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Download full textBritish Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2017
The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) is pleased to have the opportunity to present its views on priorities for the 2018 provincial budget to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. The BCTF represents 43,000 members who are teachers and associated professionals in public schools across British Columbia. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Elementary Secondary Education
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2016
The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) is pleased to have the opportunity to present its views on priorities for the 2017 provincial budget to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (the Committee). The BCTF represents 41,000 members who are teachers and associated professionals in public schools across British…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Elementary Secondary Education
US House of Representatives, 2009
As with their first hearing, the members focused on new innovations and best practices that will improve the workforce development system. In this hearing, the witnesses share the practices that have been most successful in their experience with the workforce investment system. Members testifying before the Committee were the Honorable Brett…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Labor Force Development
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2009
This paper considers noncredit instruction in the California Community College System. It identifies three related concepts: a state need for increased levels of education that noncredit instruction is well placed to supply, several changes that begin to facilitate that response, and additional changes that are needed to ensure success. The…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Wisconsin State Legislative Council, Madison. – 1991
This report to the legislature on educational programs in Wisconsin's adult correctional institutions contains four parts. Part 1, key provisions of legislation, describes assembly bill 422 (relating to creating a council on educational programs in the department of corrections, establishing objectives for educational programs, and providing for a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1986
This report of a congressional hearing focuses on the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which permits forced retirement of American workers solely on the basis of age, that is, mandatory retirement at age 70. Testimony includes statements and prepared statements from a United States Representative, individuals who have been forced to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Federal Legislation, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1984
This is a congressional hearing on the topic of adult education and proposed amendments to Public Law 97-377, the Adult Education Act. Testimony includes statements from individuals representing the United States Department of Education; director of adult education, Sheehan High School, Wallingford, Connecticut; American Association for Adult and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Legislation
Bell, T. H. – American Education, 1982
The Secretary of Education outlines the details of the legislative proposal to consolidate all federal vocational and adult education programs and sets forth the Reagan administration's reasons for initiating such action. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1976
This document represents the completion of the first phase of a study of adult and continuing education in California. The current method of funding community colleges in general, and adult/continuing education programs offered by community colleges and school districts specifically, are examined, their shortcomings noted, and alternatives to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Average Daily Attendance, Community Colleges
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1989
This document reports on a congressional oversight hearing on the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Program on its 25th anniversary. This hearing is also the opening hearing toward the reauthorization of VISTA, the Federal Government's only full-time domestic volunteer service to alleviate poverty-related problems. Testimony includes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Poverty
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1984
This is a congressional hearing to evaluate the administration and effectiveness of Public Law 98-77, the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983. (The purpose of the program established by Public Law 98-77 is to create new on-the-job training opportunities for Vietnam-era and Korean conflict veterans by providing incentives for employers to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Employer Attitudes, Employers
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1994
This congressional hearing considers legislation intended to provide additional work opportunities for inmates in the federal prison system and to help reduce the reliance of federal prison industries on traditional industries. Testimony includes statements, letters, written statements, and other materials presented by the following: U.S. senators…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Federal Government
Wood, Douglas – 1979
This module is one of a set of seven prepared in conjunction with the Title I "Project to Train Volunteer Leaders to Conduct Consumer Education Courses." It is designed to be a basic text for use in making a one-hour presentation on sources of consumer assistance. Topics include consumers' alternatives for self-help, functions of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Instruction, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1991
This report, submitted by Senator Inouye to the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, summarizes the background and major provisions of Senate Bill 1530, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in collaboration with the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor, to approve tribal plans for the integration, at the tribal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Alaska Natives, American Indians
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1981
This document contains testimony from a congressional hearing to explore the latest developments in corporate policies affecting older workers. Testimony includes statements and prepared statements from individuals representing United States corporations, such as Mutual of Omaha Companies; The Aerospace Corporation; ACS America, Inc.; Grumman…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Business, Employment Practices
