Hi,

I'm just going to agree with Deborah here. I support NCL's signing on to
both.

Jean

In a message dated 3/9/2015 1:28:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dkennedy@cal.org writes:

Jeff  and all,
I  support NCL’s signing on to both this letter and the budget letter from
the  Nat’l Skills Coalition.
Deborah
Deborah  Kennedy
Associate  Vice President, Adult English Language Education
Director,  English for Heritage Language Speakers Program
Center  for Applied Linguistics
4646  40th Street NW
Washington,  DC 20016
Voice:  202-355-1572
www.cal.org/adultesl
www.ehlsprogram.org

From: Board  [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org]
On Behalf Of  Jeff Carter
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 1:09 PM
To:  National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List
Subject: [NCL  Board] 5 minute request - OK to support this  letter?

Our colleagues at National PTA have asked us about  signing onto this
letter supporting the Family Engagement in Education  Act S. 662/H.R. 1192, which
was introduced in the House and Senate last  Monday. The bill is unchanged
from the 113th Congress version, which was  supported by NCL member NCFL. I
have attached a copy of the bill from the  113th Congress and the sign-on
letter for your review. The relevant  language regarding support for family
literacy is pasted  below.

I believe this falls under our general policy principle of  supporting
legislation that supports family literacy. That, plus the fact that  NCFL
supports it, suggests we can support this automatically without a vote,  but let
me know if you disagree. If you could do so by COB tmw, I’d  appreciate it,
as I am throughly tied up with Digital Promise  business late in the week.

Jeff

SEC. 1007. LOCAL FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CENTERS  PROGRAM

(f) USES OF FUNDS.—

(5) "providing direct services to families, such as  home visitation,
family literacy programs, and health  and behavioral health services to meet the
needs of families and  remove barriers for engaging in the education of
their  children;

SEC. 8. FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN  EDUCATION POLICY.

(e) RESERVED FUNDS.—

(2) (B) USE OF FUNDS.—

(ii) Supporting schools and nonprofit organizations in  providing
professional development on family engagement in  education for school staff, parent
leadership training, family  literacy and numeracy programs, home visitation
programs, family volunteerism programs, and other innovative  programs
that  meaningfully engage families.

National  Coalition for Literacy Board mailing  list
Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org
http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.na
tional-coalition-literacy.org

Yes, I support NCL signing both, as well.
Margaret

--------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [NCL Board] 5 minute request - OK to support this letter?
From: JeanColo@aol.com
Date: 3/9/15 1:40 pm
To: board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org

Hi,

I'm just going to agree with Deborah here. I support NCL's signing on to both.

Jean

In a message dated 3/9/2015 1:28:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dkennedy@cal.org writes:
Jeff and all,

I support NCL's signing on to both this letter and the budget letter from the Nat'l Skills Coalition.

Deborah

Deborah Kennedy
Associate Vice President, Adult English Language Education
Director, English for Heritage Language Speakers Program
Center for Applied Linguistics
4646 40th Street NW
Washington, DC 20016
Voice: 202-355-1572

www.cal.org/adultesl
www.ehlsprogram.org

From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Carter
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 1:09 PM
To: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List
Subject: [NCL Board] 5 minute request - OK to support this letter?

Our colleagues at National PTA have asked us about signing onto this letter supporting the Family Engagement in Education Act S. 662/H.R. 1192, which was introduced in the House and Senate last Monday. The bill is unchanged from the 113th Congress version, which was supported by NCL member NCFL. I have attached a copy of the bill from the 113th Congress and the sign-on letter for your review. The relevant language regarding support for family literacy is pasted below.

I believe this falls under our general policy principle of supporting legislation that supports family literacy. That, plus the fact that NCFL supports it, suggests we can support this automatically without a vote, but let me know if you disagree. If you could do so by COB tmw, I'd appreciate it, as I am throughly tied up with Digital Promise business late in the week.

Jeff

SEC. 1007. LOCAL FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CENTERS PROGRAM

(f) USES OF FUNDS.-

(5) "providing direct services to families, such as home visitation, family literacy programs, and health and behavioral health services to meet the needs of families and remove barriers for engaging in the education of their children;

SEC. 8. FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION POLICY.
(e) RESERVED FUNDS.-
(2) (B) USE OF FUNDS.-

(ii) Supporting schools and nonprofit organizations in providing professional development on family engagement in education for school staff, parent leadership training, family literacy and numeracy programs, home visitation programs, family volunteerism programs, and other innovative programs that meaningfully engage families.

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Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org
http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org
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