Budget+Cuts+News+2009-2013

**News Articles about Adult Education Budget Cuts in California** toc Adult Education in California is experiencing unprecedented budget cuts. This page is a place to collect links to articles about budget changes in adult education programs all over California. Since some of the articles get archived after a certain time, we're trying to post pdf versions as well, but this is a work in progress. -- OTAN

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ABC
[|ABC Adult School] (2/18/10) This article discusses possible cuts to meet the goal of cutting $6.5 million. Adult school is mentioned in passing. (3/8/11) [|ABC school board] considers deep cuts to adult education. [|ABC](3/13/11) students and teachers protest possible cuts.

Alameda
[|Parcel Tax Placed on Ballot] March, 2011 parcel tax will provide funds for Adult Education November 30, 2010 Alameda Adult School struggles to thrive after budget cuts. Article from local newspaper The Island. May 19, 2010 [|Alameda] hoping to pass a parcel tax to help education (5/21/10) (6/24/10) Alameda voters rejecting tax to save schools, adult ed may be eliminated [|Alameda] considers eliminating adult education (9/30/10) [|Alameda] (3/7/11) considers eliminating adult education if parcel tax does not pass.

Alhambra
Alhambra (3/12/10) School district plans to effectively eliminate its adult education program. f (04/01/10) letter to editor - opinion piece Award-winning ESL teacher laid off at [|Alhambra] (5/23/10)

Anaheim
[|Anaheim] (12/11/09) UHSD approves preliminary budget for 2010-11 that would wipe out adult education for up to two years.

Antelope Valley
(3/28/2011) Although its adult education has been hit hard by budget cuts, the Antelope Valley Union High School is not considering closing its program, said Mark Bryant, assistant superintendent of personnel.

Auburn
[|Auburn] (6/8/09) Auburn [|Local paper editorial on budget cuts] (6/14/09)

Azusa
(5/5/12) Azusa Unified Cuts One-Third of Adult Education Classes

Baldwin Park
Baldwin Park (3/15/10) -Baldwin Park Unified School District will lay off 30 teachers, eliminate adult summer classes and reduce the number of adult classes next fall, saving the district $3 million, officials there said. Hundreds Attend [|Baldwin Park] Adult School Rally (4/23/10)

Bakersfield
(3/7/11) The Kern High School District school board on Monday night approved to cut six physical education and health teachers, and eight others who teach adult inmates at Lerdo Jail.

education and health teachers, and eight others who teach adult inmates at Lerdo Jail.

Bassett
[|Bassett] USD considers cutting Adult School budget in half (4/13/11)

Bay Area
[|Bay Area] - article from the SF Chronical about adult ed cuts in the Bay Area, quoting Jerry Green (Castro Valley), Chris Nelson (Oakland), Marcie Plummer and Ana Solomon (Hayward) (6/30/09) Article about devastation to [|Bay Area Adult Education] in both K12 and the community colleges (5/30/11)

Bellflower
(3/7/12) [|Bellflower adult classes] may be cut.

Berkeley
[|Berkeley] (6/25/09) and [|more cuts anticipated], but no numbers yet (2/3/10). [|Article] about adult ed cuts in the Daily Cal (2/9/10) Berkeley Superintendent publishes a [|letter to the community] explaining new budget cuts, including cutting $325,000 from adult education (5/26/10)

Beverly Hills
(3/14/11) [|Board votes]to pink slip Director of Adult Education. (3/23/11) [|Beverly Hills] considers drastic cuts to adult education. (4/26/11) Beverly Hills Adult School closed.

Burbank
[|Burbank] (10/6/09) (05/28/10) Burbank Adult School graduates largest class in its history

Centinela
(3/7/12) Centinela school board [|prepares pink slips]for majority of adult education teachers. (4/25/12) A board member wears skeleton suit at meeting to protest Centinela Valley adult ed cu (10/16/12) Centinela Valley adult school teacher finishes class in secret after cuts end program

Chino
(10/4/11) - Some of reduction options for the next school year include $50,000 allocated to the district's high school exit exam program, $500,000 to the adult education [|Chino] Valley Adult School (2/25/10) Closing on July 1, except for high school credit recovery program. (3/05/10) The school may not be going away entirely. Chino Valley Unified officials learned earlier in the week that the school is eligible to receive an annual $416,000 federal grant for each of the next two years. (06/18/12) Sign pleads for saving Chino Valley Adult School

Colfax
Colfax (ROP) (2/23/2010) Both an advocacy article for vocational classes as well as news about potential budget cuts.

