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Yes COABE and NAEPDC will be submitting joint comments.
Thanks,
Sharon Bonney
Executive Director, Coalition on Adult Basic Education
P: 888-44-COABE (888-442-6223) | F: 866-941-5129 | sharonbonney@coabe.org | www.COABE.org | PO Box 1820 Cicero, NY 13039
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Subject: Re: [NCL Members] Opportunity to comment on ED priorities
From: Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>
Date: Wed, October 25, 2017 9:45 am
To: Judy Mortrude <jmortrude@clasp.org>
Cc: Nation Coalition for Literacy
<members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>World Ed will be submitting comments. Is anyone else? I assume CLASP and NSC will?Silja
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Silja kallenbach
Vice President
www.worlded.org
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Judy Mortrude <jmortrude@clasp.org> wrote:
Secretary of Education Seeks Comment on Published Priorities for Use in the Department’s Discretionary Grant Programs ```
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Secretary of Education today (October 12) has outlined </span><a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-10-12/pdf/2017-22127.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">eleven priorities and related definitions for use in the Department’s discretionary grant programs</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> that are in place today or may exist in the future “in order to support and strengthen the work that educators do every day in collaboration with parents, advocates, and community members.”<u></u><u></u></span>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Secretary may choose to include an entire priority within a grant program or merely one or more of its component parts. These proposed priorities and definitions are intended to replace the current supplemental priorities published on December 10, 2014.<u></u><u></u></span>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Comments are due by November 13</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span>
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``` <pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 1-</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">-Empowering Families to Choose a High-Quality </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Education that Meets Their Child's Unique Needs<u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#c00000">Note WIOA reference<u></u><u></u></span></b><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 2</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">--Promoting Innovation and Efficiency, <u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Streamlining Education with an Increased Focus on Improving Student Outcomes, and Providing Increased Value to Students and Taxpayers.<u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 3--</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fostering Flexible and Affordable Paths to <u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Obtaining Knowledge and Skills.<u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#c00000">Note WIOA references<u></u><u></u></span></b><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 4</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">--Fostering Knowledge and Promoting the <u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Development of Skills that Prepare Students to be Informed, Thoughtful, and Productive Individuals and Citizens.<u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#c00000">Note WIOA reference<u></u><u></u></span></b><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 5</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">--Meeting the Unique Needs of Students and Children, including those with Disabilities and/or with Unique Gifts and Talents</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 6</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">--Promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education, With a Particular Focus on Computer Science<u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#c00000">Note WIOA reference</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></b><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 7--</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Promoting Literacy.<u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#c00000">Note WIOA reference<u></u><u></u></span></b><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 8</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">--Promoting Effective Instruction in Classrooms and Schools.<u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#c00000">Note WIOA reference</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></b><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 9</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">--Promoting Economic Opportunity.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 10</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">--Encouraging Improved School Climate and Safer and More Respectful Interactions in a Positive and Safe Educational Environment.<u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Proposed Priority 11--</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Ensuring that Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families Have Access to High-Quality Educational Choices.<u></u><u></u></span><pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span><pre style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Note there are sixteen references to <b><span style="color:#c00000">“credential(s)”</span></b><span style="color:#c00000"> </span>in the full text; four references to <b><span style="color:#c00000">“employers”</span>;</b> seven references to <b><span style="color:#c00000">“in-demand industry sectors”</span>;</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span> ``` ``` <pre style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">five references to “<b><span style="color:#c00000">apprenticeship”</span></b>; and three references to <b><span style="color:#c00000">“career pathways.”<u></u><u></u></span></b></span> ``` ``` <pre style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span> ```  **Judy Mortrude** Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success CLASP | 1200 18th Street NW | Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20036 **p** (202) 906-8014 **cell** (651) 276-7067 | 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