10.02.2019 NCL Policy Call Wednesday, Oct 2, 4:00-5:00 PM Call-in number: 605-313-4802 PIN: 240804# COABE Adult Education Family Literacy Week - Hill Action Over 70 meetings with legislators and staff; representation from more than 30 states; take-away is adult ed needs a heavy presence on the Hill April 8th, 2020 - welcome all organizations on the call to join; registration form will be online by December 1, 2019. This is in connection with the COABE 2020 Conference; busing people to DC after the keynote Partnered with state directors to create fact sheets - see fact sheet on Educate & Elevate site; Meeting with Census Bureau in December to see all the data available; Convening state associations to discuss what they feel would be best to have on those state Adult Ed site visit to Montgomery CC - Sec DeVos/Joseph Perez/Chris Coro attended; COABE update will have this by Friday COABE is working with Penhill Group for Cap Hill Day and regular legislative update; state directors work with Capitol Hill Partners; keep working in partnership NCL: House & Senate AEFL Resolutions both went through; Deborah is following up on new members for House Caucus; Deborah has met with Rep Roe’s new education staffer; Dear Colleague letter set for January Census 2020 Activity PA policy memo on public benefits during temporary census job (sent earlier today by Amanda) NCL planned activities: ProLiteracy conference last week; NCWE next week: national webinar featuring CA adult ed on Oct 11th (see NCL Census page/webinar page for more detail on both in person and online presentations; Deborah will be sending a note to listserv once all the updates are done) Cathy Hartz, Census Bureau representative – possibility of online ‘practice’ form? (Deborah will share PA doc with Cathy Hartz) Census Bureau is doing a big recruiting push now; Census Bureau will create an online practice form, but the timeline for this is unknown at this point. CBC Census 2020 Task Force Congressional Staff Briefing - Thursday Oct 3rd, 1 PM 1302 Longworth House Office Bldg https://theblackcaucus.typeform.com/to/vTDcJO Appropriations Operating under Continuing Resolution until November 21, 2019 Senate Bill • Slight increase for apprenticeship • Level funding AE state grants • Level funding WIOA title I • Used Pell Surplus funds 1.3m • Slight increase in amount of Pell - paid for out of surplus (8b surplus) OCTAE Program Memo 19-2 https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/octae-program-memo-19-2.pdf FAQ on spending funds on IET; clarified again that WIOA title II funds can be spent on all three components; clarified the ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ is a WIOA exit measure; noted that “industry recognized credentials” are part of IET but did not discuss how to measure them in WIOA performance system. Judy argues this is the purpose of Measurable Skill Gain types 4 & 5. Those types will be in National Reporting System charts now for IET. New NRS charts will include MSG 4 & 5 for IET. Ability to Benefit Erin Berg - Oct 21st webinar; featuring Pima CC (?) Sessions at COABE and through COABE webinar COABE Call for Proposals due 10/31 - Linda Morris, COLLO, will request policy panel through strand called Policy, Research, and Practice Strand reorganization for 2020 seeks to streamline for strand organizers and for presenters applying; please share feedback with COABE as this process moves forward Digital Equity Act of 2019 Introduced in House side in September, so now active. Maine - Tom Nash Maine’s Gov declared last week AEFL Week in Maine (hasn’t happened in past 8 years); ME Development Foundation honored ME adult ed for being a champion of workforce development in communities