Colton
[|Colton] (1/18/11) school board resists cutting adult education.

**Compton**
[|Compton Adult School] (3/24/11) to close.

Conejo
(4/29/10) The adult school will be cut $300,000 in phase one. (5/13/10) Conejo Valley Adult School gets grant from Ventura County (11/05/10) Conejo Seniors Worry About Increasing Fees, Disappearing Classes

Corning
Corning Adult Education program suspended (4/6/10)

Corona-Norco
[|Corona-Norco] (11/9/09) also includes Hemet and San Bernardino

**Desert Sands**
[|Desert Sands] USD has eliminated adult education, along with other cuts. (6/30/10)

**Downey**
[|Downey] (3/5/10) A positive article about expansion of GED and vocational programs at Downey.

**El Monte-Rosemead**
(3/8/12) [|El Monte-Rosemead]plans cuts to adult education including shorter ESL classes and elimination of one site.

An [|article]in the Sacramento Bee 910/25/10shows that the disparity in income for those without a high school diploma or GED has become even greater during this recession. The article references Elk Grove having had to cut back on GED classes because of budget cuts.
 * Elk Grove**

**Escondido**
General article about cuts in [|Escondido], Oceanside, Vista and Poway. Escondido has had a 20 percent cut. (5/22/10) (3/8/11) [|Escondido]approves staff reductions in case tax measures don't pass, including several adult education positions.

Eureka
[|Eureka] (6/25/09) and how the Eureka Teachers Association is [|combating layoffs] in adult education (7/11/09)

Fairfield-Suisun
(2/22/12) Fairfield-Suisun Adult School students, teachers protest proposed cuts - Cutting $862,607 from the adult school ([|2/24/12]) Fairfield-Suisun school board votes for "worst case scenario" cuts, including cuts to adult eduation. (2/23/12) Adult School Teachers Explain Their Side In Protest Against Possible Cuts - video (9/17/12) Adult School surviving despite funding cuts -

Fontana
(3/9/11) [|Fontana USD] School Board votes to eliminate a number of programs, including adult education. (3/24/11) [|Editorial]about closing adult education at Fontana.

Fresno
(3/10/11) [|Fresno]school board votes for cuts, including to adult education.

Fullerton
[|Fullerton](8/7/09) to suspend adult ed starting in 2009-10

Garden Grove
[|Garden Grove] (3/2/10) Adults with disabilities program faces the axe And another article o Fairfield-Suisun Adult School students, teachers protest proposed cuts n [|Garden Grove] (3/3/10)

Gilroy
Gilroy (2/26/2010) - The district's Adult Education school, which serves about 1,000 adult students, was the only program on the chopping block that //**emerged unscathed**//.

Grossmont USD, El Cajon
(4/12/10) English classes can't meet demand by the newly arrived Iraqi immigrants

Hacienda La Puente
(5/18/10) Hacienda La Puente issues 97 layoff notices to adult-education employees

Hamilton
[|Hamilton] (3/9/10) adult education program to be cut by 50%.

Hanford
[|Hanford] struggles to keep ceramics class open (5/21/11)

Hayward
[|Hayward] (2/22/10) Link to a new **video** clip with adult school students in Hayward defending adult education, which the board is threatening to wipe out completely, and their Sustain Adult Ed effort (official school Web site, blog) And another good [|video] about the importance of Hayward Adult School to the community (2/22/10, ABE News). (4/30/10) Trustees slashed more than $12 million from the district budget Wednesday night, increasing class sizes, trimming support staff such as counselors and nurses, and moving most of the adult school's funds to the pot for K-12 education.

