Coalition Action

2012

• March 2012 NCL asks Senator Webb to sponsor a dear colleague letter in support of adult education funding. He agreed and nine Senators signed the Webb Dear Colleague Letter within a narrow, 3-day timeframe.
  
  
• March 2012 NCL asks House Adult Literacy Caucus Co-chairs Phil Roe (R-TN) and Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) to co-sponsor a Dear Colleague Letter in support of adult education funding. They have taken the lead on this and are gathering signatures.
  
  
• March 2012 NCL urges Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, Chair, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, to incorporate three major recommendations to Streamlining Workforce Development Programs Act of 2011 (H.R.3610) as WIA moves forward in the House.
  
  
• March 2012 The National Coalition for Literacy signs on to the 302(b) letter co-sponsored by the Committee on Education Funding, the Coalition for Health Funding and the Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce, urging House and Senate appropriations committee leaders to provide the largest possible 302(b) allocation to the FY 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee.
  
  
• February 2012 The National Coalition for Literacy urges the Los Angeles United School District Board of Directors to preserve funding for adult education programs in L.A. LAUSD adult education programs serve 350,000 adult students annually, one of the largest urban programs in the nation.
  
  
• February 2012 NCL urges the conference committee working on extending the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, H.R. 3630, to not require a HS diploma or its equivalent in an unemployment insurance extension for 2012.

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