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SCR-20 Adult education.(1999-2000)

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Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20
CHAPTER 8

Relative to adult education.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  March 18, 1999. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SCR 20, Chesbro. Adult education.
This measure would designate the week of March 14 through March 20, 1999, as California Adult Education Week, and would commend the students, classified staffs, teachers, and administrators of California’s adult schools for their support of, and contributions to, the quality of public education in this state.
WHEREAS, Approximately 371 California adult schools serve the changing economic and cultural needs of a vigorous, expanding community; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools serve approximately 1,191,680 California students; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools provide instruction to those in our state who need English-as-a-second-language and citizenship courses; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools are primary community resources for the teaching and instruction of adult family literacy; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools provide a way for adults to complete high school studies in their own time and pace; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools provide approximately 108,087,430 hours of instruction annually; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools provide programs especially designed for older adult and disabled populations; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools provide vocational and job training for adults seeking career changes or enhancements; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools provide instruction for parents, ranging from prebirth classes through a wide spectrum of parent education courses; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools provide education services as called for by the federal Workforce Investment Act, and for participants of the CalWORKs program; and
WHEREAS, Adult schools provide for the unique needs of individuals in a diverse population; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the week of March 14 through March 20, 1999, be proclaimed California Adult Education Week, in honor of the many outstanding services and contributions provided by California Adult Schools; and be it further
Resolved, That the administrators, teachers, classified staffs, and students of California’s adult schools be commended for their support of, and contributions to, quality public education in the state.