Healdsburg
[|Healdsburg] (2/24/10) At this point still considering what to cut, no decisions made yet

Irvine
[|Irvine] (6/22/09), and a [|newer article] about running to school totally fee-based (11/13/09)

LAUSD DACE
[|LAUSD] (2/25/10) Story with video and many photos about budget cuts at Evans Adult School, largest adult school in the nation Adult Students Protest Potential Loss of [|Pico-Union] (3/19/10) ( 4/26/2010) Students, parents, teachers and community activists came together on March 26 for a forum hosted by Unión del Barrio to discuss how to oppose school closures in South Central Los Angeles. (5/17/10) For the first time in 20 years, there will be no summer classes for developmentally disabled adults and seniors because of the budget crisis

Video: UTLA Adult Education protest Budget Cuts 4-13-11 media type="youtube" key="hoqDYmUNjwE" height="349" width="425" (1/17/12) Education cutbacks slice into LAUSD adult education (1/28/12) Adult Education could be [|eliminated from LAUSD]! (1/31/12) LAUSD adult educators organize to [|Save Adult Ed] in LAUSD. (1/31/12) Hundreds of students protest proposed cuts (2/3/12) An argument in favor or Preserving Adult Ed Program in LA (2/6/12) Local public radio station in LA hosts a discussion on the [|cuts to adult education] in LAUSD. (2/8/12) Demonstrators Call for Continued Funding of Adult Education (2/11/12) Another article about [|adult education in LAUSD]. [|(2/14/12]) LA Weekly article about postponing the vote on LA Adult Education. (2/15/12) Decision about budget cuts moved to March 13, 2012 (2/15/12) LA Times on the LAUSD board decision to [|postpone vote] on budget cuts. (3/1/12) [|Ed Morris ousted] as Director of LAUSD DACE. (3/6/12) How cuts to adult education will affect [|South Gate Community Adult School] in LAUSD. (3/7/12) LAUSD prepares [|11,000 pink slips]. (3/14/12) LAUSD board passes [|worst case scenario] budget eliminating adult education, but other scenarios also possible. (4/27/12) LAUSD adult education teachers, students protest proposed cuts (5/1/12) Nice [|Op Ed piece] in the LA Times by a former adult education teacher. (5/16/12) Fate of [|LAUSD Adult Ed] remained uncertain. (5/31/12) [|Strong defense]of adult education in the LA Times. (6/13/12) teachers union has ratified an agreement to take up to 10 unpaid furlough days next year to save the jobs of 4,700 educators and restore some Adult Education, preschool and English-learner programs (6/25/12) [|Update]on LAUSD budget cuts. RSS feed from Saveadulted.org (6/26/12) Article about teachers holding a "wake" for Evans Community Adult School. rss url="http://saveadulted.wordpress.com/" link="true" number="3" date="true"

**Liberty Union HSD**
(6/16/10) [|Liberty Union] makes deep cuts, including $50K to adult education.

Lincoln
(3/18/10) Summer school classes will be reduced this summer because of reduced funding

Livermore
[|Livermore] (2/10/10) Superintendent proposes eliminating adult education. And an [|update] on continued efforts to cut adult education (3/3/10) (3/18/10) Fee based classes will be eliminated.

Lodi
[|Lodi] considers many cuts, including to adult education (5/9/11)

Long Beach
[|Long Beach] (2/4/10) $700,000 cut to adult education for next year [|Long Beach] (2/14/11) sweeps more adult ed funds, adult school will lose 30 teachers. (8/10/2011) Adult School Copes With LBUSD Cuts

Los Angeles Area
([|5/26/11]) Adult education hard-hit by changes in school spending rules, study finds (1/17/12) LAUSD proposes to eliminate adult education (Video)

Lucia Mar
(6/29/10) Lucia Mar school board is “very supportive of adult ed.”, according to the principal.

