Advocacy, News

Jeff Frost

By JEFF FROST

—When the governor’s 2015-2016 state budget was unveiled in mid-January, adult education advocates were encouraged to see that it contained $500 million per year in ongoing funding to develop a stand-alone categorical program to begin the meet the needs of the old adult education program, which was allowed to become flexible in 2007-2008 during the beginning of the economic recession. The concept of creating new programs by region that would meet the specific local workforce and education needs of adults was generally supported in the education community. However, most statewide education organizations wanted to wait until the actual implementing language came out before taking any positions on the governor’s adult education proposal. The details were made public the week of February 16.

The details of the proposal are at once fairly simple but overly complex. The general concept is to allocate $500 million in ongoing funding to regions based on documented regional need. For the past two years, participating school districts and community colleges have been actively planning for adult education’s regional future by analyzing workforce demand and programmatic need. Those needs-based plans have continued to be massaged and analyzed and are to be the foundation of local budgeting and fund-allocation decisions. The budget trailer bill language (the implementing language) outlines that state funding will be apportioned by region based on each district’s overall percentage of need. Should demand exceed the overall funding available, each region’s allocation will be reduced accordingly. Before seeing the trailer bill language, some thought that the governor might give priority to some regions of the state over others, but this does not appear to be the case.

There are four main areas where the implementing language raises concerns from statewide organizations and adult ed advocates in the field. The concerns include:

 

1.  The proposal seems to be needlessly complicated in terms of how the funds will flow and to whom they will flow. The language sets up regional consortiums as new entities of local government with the ability to hire an executive director and spend up to 5% of the region’s funding administration

It seems that there are a number of alternatives to the bureaucratic nature of the regional delivery model set up in this trailer bill language. The model used for Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPAs) could be used, in which one of the school districts serves as the administrator for the region; there would be far less funding spent on overall administration. It is likely that this formal structure will receive a great deal of scrutiny as the proposal moves forward.

2.   There is a significant level of state control over the direction of the new program. The language gives the executive director of the State Board of Education the ability to veto any funding allocations suggested by the two entities given authority to establish the program—the superintendent of public instruction and the community college chancellor.

This authority is unprecedented. While it has been common in the past to place overall approval authority in the hands of the State Board of Education (all of whose members are approved by the state Senate), there has never been an instance in which this level of authority has been given to an administrator in state government. This authorization is likely to be changed by the time the budget negotiations are concluded.

3.  Funding for each region will be allocated by a seven-member board, on which five of the seven voting members do not represent an entity that receives the Proposition 98 adult ed funding or operates the programs. Each region’s board will have one school district and one community college representative. The other five voting members will include representatives from a local workforce investment board, a local community-based organization or “other adult education entity,” a county social services representative, a county probation office representative, and a public member selected by the region’s members.

This governance structure raises concerns on two levels. One is that there is only one slot for a “school district” representative in a region that may have a dozen or more districts, and the other is that the non–Prop 98 voting members far outweigh the two that represent districts and community colleges. Additionally, there is no reason why the five non-school district representatives on the regional consortium board cannot provide significant programmatic input without being voting members. Again, each region could use the SELPA model, in which voting members represent the educational entities in the region.

4.  The focus of the new adult education programs is decidedly geared toward workforce needs and training. Concerns have been raised, mainly by the California Teachers Association, that the governor’s proposal is an attempt to take a long-standing program that focuses on the needs of poor and non–English-speaking adults and has transformed it, using Proposition 98 funds, into an accelerated workforce-training program. The implication is that the statutory direction of the new program will make it harder for school districts to offer ESL, adult basic education (ABE), high school diploma (HSD), and citizenship courses.

This concern is legitimate, but the direction of the new adult ed program is consistent with the long-standing intent of both the governor and the legislature that our adult program does need to be focused on job skills but that core courses such as ESL, ABE, and HSD are gateway skills that are needed to get into or to expand opportunities in any job market.

Significant concerns have been raised about all of these issues. It is clear that there are ways to address each of these concerns without significantly altering the intent of the governor’s proposal. Both houses of the legislature will be addressing this issue in the next weeks. CATESOL’s legislative advocates will keep everyone informed as this issue progresses.

Jeff Frost is CATESOL’s legislative advocate.

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Mei 2015

The May Revise is generally good news for Adult Schools.  You can read CCAE's assessment of it here.

 

However...

 

Our old frenemies, the Community College system, would like to change some of that good news so that it is "good-er" for them and not us.

 

See:  Community Colleges Board of Governor's Meeting   Go to 58:35 to 1:00:55

 

Community Colleges are worried about being "frozen out" of the new Adult Ed Block Grant money.  Take a listen at  58:35 - 1:00:55 to hear what they say about Adult Ed and the new Regional Consortia system funding.   They fear a maintenance of effort in funding for K-12 Adult Ed will "eat up a lot of the funds available" . . .  in other words, they won't be able to access the money.

 

Reminder:  The Community College system, because it already gets money through apportionment, is worried about dessert, while we are worried about dinner.  (Thanks to San Mateo Adult School Director Larry Teshara for that analogy.)

 

So...

 

We need to take action.

 

Call or email today.

 

Info from CCAE's Legislative Analyst Dawn Koepke here:

 

"All of this said, it isn't over until it's over - when the Legislature has approved the plan (by June 15th) and the Governor has signed it (by June 30th).  In this regard, I would note the concerns raised by the LAO and the community colleges with regard to the MOE and ongoing base funding provisions of the May Revision.  As voiced as part of the Assembly hearing Monday, they are concerned that the funding would be locked in without flexibility to adjust expenditures in out years unless the MOE-funded member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the plan approved by the consortium; that member cannot provide the services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan; or the member has been consistently ineffective in providing the services that address the needs identified in the plan."

 

 **Call to Action**

 

In order to ensure that the Legislature moves forward the May Revise version, I urge you to contact your respective Assemblymember and Senator as soon as possible to convey your support for the Governor's May Revise.  To identify your legislator, please see http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/.  Key talking points may include:

 

·         We appreciate the Legislature's engagement on preserving K-12 based adult education

·         The Governor's May Revise is the culmination of many proactive, solutions-oriented conversations with DOF, the Legislature and stakeholders over the past year that have resulted in a workable path forward for adult schools that ensures stability and access for our students

·         We would oppose any changes to the plan that would erode the stability and certainty DOF provided to the K-12 providers in the trailer bill language associated with the maintenance of effort (MOE)

 

Please begin making your calls now and let's ensure a smooth path forward to the Governor's signature for this incredibly positive, workable proposal.  Strength in numbers!

 

 

 

The May Revise is generally good news for Adult Schools.  You can read CCAE's assessment of it here.

 

However...

 

Our old frenemies, the Community College system, would like to change some of that good news so that it is "good-er" for them and not us.

 

See:  Community Colleges Board of Governor's Meeting   Go to 58:35 to 1:00:55

 

Community Colleges are worried about being "frozen out" of the new Adult Ed Block Grant money.  Take a listen at  58:35 - 1:00:55 to hear what they say about Adult Ed and the new Regional Consortia system funding.   They fear a maintenance of effort in funding for K-12 Adult Ed will "eat up a lot of the funds available" . . .  in other words, they won't be able to access the money.

