| Show Labor Committee Passes Bill r Expanding Adult Education 4 r f opp Opportunities More adults are eligible to earn a high school diploma under an administration tion bill renewing adult education which the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources passed today said Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch oJ The bill S. S 2496 extends the Adult Education act through fiscal 1989 and more administrative authority to modifies eligibility provisions gives states The committee adopted four amendments before reporting the bill without objection to the Senate The administrations administration's proposal would change the eligibility age from 16 under current law to compulsory school attendance age set by the states as 13 who dropped out of That means that in some states people as young high school diploma Hatch said This school can enroll in classes to earn a provision shows the administrations administration's commitment to reducing the problem of the education they need to qualify for adult illiteracy and to helping people get jobs Hatch said that 31 of Utah's 40 school districts offer adult basic education and in 1983 more than people were enrolled in courses on reading writing communication and arithmetic More than 1000 students passed the GED Test last and qualified for a General Education Development year certificate equal to a high school diploma 1 obtain employment and support rt people As a result of the program many themselves without relying on public assistance This costs the govern government ent an that is tremendous mileage of the federal dollar average of 85 per person Hatch Hatchs said d. d specific funding requirements funding requirements th the bill gives more By eliminating program and training needs of education flexibility to the states to spend money on insure that GED funding requirements to retains their residents The bill dollars are spent on adults needing basic education Hatch said program the adult dult education education A Hatch amendment accepted by the com committee broadens schools to contract for basic education education education public tion fion delivery system by permitting useful school This practice is private services with profit-making profit tion a continuation tion of a class the when the number to be served does doess not justify People enrolled in the class can still take it by being referred to a private I i school Hatch said t A d. d A d c O ch u. u 11 |
