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Shop Talk. Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education February 6, 2014. FY 2014 Consolidated Appropriations.
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Shop Talk Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education February 6, 2014
FY 2014 Consolidated Appropriations • January 17, the President signed H.R. 3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, to fund the government through the remainder of Fiscal Year 2014. It is Public Law 113-76. • Provisions related to Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) include: • Renaming OVAE the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (now OCTAE) • A total budget of $1,702,686,000 for career and technical education and adult education (which is an increase of 3.4 percent from FY 2013 appropriations)
Consolidated Appropriations (cont.) • Adult Education • Level funding for AEFLA state formula grants, at $577,667,000 (same as FY2013 appropriation) • $3 million increase for National Leadership Activities (now funded at $13,712,000) to support new awards for prisoner reentry education models, which was included in the President’s budget request • Level funding for integrated English literacy and civics education, at$70,811,000 (same as FY2013 appropriation) • Perkins • Approximate 5 percent increase for CTE state grants (funded at $1,125,019,000) and level funding for CTE national programs
Consolidated Appropriations (cont.) • Performance Partnership Pilots • Allows the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, to establish up to 10 Performance Partnership pilots aimed at improving outcomes for disconnected youth. • Agencies would have the flexibility to pool existing discretionary funds from multiple funding streams to promote better education, employment, and key outcomes for youth. • For more information, visit: • Consolidated Appropriations, 2014 http://beta.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3547/BILLS-113hr3547enr.pdf- Division H, Title III (pages 392 and 395); Performance Partnership Pilots – Title V, Sec. 526 (pages 409-413) • Congressional Record, Explanatory Statement http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2014-01-15/pdf/CREC-2014-01-15-pt2-PgH475-2.pdf (pages H1043-1044; H1105-1106)
Time to Reskill Webinar Join ED, AIR, and National Coalition for Literacy. Help us get the word out to Adult Education Practitioners February 13, from 1:00-3:00pm EST To prepare, read the Consultation Paper Register and stay tuned to LINCS.
Time to Reskill National Action Plan • Completed 5 Regional Engagement Sessions • Conducting Special Interest Focus Groups • Partnering with NAEPDC to solicit State Director Input • January 22 State Director Focus Group • NAEPDC Follow-Up • Anticipated Spring Release of National Action Plan • Implementation Details Pending
Presidential Memo on Skills Requests the Secretary of Labor to: • Conduct an overall review process, led by the Vice President, of job-driven reform of federal employment and training programs, and • Develop a specific action plan to make the workforce and training system more job-driven, integrated, and effective • Within 180 days of January 30. Find it @ http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/30/presidential-memorandum-job-driven-training-workers
STATE PLAN EXTENSIONS • OVAE issued guidance and forms on Dec. 23, 2013 • Deadline: Must be received by April 1, 2014 • Submission • Electronic submission strongly encouraged - Scanned copies of signed documents sent as email attachments acceptable • Include any new uses of AEFLA funds • Send to: catherine.means@ed.govand cc: your State’s Area Coordinator Delivery of originals to USPS mailing address: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education Division of Adult Education and Literacy * 400 Maryland Avenue SW, (Room 11159 PCP) Washington, DC 20202-7240 Phone: 202-245-7700 * Use 550 12th Street, SW, room 11159 for overnight delivery via other carriers
STATE PLAN EXTENSIONS • Key Contents • State Assurances (Appendix A from the Dec. guidance) • ED Forms and Certifications: • SF 424 Form – Application Form for Federal Assistance • SF424B – Assurances – Non-Construction Programs • Grants.gov – Certification Regarding Lobbying • SF LLL Form – Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (required, only if applicable) • An updated organizational chart
STATE PLAN EXTENSIONS Please submit proposed performance measures with the State Plan Extension. Note - they might not have been approved at the time of submission. Let us know if you are planning a new competition this year, and the proposed date of the competition.
Annual State Directors Meeting • Date: May 13 – 15, 2014 • Place: Westin Alexandria Hotel, Alexandria, VA • Conference focus: Time for the U.S. to Reskill, National Action Plan • Registration site available in early March • State Directors Advisory Group Meeting, April 2014
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Resources • College Affordability and Transparency Center: http://collegecost.ed.gov/ • College Scorecard: http://collegecost.ed.gov/scorecard • College Navigator: http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator • Financial Aid Shopping Sheet: www.ed.gov/financial-aid-shopping-sheet • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Paying for College Tool: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/paying-for-college/ • http://StudentAid.gov • Comparing Colleges Brochure: http://StudentAid.gov/comparingcolleges
LINCS Updates LINCS Community Hits 10,000 Users! Thanks to everyone’s help to connect teachers to this vibrant resource. New Course Launched: Integrating Technology (self-paced). It is available on the LINCS Learning Portal. LINCS All-Regions Meeting: Watch for June dates, and share your upcoming PD priorities with your RPDC. Many Upcoming Events for Community Members: watch for RPDC updates and announcements on the site.
College and Career Readiness Standards: Implementation Institutes April 1-2, New Orleans LA April 30-May 1, Phoenix AZ June 4-5, Washington DC Register Now http://lincs.ed.gov/programs/ccr