 

Reminder:  The Community College system, because it already gets money through apportionment, is worried about dessert, while we are worried about dinner.  (Thanks to San Mateo Adult School Director Larry Teshara for that analogy.)

 

So...

 

We need to take action.

 

Call or email today.

 

Info from CCAE's Legislative Analyst Dawn Koepke here:

 

"All of this said, it isn't over until it's over - when the Legislature has approved the plan (by June 15th) and the Governor has signed it (by June 30th).  In this regard, I would note the concerns raised by the LAO and the community colleges with regard to the MOE and ongoing base funding provisions of the May Revision.  As voiced as part of the Assembly hearing Monday, they are concerned that the funding would be locked in without flexibility to adjust expenditures in out years unless the MOE-funded member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the plan approved by the consortium; that member cannot provide the services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan; or the member has been consistently ineffective in providing the services that address the needs identified in the plan."

 

 **Call to Action**

 

In order to ensure that the Legislature moves forward the May Revise version, I urge you to contact your respective Assemblymember and Senator as soon as possible to convey your support for the Governor's May Revise.  To identify your legislator, please see http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/.  Key talking points may include:

 

·         We appreciate the Legislature's engagement on preserving K-12 based adult education

·         The Governor's May Revise is the culmination of many proactive, solutions-oriented conversations with DOF, the Legislature and stakeholders over the past year that have resulted in a workable path forward for adult schools that ensures stability and access for our students

·         We would oppose any changes to the plan that would erode the stability and certainty DOF provided to the K-12 providers in the trailer bill language associated with the maintenance of effort (MOE)

 

Please begin making your calls now and let's ensure a smooth path forward to the Governor's signature for this incredibly positive, workable proposal.  Strength in numbers!

 

 

 

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From CCAE's Legislative Analyst, Dawn Koepke, good news about the May Revise of the Budget -

     along with a call to action (highlighted):

May Revise - Stability,  Certainty,  Identity....Progress

 

Words cannot describe the significant progress we have made together over the last four budget cycles.  Really.  When I began working with CCAE and CAEAA we were facing utter elimination and transfer to the community college system.  And here we are...just three budget proposals and May Revises later....stability, certainty, preserved identity....access for our students.  I'm so pleased with what we've accomplished together these past few years. 

 

When we started off 2015 we were provided a good starting point in the Governor's FY 15-16 plan.  That said, there were a number of outstanding concerns and issues that needed to be addressed.  In a proactive fashion, we continued to engage the Department of Finance (DOF), Legislature, Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), and stakeholders to push for additional changes that would strengthen the good foundation presented to us in January.  Last Thursday, the Governor and DOF released a revised budget plan ("May Revise") that addressed each and every one of the concerns we had shared.  More specifically, the following key items were revised resulting in an incredible plan:

 

·         Solidifies the maintenance of effort for adult schools for FY 15-16 and ensures base funding in out years for certainty in school district budgeting and stability for adult schools

·         Sets an allocation schedule and process to help ensure stability for adult schools as LEAs develop their budgets each year

·          Allows local consortia to decide how best to distribute and receive funding whether through a local fiscal agent or through existing fiscal infrastructure

·         Elimination of the Allocation Boards and instead providing for local consortia to determine the governance structure best for the region and members

·         Requires all members' funding sources be identified and noted as part of the planning process so as to assist with prioritizing the expenditures of Adult Ed Block Grant funds

·         Established a 3-year planning process, with yearly updates so as to provide out-year forecasting and planning for stability

·         Funds three positions for the California Department of Education to ensure co-equal participation with the Chancellor's office in the AB 86 process and technical assistance for LEAs and adult schools

 

Budget Committees are already moving forward with hearings on the revised plan and preparing to take action.  As a matter of fact, I testified Monday in the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 to convey our appreciation to the Administration and DOF for listening to our concerns and addressing them.  Further, we've been in close communication with budget staff in both houses to ensure they know we are incredibly pleased with the May Revise. 

 

All of this said, it isn't over until it's over - when the Legislature has approved the plan (by June 15th) and the Governor has signed it (by June 30th).  In this regard, I would note the concerns raised by the LAO and the community colleges with regard to the MOE and ongoing base funding provisions of the May Revision.  As voiced as part of the Assembly hearing Monday, they are concerned that the funding would be locked in without flexibility to adjust expenditures in out years unless the MOE-funded member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the plan approved by the consortium; that member cannot provide the services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan; or the member has been consistently ineffective in providing the services that address the needs identified in the plan. 

 

**Call to Action**

 

In order to ensure that the Legislature moves forward the May Revise version, I urge you to contact your respective Assemblymember and Senator as soon as possible to convey your support for the Governor's May Revise.  To identify your legislator, please see http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/.  Key talking points may include:

 

 

·         We appreciate the Legislature's engagement on preserving K-12 based adult education

·         The Governor's May Revise is the culmination of many proactive, solutions-oriented conversations with DOF, the Legislature and stakeholders over the past year that have resulted in a workable path forward for adult schools that ensures stability and access for our students

·         We would oppose any changes to the plan that would erode the stability and certainty DOF provided to the K-12 providers in the trailer bill language associated with the maintenance of effort (MOE)

 

Please begin making your calls now and let's ensure a smooth path forward to the Governor's signature for this incredibly positive, workable proposal.  Strength in numbers!

 

 

 

 

From CCAE's Legislative Analyst, Dawn Koepke, good news about the May Revise of the Budget -

     along with a call to action (highlighted):

May Revise - Stability,  Certainty,  Identity....Progress

 

Words cannot describe the significant progress we have made together over the last four budget cycles.  Really.  When I began working with CCAE and CAEAA we were facing utter elimination and transfer to the community college system.  And here we are...just three budget proposals and May Revises later....stability, certainty, preserved identity....access for our students.  I'm so pleased with what we've accomplished together these past few years. 

 

When we started off 2015 we were provided a good starting point in the Governor's FY 15-16 plan.  That said, there were a number of outstanding concerns and issues that needed to be addressed.  In a proactive fashion, we continued to engage the Department of Finance (DOF), Legislature, Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), and stakeholders to push for additional changes that would strengthen the good foundation presented to us in January.  Last Thursday, the Governor and DOF released a revised budget plan ("May Revise") that addressed each and every one of the concerns we had shared.  More specifically, the following key items were revised resulting in an incredible plan:

 

·         Solidifies the maintenance of effort for adult schools for FY 15-16 and ensures base funding in out years for certainty in school district budgeting and stability for adult schools

·         Sets an allocation schedule and process to help ensure stability for adult schools as LEAs develop their budgets each year

·          Allows local consortia to decide how best to distribute and receive funding whether through a local fiscal agent or through existing fiscal infrastructure

·         Elimination of the Allocation Boards and instead providing for local consortia to determine the governance structure best for the region and members

·         Requires all members' funding sources be identified and noted as part of the planning process so as to assist with prioritizing the expenditures of Adult Ed Block Grant funds

·         Established a 3-year planning process, with yearly updates so as to provide out-year forecasting and planning for stability

·         Funds three positions for the California Department of Education to ensure co-equal participation with the Chancellor's office in the AB 86 process and technical assistance for LEAs and adult schools

 

Budget Committees are already moving forward with hearings on the revised plan and preparing to take action.  As a matter of fact, I testified Monday in the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 to convey our appreciation to the Administration and DOF for listening to our concerns and addressing them.  Further, we've been in close communication with budget staff in both houses to ensure they know we are incredibly pleased with the May Revise. 

