Bill to limit focus of adult education is temporarily derailed
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Developed Education graduates.
Credit: EdSource
Developed Education graduates.
A bill that would, among other things, narrow the focus of adult educational activity programs has been put on hold probably until side by side twelvemonth while Assembly Higher Pedagogy Commission members wrestle with conflicting views about the legislation. Passage past that committee was the last hurdle the bill faced before beingness put to the vote on the Assembly floor and then sent to the governor for approving. The Senate has already approved it.
Senate Beak 173, introduced by Carol Liu, D-Glendale and chair of the Senate Education Committee, would put into law what Gov. Jerry Brown has demanded to proceeds his support for continuing to fund Yard-12 districts' developed educational activity programs. The governor, also as the Legislative Analyst'south Office, wants adult teaching to focus on helping adults proceeds the skills they demand to become productive citizens. That includes bones education, loftier school diploma and GED classes, English as a 2d Language and citizenship classes and targeted vocational education courses. What it leaves out are parent didactics programs and classes for older adults.
Currently, under the Budget Deed, districts are required to maintain their adult education programs at the same level for two years. Only in 2015-16, cypher has been decided. Proponents of SB 173 are concerned that the governor will veto whatever further funding for commune-based developed instruction if the funds could be used for parent education or older adult programs.
"The reality is that the governor has been clear about what he wants," said Dawn Koepke, a lobbyist for the state'southward 2 adult education organizations. "We don't want to throw anybody (such as older adult programs) under the bus, simply nosotros feel we have no choice if we want to salve the organisation."
Koepke says the law would not limit districts from providing those programs; information technology merely would not fund them. Districts could raise class fees and work with city commissions on aging, senior centers and foundations to fund the programs, she said.
Just those who support older adult programs say adult education should have a broader focus equally the population of senior citizens grows. This includes the politically powerful American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), which issued a press release supporting the defeat of SB 173.
Robert Oakes, spokesperson for Liu, said in an e-mail that the senator shares the concerns voiced by Koepke that the defeat of this pecker could hateful that the governor would veto future K-12 funding for adult didactics.
"Only the votes just weren't there to move the nib this week," Oakes said, calculation that the senator "will continue discussions with all interested parties to try to observe a successful resolution."
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