Adult Education Week/Legislative Week 2022
March 27th to April 2nd

This year, due to the renovations occurring in the Capitol Building as well as the feedback received from those of you who made virtual Leg. visits last year, CCAE is encouraging virtual visits with legislators again this year.

Assemblymember Medina and the
California Assembly Proclaim
​Adult Education Week

SACRAMENTO—Today, the California Assembly was pleased to join Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) in proclaiming March 27 through April 2 as “Adult Education Week” by supporting Assembly Concurrent Resolution 163, recognizing the unique accomplishments of California Adult Schools.
 
“As a former Adult Education teacher myself, I am pleased to recognize the importance of our Adult Education programs in our Adult Schools. Adult Education is an important system providing opportunities for those in need of a pathway to citizenship as well as those seeking short-term job retraining amid the impacts of the pandemic,” said Medina.
 
California has a long history with Adult Education with the first recorded class in California held in the basement of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco in 1856. Since that time, K-12 based Adult Schools have offered quality programs to meet the ever-changing economic, workforce development, and lifelong learning needs of our diverse state.  More specifically, Adult Schools across the state provide programming to students in the areas of basic skills, high school equivalency, English as a second language (ESL), citizenship, family literacy, short-term career training and more. To that end, Adult Schools are a primary community resource for the teaching and instruction of adult literacy working in collaboration with community colleges under the California Adult Education Program as well as with K-12 school districts, community centers and libraries.
 
“Adult Education is a pathway of opportunities that serves the needs in the communities in achieving immigrant integration, high school diploma attainment and workforce development training. The effect Adult Education has empowers generations.  The proclamation recognizing the efforts of all students, classified staff, teachers, and administrators in Adult Education is greatly supported and celebrated by the California Council for Adult Education (CCAE),” said CCAE State President and LAUSD Division of Adult & Career Education Principal Sonya Ramirez.
 
Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 163 now moves to the California State Senate.
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Assemblymember Medina proudly represents California’s 61st Assembly District, which consists of Riverside, Moreno Valley, and Perris.
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​Resources

CCAE Student Video

This video is a powerful tool you can show while advocating for adult education.  It features a student testimonial and we encourage you to use this as you speak with different representatives in support of adult education. 

Adult Education Sample Local Resolution

  1. Please download the below document.
  2. Fill in your district name and adult education data.
  3. Submit to your local school board for adoption, as soon as possible, in time for the Adult Education Week resolution.

​AB 1491 (McCarty) AE Carryover TPs

AB 1491 (McCarty) Author Fact Sheet

​AE 2022 Sample Budget Support Ltr

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Important Webinars and Events

​To support your visits CCAE has put together the following webinar series:
Leg. Week Visit Feedback & Close Out of Adult Ed Week Zoom Meeting
  • Thursday, March 31st
  • 4:00 pm
Leg. Week Visit Feedback & Close Out of Adult Ed Week Video Part 1
Leg. Week Visit Feedback Video
Pam Garramone
Leg. Week Visit Feedback Video
Gale Ard
Leg. Week Visit Feedback Video
​Patricia Bradford
Leg. Week Visit Feedback Video
Liz Penuela
Leg. Week Kick-Off Webinar
  • Monday, March 28th
  • 4:00 pm
Leg. Week Kick-Off Webinar Part 1
Leg. Week Kick-Off Webinar Part 2

#SupportK12AdultEd

Start engaging your representatives, community leaders, and influencers in social media today!
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Set your posts to "public" and use the official #SupportK12AdultEd hashtag.

Please use the following:
#AdultEd #AdultEducation #AdultEdu #AdultEdMatters #SupportK12AdultEd #CAEP #CCAE

@CCAEState @ElevateAdultEd
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