 

All of this said, it isn't over until it's over - when the Legislature has approved the plan (by June 15th) and the Governor has signed it (by June 30th).  In this regard, I would note the concerns raised by the LAO and the community colleges with regard to the MOE and ongoing base funding provisions of the May Revision.  As voiced as part of the Assembly hearing Monday, they are concerned that the funding would be locked in without flexibility to adjust expenditures in out years unless the MOE-funded member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the plan approved by the consortium; that member cannot provide the services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan; or the member has been consistently ineffective in providing the services that address the needs identified in the plan. 

 

**Call to Action**

 

In order to ensure that the Legislature moves forward the May Revise version, I urge you to contact your respective Assemblymember and Senator as soon as possible to convey your support for the Governor's May Revise.  To identify your legislator, please see http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/.  Key talking points may include:

 

 

·         We appreciate the Legislature's engagement on preserving K-12 based adult education

·         The Governor's May Revise is the culmination of many proactive, solutions-oriented conversations with DOF, the Legislature and stakeholders over the past year that have resulted in a workable path forward for adult schools that ensures stability and access for our students

·         We would oppose any changes to the plan that would erode the stability and certainty DOF provided to the K-12 providers in the trailer bill language associated with the maintenance of effort (MOE)

 

Please begin making your calls now and let's ensure a smooth path forward to the Governor's signature for this incredibly positive, workable proposal.  Strength in numbers!

 

 

 

 

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The LAO is the Joe Friday of Government.  It is the job of the LAO - the Legislative Analyst Office - to analyze things and then provide "just the facts" and yes, some recommendations, too.

So here they are the May Revise of the Budget for Adult Ed.


 

May 18, 2015

LAO

 

 

Various Improvements in

May Revision Proposal

Improvements Description

Hit the "read more" link to get the facts.

Strengthens Governance and Accountability

 

• Replaces allocation board with a governance structure determined by each regional

 

consortium.

• Requires that a consortium member be represented only by an offi cial designated

by the member’s governing board.

• Requires that consortia consider proposed decisions (including approving

regional plans and allocation schedules) at public meetings, request feedback from

stakeholders, and consider and respond to comments about these decisions.

• Requires alignment of consortia data with other adult and workforce education data.

Better Incorporates Other Adult Education Funding

• Requires each consortium’s plan to reflect all funding for adult and workforce

education in the region.

• Requires that entities receiving state funding for education programs serving

adults be members of consortia.

• Requires Chancellor and Superintendent to develop a plan to distribute federal

adult education funding to consortia.  Provides Earlier Funding Information to

Consortia

• Advances date that Chancellor and Superintendent must certify hold harmless

amount by one month, to July 30, 2015.

• Requires state to provide consortia, and consortia to provide local providers,

nonbinding two-year funding projections.  Paves Way for More Consistent Regional

Policies

• Requires regional adult education plans to include information about how consortia

members are coordinating placement, academic standards, qualifications for

instructors, and collection of data across providers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Locks in Individual Provider Funding Levels.

 

 

Limits consortia’s ability to respond to changes in regional demand for adult and workforce

education by prohibiting year-to year reductions to a member’s funding (or disproportionate

reductions in the event of budget shortfalls) except under narrow circumstances.

 Some Details Still Missing.

 

Lacks specific program goals (such as expected levels of service)

 

and effectiveness measures. Does not provide Legislature with notice prior to allocation of

state funds. Lacks statewide alignment of policies for student assessment, accountability

 

(including use of common student identifiers), and student fees.

 

 

 

Room for Improvement

 
 

 Do Not Lock in Provider Funding Levels. We recommend

rejecting statutory language that locks in funding levels for

consortium members. Purpose of consortium approach was to

increase state’s fl exibility to meet adult and workforce education

needs in each region. Proposal would minimize fl exibility.

 Develop Clear Measures of Effectiveness Based on Initial

Local Performance Reports. Consortia are required to include

measures of effectiveness in their reports to the state. The

Legislature could use the best approaches from these initial

reports to defi ne consistent measures of effectiveness across

consortia going forward.

 Require Notice of Allocations. Require the Chancellor and

Superintendent to provide 30-day notice to the Legislature of

the allocation methods it develops before disbursing funds to

consortia.

 Set Deadline for Adopting Consistent Adult Education

Policies. Require Chancellor and Superintendent, in

collaboration with the California Workforce Investment Board, to

develop consistent state policies and actionable implementation

plans in the areas of student assessment, accountability

(including use of common student identifi ers), and student

fees by July 1, 2016. Make continued funding of three adult

education staffi ng positions at each CDE and Chancellor’s Offi ce

contingent on meeting the new deadline.

The LAO is the Joe Friday of Government.  It is the job of the LAO - the Legislative Analyst Office - to analyze things and then provide "just the facts" and yes, some recommendations, too.

So here they are the May Revise of the Budget for Adult Ed.


 

May 18, 2015

LAO

 

 

Various Improvements in

May Revision Proposal

Improvements Description

Hit the "read more" link to get the facts.

Strengthens Governance and Accountability

 

• Replaces allocation board with a governance structure determined by each regional

 

consortium.

• Requires that a consortium member be represented only by an offi cial designated

by the member’s governing board.

• Requires that consortia consider proposed decisions (including approving

regional plans and allocation schedules) at public meetings, request feedback from

stakeholders, and consider and respond to comments about these decisions.

• Requires alignment of consortia data with other adult and workforce education data.

Better Incorporates Other Adult Education Funding

• Requires each consortium’s plan to reflect all funding for adult and workforce

education in the region.

• Requires that entities receiving state funding for education programs serving

adults be members of consortia.

• Requires Chancellor and Superintendent to develop a plan to distribute federal

adult education funding to consortia.  Provides Earlier Funding Information to

Consortia

• Advances date that Chancellor and Superintendent must certify hold harmless

amount by one month, to July 30, 2015.

• Requires state to provide consortia, and consortia to provide local providers,

nonbinding two-year funding projections.  Paves Way for More Consistent Regional

Policies

• Requires regional adult education plans to include information about how consortia

members are coordinating placement, academic standards, qualifications for

instructors, and collection of data across providers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Locks in Individual Provider Funding Levels.

 

 

Limits consortia’s ability to respond to changes in regional demand for adult and workforce

education by prohibiting year-to year reductions to a member’s funding (or disproportionate

reductions in the event of budget shortfalls) except under narrow circumstances.

 Some Details Still Missing.