Madera
[|Madera] (2/21/10) District deciding between closing the adult school and cutting it by 75%

**Manteca** (5/13/2010) The adjusted bus plan coupled with scaling down of the adult education program (minus-$721,265) will be among the two big cost-cutting items listed on next year’s budget

Martinez
[|Martinez] (2/10/10) may cut $2.6 million overall, and looks at redirecting adult education funds

Marysville
(2/11/12) Marysville School Board to consider drastic [|cuts to Adult Ed] and other programs. (3/14/12) Community [|protests cuts]to Marysville Joint Unified programs, including adult education. (6/4/12) Marysville Adult Education program has final graduation

Milpitas
[|Milpitas] (2/3/10) Mentions adult ed, but no specific amount cut, yet., (2/17/10) Superintendent [|proposes] taking away $100,000, and predicts minimal impact. [|Follow-up article] confirms cutting CBET and one adult education instructor.(3/10/10)

Monrovia
[|Monrovia] (11/10/09)

Monterey
[|Monterey] (6/30/09) - adult ed cut 20% and 13 teachers laid off Ron Russell: Adult education's demise (Guest Commentary) (3/26/2010) This is an opinion piece.

Moreno Valley
[|Moreno Valley] (3/3/10) considers cuts to adult education

Morgan Hill
[|Morgan Hill] Adult Education cut by $100,000, three fourths of their current budget. (5/12/11) ([|5/23/11]) Principal Dennis Browne proposed last month to knock his own salary by 40 percent to save some classes for adult education.

Mountain View-Los Altos
[|Mountain View-Los Altos] (8/31/09) - focuses on Los Altos but also reports adult ed budget cuts to Santa Clara, Metro Ed and Fremont.

Mt. Diablo
[|Mt. Diablo]district to cut $1 million a year from adult education and other categoricals. (12/8/09) [|Mt. Diablo Update] (2/10/10) Board approves $4 million to programs including adult education [|Mt. Diablo] again (2/25/10) Board members receive 200 emails in support of adult education, and promise not to close program. Mt. Diablo -(3/10/2010) Board approves $4.5 cut to adult ed budget (3/16/11) Superintendent Steven Lawrence recommended $4.2 million in cuts from next year's $274.7 million budget. His recommendation included reducing funds for professional development, instructional materials, Gifted and Talented Education programs, adult education and other programs and services.

Napa
(3/26/22) [|Napa Adult School] loses part of reserves.

** New Haven **
[|New Haven] (3/16/11) teachers protest layoff notices.

Newport Mesa
[|Newport Mesa] (2/12/10) Program wiped out for next year except for a few HS diploma classes!, (2/23/10) elimination of adult ed program [|confirmed] Excellent article about the demise of [|Newport Mesa] Adult Education, with reference to other programs that are also closing (3/3/10) Newport Mesa students and teachers [|campaign to save program] (3/31/10) Newport Mesa [|bringing back some ESL classes] for the fall (4/14/10) [|Newport Mesa] to hold community meeting about adult edcuation (4/28/10) (4/29/10) District officials have since proposed adding back 12 ESL classes,

Oakland
(11/22/11) - As financial crisis for public schools worsens, OUSD cuts almost 90% of its budget for Adult Education [|Oakland]adult education will be cut by 40% if preliminary budget is approved (12/14/09) [|Oakland and Hayward] (10/24/09) - Article on threats to adult ed and forum put on by CCAE [|Detailed article] on Oakland Adult Education, with photos and quotes from students. (3/31/10) (4/27/10 )The Oakland school board voted unanimously to impose a contract on the union… allows for an increase in class sizes. It also lets the district hire hourly workers, rather than contract employees, for its adult education programs. (4/28/10) Teachers strike - adult education program is threatened with being wiped out.**//Opinion piece. Oakland2010.04.28a.pdf//** [|Oakland] Adult Ed likely cut 83% (6/8/10) Response from the Director of Oakland Adult and Career Education (6/8/10)

(6/25/10) If the Legislature passes a budget that spares preschool funding, B. Marshall said, some of the planned cuts to her programs — up to 86 percent — will be restored and Edward Shands might reopen next year. [|Oakland] (3/4/11) USD sends pink slips to entire adult education staff. (4/8/11) The Board considers flexing adult ed if the proposed tax extension does not pass in November. Excellent article on further cuts to adult ed in [|Oakland] (6/1/11)

**Oceanside**
General article about cuts to adult education in the region, but focuses on big cuts to [|Oceanside] adult education, which has gone from a budget of $300,000 to $80,000. (5/22/10)

Oroville
[|Oroville] (6/22/09) (5/19/10) Board calls for possible elimination of adult ed principal and cutting adult education to the bare bones [|Oroville Adult Education] slated for $740,000 cut (6/2/10) [|Oroville] cuts clarified by Superintendent (6/3/10) (6/17/10) budget proposal seeks reduction of Oroville Adult Education by $740,000.

