Greetings NCL Board Members: You may have heard the bipartisan, bicameral policy staff from the House Education and Workforce Committee and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee have reached agreement with their negotiations, and have requested a meeting with NCL to provide an overview of the WIOA reauthorization bill and answer any questions we may have. I wanted to give board members a heads up about this meeting and request your attendance, if you're available. The meeting will be held *Monday, December 2nd at 12:00 noon (EST)*. Later on today I will send further details about this meeting to you and to our membership. In the meantime, you can read the bill at the following link: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/KIN24641.pdf and/or read the attached summary. This is exciting news and it's my understanding that this bill is currently being hotlined around in order to get it passed quickly with little or no debate. If you are not able to attend, I'll provide an update at our next policy meeting (Dec. 4th at 3:00). On another note, I wanted to take this opportunity during a week when we are supposed to give thanks, to thank all of you for your work on the NCL board and for your dedication to the field of adult education and literacy. :) Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Jeff *Jeffrey A. Fantine, Ph.D.* Executive Director, National Coalition for Literacy