 

Lacks specific program goals (such as expected levels of service)

 

and effectiveness measures. Does not provide Legislature with notice prior to allocation of

state funds. Lacks statewide alignment of policies for student assessment, accountability

 

(including use of common student identifiers), and student fees.

 

 

 

Room for Improvement

 
 

 Do Not Lock in Provider Funding Levels. We recommend

rejecting statutory language that locks in funding levels for

consortium members. Purpose of consortium approach was to

increase state’s fl exibility to meet adult and workforce education

needs in each region. Proposal would minimize fl exibility.

 Develop Clear Measures of Effectiveness Based on Initial

Local Performance Reports. Consortia are required to include

measures of effectiveness in their reports to the state. The

Legislature could use the best approaches from these initial

reports to defi ne consistent measures of effectiveness across

consortia going forward.

 Require Notice of Allocations. Require the Chancellor and

Superintendent to provide 30-day notice to the Legislature of

the allocation methods it develops before disbursing funds to

consortia.

 Set Deadline for Adopting Consistent Adult Education

Policies. Require Chancellor and Superintendent, in

collaboration with the California Workforce Investment Board, to

develop consistent state policies and actionable implementation

plans in the areas of student assessment, accountability

(including use of common student identifi ers), and student

fees by July 1, 2016. Make continued funding of three adult

education staffi ng positions at each CDE and Chancellor’s Offi ce

contingent on meeting the new deadline.

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Mei 2015

The AB86 Webinar on Friday, May 15th was on the May Revise.

You can listen to it here:

May 15, 2015
DOF on Trailer Bill Language and Adult Education Expenditure Reporting Survey for Fiscal Year 2012-13
- Download the Presentation: PDF | PPTX
- Listen to the Recording

The AB86 Webinar on Friday, May 15th was on the May Revise.

You can listen to it here:

May 15, 2015
DOF on Trailer Bill Language and Adult Education Expenditure Reporting Survey for Fiscal Year 2012-13
- Download the Presentation: PDF | PPTX
- Listen to the Recording

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The money section  - beginning on page 9 - is highlighted in yellow.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) is added to Chapter
5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:

Article 9. Adult Education Block Grant Program

84900. The Adult Education Block Grant Program is hereby established under
the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.


84901. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply, unless
otherwise specified:

(a) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older.

(b) "Consortium" means an adult education consortium approved pursuant to
this article.

(c) "Executive director" means the executive director of the State Board of
Education.

(d) "Program" means the Adult Education Block Grant Program established by
Section 84900.

84902. (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent are the state officials
responsible for identifying and understanding the educational needs of adults in the
(b) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall use the powers provided by this
article to support the effective provision of services that address the educational needs
of adults in all regions of the state.

(c) In performing duties under this chapter, the chancellor and the Superintendent
shall seek advice from, and coordinate with, other state officials responsible for
programs for adults.

84903. (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the
executive director, shall divide the state into adult education regions and shall determine
the physical boundaries of each region.

(b) When determining the boundaries of the adult education regions, the
chancellor and the Superintendent shall consider factors that impact the provision of
adult education, including all of the following:

(1) Economic and demographic factors, including the locations of regional labor
markets.

(2) The boundaries of regions used to distribute funds for other state programs.

(3) The presence of adult education providers that have demonstrated
effectiveness in meeting the educational needs of adults.

(c) Until otherwise determined by the chancellor and the Superintendent, the
physical boundaries of the adult education regions shall be the same as the physical
boundaries of the regions established for purposes of providing planning and
implementation grants pursuant to Section 84830.

84904. (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the
executive director, shall approve one adult education consortium in each adult education
region.

(b) Until otherwise determined by the chancellor and the Superintendent, the
consortia to which planning and implementation grants were apportioned pursuant to
Section 84830 shall be deemed approved for purposes of this section.
84905. The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the
executive director, shall approve, for each consortium, rules and procedures that adhere
to all of the following conditions:

(a) Any community college district, school district, or county office of education
located within the boundaries of the adult education region shall be permitted to join
the consortium as a member.

(b) As a condition of joining a consortium, a member shall commit to reporting
any funds available to that member for the purposes of education and workforce services
for adults and the uses of those funds.

(c) A member of the consortium shall be represented only by an official
designated by the governing board of the member.

(d) (1) Decisionmaking procedures are specified that ensure that all of the
following conditions are satisfied:

(A) All members of the consortium shall participate in any decision made by
the consortium.

(B) A proposed decision is considered at an open, properly noticed public meeting
of the consortium at which members of the public may comment.

(C) The consortium has provided the public with adequate notice of a proposed
decision and considered any comments submitted by members of the public, and any
comments submitted by members of the public have been distributed publicly.

(D) (i) The consortium has requested comments regarding a proposed decision
from other entities located in the adult education region that provide education and
workforce services for adults.

(ii) The consortium has considered and responded to any comments submitted
by entities pursuant to clause (i).

(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, entities that provide education and
workforce services to adults include, but are not necessarily limited to, local public
agencies, departments, and offices, particularly those with responsibility for local public
safety and social services; workforce investment boards; libraries; and community-based
organizations.

(E) A decision is final.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, a decision includes approval of an adult
education plan pursuant to Section 84906 and approval of a distribution schedule
pursuant to Section 84913.

(e) The members of the consortium may decide to designate a member to serve
as the fund administrator to receive and distribute funds from the program.
84906. (a) As a condition of receipt of an apportionment of funds from this
program for a fiscal year, the members of a consortium shall have approved an adult
education plan that addresses that fiscal year.
(b) An adult education plan shall include all of the following:

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(1) An evaluation of the educational needs of adults in the region.

(2) A list of the following:

(A) Entities that provide education and workforce services to adults in the region.

(B) Entities that are impacted by, or that have a fundamental interest in, the
provision of those services.

(3) A description of the services provided by entities listed pursuant to paragraph (2).

(4) An evaluation of current levels and types of education and workforce services
for adults in the region.

(5) An evaluation of the funds available to the members of the consortium and
the entities listed pursuant to paragraph (2), including funds other than those apportioned
pursuant to this article.

(6) Actions that the members of the consortium will take to address the
educational needs identified pursuant to paragraph (1).

(7) Actions that the members of the consortium will take to improve the
effectiveness of their services.

(8) Actions that the members of the consortium, the entities listed pursuant to
paragraph (2), and other interested parties will take to improve integration of services
and to improve transitions into postsecondary education and the workforce, including
actions related to all of the following:

(A) Placement of adults seeking education and workforce services into adult
education programs.

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(B) Alignment of academic standards and curricula for programs across entities
that provide education and workforce services to adults.

(C) Qualifications of instructors, including common standards across entities
that provide education and workforce services to adults.

(D) Collection and availability of data.

(9) A description of the alignment of adult education services supported by this
program with those described in other education and workforce plans guiding services
in the region, including plans pertaining to the building of career pathways and the
employment of workforce sector strategies and those required pursuant to the federal
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128).

(10) A description of the ways in which each of the entities identified in paragraph
(2) contributed to the development of the plan.