Pacific Grove
[|Pacific Grove, Monterey and Salinas] (8/25/09) - Overview of budget cuts in the Monterey area, quotes from principals

Palm Springs
(4/14/10) scaled back adult education program (06/30/10) The district eliminated adult education ([|2/11/11]) College of the Desert considers cutting many classes, including their adult education program.

Paradise
[|Paradise] (2/3/10) Threatens to cut adult education

Placentia- Yorba Linda
[|Placentia-Yorba Linda] (2/10/10) prepares for $6 million in cuts to the district, and notes that cutting adult education could save $230K.

Pleasanton (Amador Valley Adult and Community Education)
[|(2/24/11)] In a split vote Tuesday, the board opted to cut reading along with the new cuts that were recommended, including $100,000 decrease to adult education, (2/14/12) Pleasanton School Board to consider closing [|Amador Valley Adult Schoo]l. (2/28/12) Pleasanton school board braces for more cuts at meeting tonight, including adult ed cuts

Pomona
(3/18/10) Pomona - Letter to the editor about Pomona Adult School.

**Poway**
General article about adult education cuts in the region mentions [|Poway] instituting fees and waiting lists. (5/22/10)

Red Bluff
(3/16/10) - All adult education programs will be gone. Adult Ed and Independent Study chairman referred questions to the district.

Redlands
Redlands Adult School to be eliminated! (12/10/09) Update (3/11/10) Board votes to eliminate adult ed [|classified positions]. (4/29/10) The educational program for developmentally challenged adults in the Redlands Unified School District, will close at the end of the school year [|Redlands] will use WIA funds to continue ESL and ASE in 2010-11 (4/14/10) (3/11/11) [|Redlands]pink slips 2 adult ed nursing teachers.

Riverside
Riverside Alvord School districts considering merging to save funds (12/25/2010)

[|Riverside] (4/27/09)

Roseville
Roseville (3/10/2010) - Roseville Joint Union High School District will eliminate 31.5 positions across the district's nine schools that include Roseville Adult School and Adelante High School.

Rowland
[|Rowland] (3/24/10) school board votes for cuts including $212K to adult education.

Sacramento
[|Sacramento] (2/19/10) District unveils plan to cut $30 million from budget, including significant cuts to adult education. Board will [|vote] on 3/4/10 on budget cuts.Board [|Sacramento City] School Board (4/22/10) will vote on closing two of three remaining adult education sites, Old Marshall and Fremont Adult School. [|Sacramento] City Schools (5/3/10) saves some adult education classes, but still sustaining major cuts, as are other schools in the region. Sacramento Adults wtih Disabilities (12/23/2010) California school for adults with disabilities may close due to budget crisis. ([|2/14/11]) Many Sacramento area school boards considring future cuts, including cutting or eliminating adult education. ([|3/7/11]) This articles addresses the results of placing adult education into flexibility in Sacramento, San Juan, and across the state. [|Sac City] (3/4/11) approves worst case scenario budget. (5/16/12) Good [|letter to the editor] about closing Fremont Adult School in Sacramento. ([|5/27/12]) 70 adults and children protest adult ESL budget cuts

Saddleback
[|Saddleback] (3/10/10) issues pink slips to 110 teachers including adult education.

Salinas
[|Salinas],(6/24/09) and [|another Salinas one] (6/30/09) Salinas Adult School staff at risk (4/12/10) (1/29/10) Salinas Adult Education is poised to lose about $1.5million in funding for the upcoming fiscal year, as administrators attempt to balance the budget for the district. (3/31/11) Randy Bangs, the director of alternative education and ROP at the Salinas district, said the adult school will reduce its budget to $2 million for the 2011-12 fiscal year. The current fiscal year's budget is $3.5 million.