(c) The members of a consortium shall approve an adult education plan at least
once every three years. The plan shall be updated at least once each year based on
available data.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), for the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18
fiscal years, a regional plan developed pursuant to Section 84830 shall satisfy the
requirements of subdivision (a).

84907. No later than July 31,2015, the chancellor and the Superintendent, with
the concurrence of the executive director, shall certify, for each school district and
county office of education, the portion of the state funds determined to be expended
for adult education pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03
that was expended for the following:

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(a) Programs in elementary and secondary basic skills, including programs
leading to a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate.

(b) Programs for immigrants eligible for educational services in citizenship,
English as a second language, and workforce preparation.

(c) Programs for adults with disabilities.

(d) Programs in career technical education that are short term in nature and have
high employment potential.

(e) Programs for apprentices.

84908. (a) If the total amount certified for all school districts and county offices
of education pursuant to Section 84907 is less than the amount appropriated by the
Legislature for the program, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall do both of the
following:

(1) Apportion funds, no later than August 30,2015, to school districts and county
offices of education, provided that a school district or county office of education shall
receive an amount equal to the amount certified for that school district or county office
of education pursuant to Section 84907. As a condition of receipt of an apportionment,
a school district or county office of education is required to be a member of a
consortium.

(2) (A) (i) With the concurrence of the executive director, approve a schedule
of allocations to each consortium, no later than October 30,2015, of any funds that
remain after funds have been apportioned pursuant to paragraph (1).

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(ii) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall determine the amount to be
allocated to each consortium pursuant to this paragraph based on that adult education
region's share of the statewide need for adult education.


(B) Using the schedule approved pursuant to subparagraph (A), the chancellor
and the Superintendent shall do one of the following for each consortium:


(i) Apportion funds to a fund administrator designated by the members of a
consortium beginning no more than 30 days after approval of the schedule pursuant
to subparagraph (A).



(ii) Apportion funds to members of a consortium beginning no more than 30
days after receipt of a final distribution schedule from that consortium.
(b) If the total amount certified for all school districts and county offices of
education pursuant to Section 84907 exceeds the amount appropriated for the program,
the chancellor and the Superintendent shall apportion funds to school districts and
county offices of education, provided that a school district or county office of education
shall receive an amount equal to the amount certified for that school district or county
office of education pursuant to Section 84907 multiplied by the amount appropriated
for the program, divided by the total amount certified for all school districts and county
offices of education pursuant to Section 84907.
(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and, as of January 1,
2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before
January 1, 2017, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
84909. (a) This section shall apply commencing with the 2016-17 fiscal year.

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(b) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the executive
director, shall approve, no later than February 28 of the prior fiscal year, a preliminary
schedule of allocations to each consortium of any funds proposed in the Governor's
Budget for the program.

(c) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the executive
director, shall approve, within 15 days of enactment of the annual Budget Act, a final
schedule of allocations to each consortium of any funds appropriated by the Legislature
for the program.

(d) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall determine the amount to be
allocated to each consortium based on the following:


(1) The amount of funds apportioned to the members of that consortium in the
immediately preceding fiscal year.


(2) That adult education region's share of the statewide need for adult education.
(3) That consortium's effectiveness in meeting the educational needs of adults
in the adult education region based on available data.
(e) Using the final schedule approved pursuant to subdivision (c), the chancellor
and the Superintendent shall do one of the following for each consortium:
(1) Apportion funds to a fund administrator designated by the members of a
consortium beginning no more than 30 days after approval of the final schedule of
allocations.
(2) Apportion funds to members of a consortium beginning no more than 30
days after receipt of a final distribution schedule from that consortium.

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84910. The chancellor and the Superintendent shall, when approving a schedule
of allocations for a fiscal year, also present preliminary projections for the amounts
that would be allocated in the subsequent two fiscal years. This preliminary presentation
shall not constitute a binding commitment of funds.

84911. To determine the need for adult education, the chancellor and the
Superintendent shall consider, at a minimum, measures related to adult population,
employment, immigration, educational attainment, and adult literacy.

84912. The chancellor and the Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated
for the program in a given year in compliance with all of the following:

(a) No more than one-twelfth of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of July.

(b) No more than one-sixth of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of August.

(c) No more than one-quarter of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of September.

(d) No more than one-third of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of October.
(e) No more than five-twelfths of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of November.

(f) No more than one-half of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of December.

(g) No more than seven-twelfths of the total amount appropriated shall have
been apportioned by the end of January.

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(h) No more than two-thirds of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of February.

(i) No more than three-quarters of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of March.

U) No more than five-sixths of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of April.
(k) No more than eleven-twelfths of the total amount appropriated shall have
been apportioned by the end of May.
84913. (a) Funds apportioned for the program shall be used only for support
of the following:
(1) Programs in elementary and secondary basic skills, including programs
leading to a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate.
(2) Programs for immigrants eligible for educational services in citizenship,
English as a second language, and workforce preparation.
(3) Programs for adults with disabilities.
(4) Programs in career technical education that are short term in nature and have
high employment potential.
(5) Programs for apprentices, including apprenticeship and preapprenticeship
training activities. These activities shall be conducted in coordination with one or more
apprenticeship programs approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for
the occupation and geographic area.
(b) A consortiun may use no more than 5 percent of funds allocated in a given
fiscal year for the sum of the following:
(1) The costs of administration of these programs.
(2) The costs of the consortium.
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84914. (a) As a condition of receipt of an apportionment from the program, a
consortium shall approve a distribution schedule that includes both of the following:
(1) The amount of funds to be distributed to each member of the consortium for
that fiscal year.
(2) A narrative justifying how the planned allocations are consistent with the
adult education plan.
(b) (1) For any fiscal year for which the chancellor and the Superintendent
allocate an amount of funds to the consortium greater than the amount allocated in the
prior fiscal year, the amount of funds to be distributed to a member of that consortium
shall be equal to or greater than the amount distributed in the prior fiscal year, unless
the consortium makes at least one of the following findings related to the member for
which the distribution would be reduced:
(A) The member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the adult
education plan.
(B) The member cannot provide services that address the needs identified in the
adult education plan.
(C) The member has been consistently ineffective in providing services that
address the needs identified in the adult education plan and reasonable interventions
have not resulted in improvements.
(2) For any year for which the chancellor and the Superintendent allocate an
amount of funds to the consortium less than the amount allocated in the prior year, the
amount of funds to be distributed to a member of that consortium shall not be reduced
by a percentage greater than the percentage by which the total amount of funds allocated
to the consortium decreased, unless the consortium makes at least one ofthe following
findings related to the member for which the distribution would be reduced further:
(A) The member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the adult
education plan.
(B) The member cannot provide services that address the needs identified in the
adult education plan.
(C) The member has been ineffective in providing services that address the needs
identified in the adult education plan and reasonable interventions have not resulted
in improvements.
(c) A distribution schedule shall also include preliminary projections of the
amount of funds that would be distributed to each member of the consortium in each
of the subsequent two fiscal years. The preliminary projections shall not constitute a
binding commitment of funds.
84915. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to coordinate programs that support
education and workforce services for adults.
(b) No later than January 31, 2016, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall
submit to the Director of Finance, to the State Board of Education, and, in conformity
with Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the Legislature a plan approved by the
chancellor and the Superintendent to distribute funds from the following programs to
the consortia:
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(1) (A) The federal Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Title II of the
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act).
(B) The plan for allocating funds under this paragraph shall comply with the
criteria enumerated in subsection (e) of Section 3321 ofTitle 29 of the United States
Code related to base disbursement of these funds.
(2) The federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Public Law
109-270).
84916. (a) To inform actions taken by the Governor and the Legislature related
to adult education, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall submit to the Director
of Finance, to the State Board of Education, and, in conformity with Section 9795 of
the Government Code, to the Legislature, by September 30 following any fiscal year
for which funds are appropriated for the program, a report about the use of these funds
and outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult education region. The report shall
include at least all of the following:
(1) A summary of the adult education plan operative for each consortium.
(2) The distribution schedule for each consortium.
(3) The types and levels of services provided by each consortium.
(4) The effectiveness of each consortium in meeting the educational needs of
adults in its respective region.
(5) Any recommendations related to delivery of education and workforce services
for adults, including recommendations related to improved alignment of state programs.
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(b) (1) The chancellor and the Superintendent may require a consortium, as a
condition of receipt of an apportionment, to submit any reports or data necessary to
produce the report described in subdivision (a).
(2) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall align the data used to produce
the report described in subdivision (a) with data reported by local educational agencies
for other purposes, such as data used for purposes of the federal Workforce Opportunity
and Innovation Act (Public Law 113-128).
(3) The Employment Development Department and the California Workforce
Investment Board shall provide any assistance needed to align delivery of services
across state and regional workforce, education, and job service programs.
84917. Notwithstanding any other law, a school district, county office of
education, or community college shall become a participating member of a consortium
pursuant to this article as a condition of receiving funds from any of the following
programs or allocations:
(a) The Adults in Correctional Facilities program.
(b) The federal Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Title II of the federal
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act).
(c) The federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Public Law
109-270).
(d) Local Control Funding Formula apportionments received for students who
are 19 years of age or older.
(e) Community college apportionments received for providing instruction in
courses in the areas listed in subdivision (a) of Section 84913.
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(f) State funds for remedial education and job training services for participants
in the Cal WORKs program.
SEC. 2. This act is a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill
within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California
Constitution, has been identified as related to the budget in the Budget Bill, and shall
take effect immediately.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Bill No.
as introduced, --
General Subject: Adult Education Block Grant Program.
(1) Existing law requires adult schools and evening high schools to consist of
classes for adults. Existing law authorizes minors to be admitted into those classes
pursuant to policies adopted by the governing board ofthe school district if those
minors meet certain eligibility requirements.
Existing law requires the Chancellor ofthe California Community Colleges and
the State Department of Education, pursuant to funding made available in the annual
Budget Act, to jointly provide 2-year planning and implementation grants to regional
consortia of community college districts and school districts for developing regional
plans to better serve the educational needs of adults.
This bill would establish the Adult Education Block Grant Program under the
administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction. The bill would require the chancellor and the
Superintendent, with the concurrence of the Executive Director of the State Board of
Education, to divide the state into adult education regions and approve one adult
education consortium in each adult education region, as specified.

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The bill would require the chancellor and the Superintendent, with the
concurrence of the executive director, to approve, for each consortium, rules and
procedures that adhere to prescribed conditions. The bill would require that, as a
condition for the receipt of an apportionment of funds from this program for a particular
fiscal year, members of a consortium to have approved an adult education plan, as
specified.

The bill, for the 2015-16 fiscal year, would require the chancellor and the
Superintendent, with the concurrence of the executive director, to approve a schedule
of allocations, and to apportion funds, to each consortium in accordance with prescribed
calculations. The bill, for the 2016--17 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, would
require the chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the executive
director, to approve, within 15 days of the annual Budget Act and in accordance with
prescribed criteria, a fmal schedule of allocations to each consortium under the program.
The bill would require the chancellor and the Superintendent to submit to the
Director of Finance, the State Board of Education, and the Legislature, no later than
January 31, 2016, a plan approved by the chancellor and the Superintendent to distribute
funds from specified federal programs to the consortia for purposes of the program
proposed in this bill. The bill would also require the chancellor and the Superintendent
to submit an annual report including specified data about the use of funds for the
program and the outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult education region.
(2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing
for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local
program: no.

The money section  - beginning on page 9 - is highlighted in yellow.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) is added to Chapter
5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:

Article 9. Adult Education Block Grant Program

84900. The Adult Education Block Grant Program is hereby established under
the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.


84901. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply, unless
otherwise specified:

(a) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older.

(b) "Consortium" means an adult education consortium approved pursuant to
this article.

(c) "Executive director" means the executive director of the State Board of
Education.

(d) "Program" means the Adult Education Block Grant Program established by
Section 84900.

84902. (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent are the state officials
responsible for identifying and understanding the educational needs of adults in the
(b) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall use the powers provided by this
article to support the effective provision of services that address the educational needs
of adults in all regions of the state.

(c) In performing duties under this chapter, the chancellor and the Superintendent
shall seek advice from, and coordinate with, other state officials responsible for
programs for adults.

84903. (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the
executive director, shall divide the state into adult education regions and shall determine
the physical boundaries of each region.

(b) When determining the boundaries of the adult education regions, the
chancellor and the Superintendent shall consider factors that impact the provision of
adult education, including all of the following:

(1) Economic and demographic factors, including the locations of regional labor
markets.

(2) The boundaries of regions used to distribute funds for other state programs.

(3) The presence of adult education providers that have demonstrated
effectiveness in meeting the educational needs of adults.

(c) Until otherwise determined by the chancellor and the Superintendent, the
physical boundaries of the adult education regions shall be the same as the physical
boundaries of the regions established for purposes of providing planning and
implementation grants pursuant to Section 84830.

84904. (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the
executive director, shall approve one adult education consortium in each adult education
region.

(b) Until otherwise determined by the chancellor and the Superintendent, the
consortia to which planning and implementation grants were apportioned pursuant to
Section 84830 shall be deemed approved for purposes of this section.
84905. The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the
executive director, shall approve, for each consortium, rules and procedures that adhere
to all of the following conditions:

(a) Any community college district, school district, or county office of education
located within the boundaries of the adult education region shall be permitted to join
the consortium as a member.

(b) As a condition of joining a consortium, a member shall commit to reporting
any funds available to that member for the purposes of education and workforce services
for adults and the uses of those funds.

(c) A member of the consortium shall be represented only by an official
designated by the governing board of the member.

(d) (1) Decisionmaking procedures are specified that ensure that all of the
following conditions are satisfied:

(A) All members of the consortium shall participate in any decision made by
the consortium.

(B) A proposed decision is considered at an open, properly noticed public meeting
of the consortium at which members of the public may comment.

(C) The consortium has provided the public with adequate notice of a proposed
decision and considered any comments submitted by members of the public, and any
comments submitted by members of the public have been distributed publicly.

(D) (i) The consortium has requested comments regarding a proposed decision
from other entities located in the adult education region that provide education and
workforce services for adults.

(ii) The consortium has considered and responded to any comments submitted
by entities pursuant to clause (i).

(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, entities that provide education and
workforce services to adults include, but are not necessarily limited to, local public
agencies, departments, and offices, particularly those with responsibility for local public
safety and social services; workforce investment boards; libraries; and community-based
organizations.

(E) A decision is final.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, a decision includes approval of an adult
education plan pursuant to Section 84906 and approval of a distribution schedule
pursuant to Section 84913.

(e) The members of the consortium may decide to designate a member to serve
as the fund administrator to receive and distribute funds from the program.
84906. (a) As a condition of receipt of an apportionment of funds from this
program for a fiscal year, the members of a consortium shall have approved an adult
education plan that addresses that fiscal year.
(b) An adult education plan shall include all of the following:

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(1) An evaluation of the educational needs of adults in the region.

(2) A list of the following:

(A) Entities that provide education and workforce services to adults in the region.

(B) Entities that are impacted by, or that have a fundamental interest in, the
provision of those services.

(3) A description of the services provided by entities listed pursuant to paragraph (2).

(4) An evaluation of current levels and types of education and workforce services
for adults in the region.

(5) An evaluation of the funds available to the members of the consortium and
the entities listed pursuant to paragraph (2), including funds other than those apportioned
pursuant to this article.

(6) Actions that the members of the consortium will take to address the
educational needs identified pursuant to paragraph (1).

(7) Actions that the members of the consortium will take to improve the
effectiveness of their services.

(8) Actions that the members of the consortium, the entities listed pursuant to
paragraph (2), and other interested parties will take to improve integration of services
and to improve transitions into postsecondary education and the workforce, including
actions related to all of the following:

(A) Placement of adults seeking education and workforce services into adult
education programs.

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(B) Alignment of academic standards and curricula for programs across entities
that provide education and workforce services to adults.

(C) Qualifications of instructors, including common standards across entities
that provide education and workforce services to adults.

(D) Collection and availability of data.

(9) A description of the alignment of adult education services supported by this
program with those described in other education and workforce plans guiding services
in the region, including plans pertaining to the building of career pathways and the
employment of workforce sector strategies and those required pursuant to the federal
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128).

(10) A description of the ways in which each of the entities identified in paragraph
(2) contributed to the development of the plan.

(c) The members of a consortium shall approve an adult education plan at least
once every three years. The plan shall be updated at least once each year based on
available data.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), for the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18
fiscal years, a regional plan developed pursuant to Section 84830 shall satisfy the
requirements of subdivision (a).

84907. No later than July 31,2015, the chancellor and the Superintendent, with
the concurrence of the executive director, shall certify, for each school district and
county office of education, the portion of the state funds determined to be expended
for adult education pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03
that was expended for the following:

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(a) Programs in elementary and secondary basic skills, including programs
leading to a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate.

(b) Programs for immigrants eligible for educational services in citizenship,
English as a second language, and workforce preparation.

(c) Programs for adults with disabilities.

(d) Programs in career technical education that are short term in nature and have
high employment potential.

(e) Programs for apprentices.

84908. (a) If the total amount certified for all school districts and county offices
of education pursuant to Section 84907 is less than the amount appropriated by the
Legislature for the program, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall do both of the
following:

(1) Apportion funds, no later than August 30,2015, to school districts and county
offices of education, provided that a school district or county office of education shall
receive an amount equal to the amount certified for that school district or county office
of education pursuant to Section 84907. As a condition of receipt of an apportionment,
a school district or county office of education is required to be a member of a
consortium.

(2) (A) (i) With the concurrence of the executive director, approve a schedule
of allocations to each consortium, no later than October 30,2015, of any funds that
remain after funds have been apportioned pursuant to paragraph (1).

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(ii) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall determine the amount to be
allocated to each consortium pursuant to this paragraph based on that adult education
region's share of the statewide need for adult education.


(B) Using the schedule approved pursuant to subparagraph (A), the chancellor
and the Superintendent shall do one of the following for each consortium:


(i) Apportion funds to a fund administrator designated by the members of a
consortium beginning no more than 30 days after approval of the schedule pursuant
to subparagraph (A).



(ii) Apportion funds to members of a consortium beginning no more than 30
days after receipt of a final distribution schedule from that consortium.
(b) If the total amount certified for all school districts and county offices of
education pursuant to Section 84907 exceeds the amount appropriated for the program,
the chancellor and the Superintendent shall apportion funds to school districts and
county offices of education, provided that a school district or county office of education
shall receive an amount equal to the amount certified for that school district or county
office of education pursuant to Section 84907 multiplied by the amount appropriated
for the program, divided by the total amount certified for all school districts and county
offices of education pursuant to Section 84907.
(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and, as of January 1,
2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before
January 1, 2017, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
84909. (a) This section shall apply commencing with the 2016-17 fiscal year.

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(b) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the executive
director, shall approve, no later than February 28 of the prior fiscal year, a preliminary
schedule of allocations to each consortium of any funds proposed in the Governor's
Budget for the program.

(c) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the executive
director, shall approve, within 15 days of enactment of the annual Budget Act, a final
schedule of allocations to each consortium of any funds appropriated by the Legislature
for the program.

(d) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall determine the amount to be
allocated to each consortium based on the following:


(1) The amount of funds apportioned to the members of that consortium in the
immediately preceding fiscal year.


(2) That adult education region's share of the statewide need for adult education.
(3) That consortium's effectiveness in meeting the educational needs of adults
in the adult education region based on available data.
(e) Using the final schedule approved pursuant to subdivision (c), the chancellor
and the Superintendent shall do one of the following for each consortium:
(1) Apportion funds to a fund administrator designated by the members of a
consortium beginning no more than 30 days after approval of the final schedule of
allocations.
(2) Apportion funds to members of a consortium beginning no more than 30
days after receipt of a final distribution schedule from that consortium.

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84910. The chancellor and the Superintendent shall, when approving a schedule
of allocations for a fiscal year, also present preliminary projections for the amounts
that would be allocated in the subsequent two fiscal years. This preliminary presentation
shall not constitute a binding commitment of funds.

84911. To determine the need for adult education, the chancellor and the
Superintendent shall consider, at a minimum, measures related to adult population,
employment, immigration, educational attainment, and adult literacy.

84912. The chancellor and the Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated
for the program in a given year in compliance with all of the following:

(a) No more than one-twelfth of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of July.

(b) No more than one-sixth of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of August.

(c) No more than one-quarter of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of September.

(d) No more than one-third of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of October.
(e) No more than five-twelfths of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of November.

(f) No more than one-half of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of December.

(g) No more than seven-twelfths of the total amount appropriated shall have
been apportioned by the end of January.

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(h) No more than two-thirds of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of February.

(i) No more than three-quarters of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of March.

U) No more than five-sixths of the total amount appropriated shall have been
apportioned by the end of April.
(k) No more than eleven-twelfths of the total amount appropriated shall have
been apportioned by the end of May.
84913. (a) Funds apportioned for the program shall be used only for support
of the following:
(1) Programs in elementary and secondary basic skills, including programs
leading to a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate.
(2) Programs for immigrants eligible for educational services in citizenship,
English as a second language, and workforce preparation.
(3) Programs for adults with disabilities.
(4) Programs in career technical education that are short term in nature and have
high employment potential.
(5) Programs for apprentices, including apprenticeship and preapprenticeship
training activities. These activities shall be conducted in coordination with one or more
apprenticeship programs approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for
the occupation and geographic area.
(b) A consortiun may use no more than 5 percent of funds allocated in a given
fiscal year for the sum of the following:
(1) The costs of administration of these programs.
(2) The costs of the consortium.
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84914. (a) As a condition of receipt of an apportionment from the program, a
consortium shall approve a distribution schedule that includes both of the following:
(1) The amount of funds to be distributed to each member of the consortium for
that fiscal year.
(2) A narrative justifying how the planned allocations are consistent with the
adult education plan.
(b) (1) For any fiscal year for which the chancellor and the Superintendent
allocate an amount of funds to the consortium greater than the amount allocated in the
prior fiscal year, the amount of funds to be distributed to a member of that consortium
shall be equal to or greater than the amount distributed in the prior fiscal year, unless
the consortium makes at least one of the following findings related to the member for
which the distribution would be reduced:
(A) The member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the adult
education plan.
(B) The member cannot provide services that address the needs identified in the
adult education plan.
(C) The member has been consistently ineffective in providing services that
address the needs identified in the adult education plan and reasonable interventions
have not resulted in improvements.
(2) For any year for which the chancellor and the Superintendent allocate an
amount of funds to the consortium less than the amount allocated in the prior year, the
amount of funds to be distributed to a member of that consortium shall not be reduced
by a percentage greater than the percentage by which the total amount of funds allocated
to the consortium decreased, unless the consortium makes at least one ofthe following
findings related to the member for which the distribution would be reduced further:
(A) The member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the adult
education plan.
(B) The member cannot provide services that address the needs identified in the
adult education plan.
(C) The member has been ineffective in providing services that address the needs
identified in the adult education plan and reasonable interventions have not resulted
in improvements.
(c) A distribution schedule shall also include preliminary projections of the
amount of funds that would be distributed to each member of the consortium in each
of the subsequent two fiscal years. The preliminary projections shall not constitute a
binding commitment of funds.
84915. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to coordinate programs that support
education and workforce services for adults.
(b) No later than January 31, 2016, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall
submit to the Director of Finance, to the State Board of Education, and, in conformity
with Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the Legislature a plan approved by the
chancellor and the Superintendent to distribute funds from the following programs to
the consortia:
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(1) (A) The federal Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Title II of the
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act).
(B) The plan for allocating funds under this paragraph shall comply with the
criteria enumerated in subsection (e) of Section 3321 ofTitle 29 of the United States
Code related to base disbursement of these funds.
(2) The federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Public Law
109-270).
84916. (a) To inform actions taken by the Governor and the Legislature related
to adult education, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall submit to the Director
of Finance, to the State Board of Education, and, in conformity with Section 9795 of
the Government Code, to the Legislature, by September 30 following any fiscal year
for which funds are appropriated for the program, a report about the use of these funds
and outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult education region. The report shall
include at least all of the following:
(1) A summary of the adult education plan operative for each consortium.
(2) The distribution schedule for each consortium.
(3) The types and levels of services provided by each consortium.
(4) The effectiveness of each consortium in meeting the educational needs of
adults in its respective region.
(5) Any recommendations related to delivery of education and workforce services
for adults, including recommendations related to improved alignment of state programs.
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(b) (1) The chancellor and the Superintendent may require a consortium, as a
condition of receipt of an apportionment, to submit any reports or data necessary to
produce the report described in subdivision (a).
(2) The chancellor and the Superintendent shall align the data used to produce
the report described in subdivision (a) with data reported by local educational agencies
for other purposes, such as data used for purposes of the federal Workforce Opportunity
and Innovation Act (Public Law 113-128).
(3) The Employment Development Department and the California Workforce
Investment Board shall provide any assistance needed to align delivery of services
across state and regional workforce, education, and job service programs.
84917. Notwithstanding any other law, a school district, county office of
education, or community college shall become a participating member of a consortium
pursuant to this article as a condition of receiving funds from any of the following
programs or allocations:
(a) The Adults in Correctional Facilities program.
(b) The federal Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Title II of the federal
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act).
(c) The federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Public Law
109-270).
(d) Local Control Funding Formula apportionments received for students who
are 19 years of age or older.
(e) Community college apportionments received for providing instruction in
courses in the areas listed in subdivision (a) of Section 84913.
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(f) State funds for remedial education and job training services for participants
in the Cal WORKs program.
SEC. 2. This act is a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill
within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California
Constitution, has been identified as related to the budget in the Budget Bill, and shall
take effect immediately.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Bill No.
as introduced, --
General Subject: Adult Education Block Grant Program.
(1) Existing law requires adult schools and evening high schools to consist of
classes for adults. Existing law authorizes minors to be admitted into those classes
pursuant to policies adopted by the governing board ofthe school district if those
minors meet certain eligibility requirements.
Existing law requires the Chancellor ofthe California Community Colleges and
the State Department of Education, pursuant to funding made available in the annual
Budget Act, to jointly provide 2-year planning and implementation grants to regional
consortia of community college districts and school districts for developing regional
plans to better serve the educational needs of adults.
This bill would establish the Adult Education Block Grant Program under the
administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction. The bill would require the chancellor and the
Superintendent, with the concurrence of the Executive Director of the State Board of
Education, to divide the state into adult education regions and approve one adult
education consortium in each adult education region, as specified.

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The bill would require the chancellor and the Superintendent, with the
concurrence of the executive director, to approve, for each consortium, rules and
procedures that adhere to prescribed conditions. The bill would require that, as a
condition for the receipt of an apportionment of funds from this program for a particular
fiscal year, members of a consortium to have approved an adult education plan, as
specified.

The bill, for the 2015-16 fiscal year, would require the chancellor and the
Superintendent, with the concurrence of the executive director, to approve a schedule
of allocations, and to apportion funds, to each consortium in accordance with prescribed
calculations. The bill, for the 2016--17 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, would
require the chancellor and the Superintendent, with the concurrence of the executive
director, to approve, within 15 days of the annual Budget Act and in accordance with
prescribed criteria, a fmal schedule of allocations to each consortium under the program.
The bill would require the chancellor and the Superintendent to submit to the
Director of Finance, the State Board of Education, and the Legislature, no later than
January 31, 2016, a plan approved by the chancellor and the Superintendent to distribute
funds from specified federal programs to the consortia for purposes of the program
proposed in this bill. The bill would also require the chancellor and the Superintendent
to submit an annual report including specified data about the use of funds for the
program and the outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult education region.
(2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing
for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local
program: no.