San Bernardino
[|San Bernardino]cuts staff and courses (9/7/09), and a [|newer version] with photo (9/11/09) More cuts next year at [|San Bernardino] (6/3/10)

San Diego
[|San Diego USD] cuts Adult Education (This is NOT San Diego CCD, the main provider of adult ed in San Diego.) (6/10/10)

**San Dieguito**
General article about cuts to adult education in the region mentions challenges at [|San Dieguito]. (5/22/10

**San Francisco City College**
(7/19/12) SFCC is in danger of closing because their accreditation is in jeopardy. SFCC provides adult education in San Francisco.

San Jose - MetroED
(12/9/10) MetroED, San Jose - Officials consider cutting adult ed by two-thirds ([|12/20/10]) KQED Public Radio hosted a one hour public forum on December 13 that addressed the budget cut issue in San Jose as well as with other adult education providers throughout the state. (01/21/11) San Jose Unified voted unanimously to cut two-thirds of the adult-ed budget: about $3.5. and (01/27/10) The cuts will force out about 5,000 of the current 7,000 adult education students, said Metro Ed superintendent Paul Hay.

San Juan
(12/1/10) [|San Juan Unified] considers closing all 3 adult schools. A final vote by the board will be taken on 1/25/11. [|San Juan] USD will vote on Jan. 25, 2011 on whether to close all of adult education in June. This article explores the impact on developmentally challenged students at Orange Grove Adult School and their families. (1/26/11) San Juan Unified votes to close ESL/ABE/ASE/GED programs but keep Disabilities School open for one more year

San Lorenzo
(03/01/10) cuts could eliminate 109 district personnel, including teachers, administrators and adult education staff.

San Mateo
[|San Mateo] (11/23/09) (06/13/12) Students teachers _rally for adult education in San Mateo

San Rafael
[|San Rafael] - (2/22/10) - district officials looking at eliminating adult ed...

Santa Barbara
(5/19/10) a majority of their Adult Education summer semester courses will be canceled (6/15/10) SBCC Continuing Education Students Unite

Santa Clara
[|Santa Clara] (7/8/09) general article about district budget cuts, mentions possibility of cutting the $7.2 million adult ed budget

Santa Cruz
[|Santa Cruz Adult School (8/09)] 12/13/09 - updated [|blog]about what's happening - ($500K cut for 2009/2010), and here is a link to a [|blog]that is tracking cuts to the adult school. [|Santa Cruz update] (2/11/10) Adult education cut by $1.43 million. We are left with $170,000 to run ESL, GED/HS diploma, and Parent Ed. We're fighting. [|03/03/2010] - While the district voted to cut almost all adult education programs and teachers, they hope the move is temporary, and the programs and positions can be restored if funding is available. [|03/15/2010] - Possible cuts - most of the adult education staff (03/16/10) - Pajaro Valley Unified and Santa Cruz City Schools, sent notices to 275 and 80 employees, respectively, on top of a combined total of 120 adult education workers [|Santa Cruz City Schools] make major cuts, including eliminating most of adult education (6/17/10) [|(2/21/11]) Santa Cruz puts in place plan to slash adult education again if state and federal budgets "go south." ([|3/3/11]) This articles says no pink slips for Santa Cruz adult ed teachers, although some dispute this.

Santa Maria
Santa Maria (6/18/09) The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District passed a two-year budget Wednesday that contained $8.5 million in cuts, and eliminated the district's adult education program beginning in 2010-11 [|Santa Maria] students make final plea to keep adult education open (4/21/10) [|Santa Maria] Adult School closing satellite sites (6/2/10)

Santa Rosa
[|Santa Rosa](8/8/09) and Cotati (original article said Cotati-Rohnert Park slashed $50K from adult ed, but not mentioned now) [|Santa Rosa] cuts six adult education teachers. (5/15/10)

**Sequoia UHSD**
[|Sequoia] board considers $1 million cut from adult education program that serves 1,200. (4/15/11)

Sonoma Valley Adult School
(2/02/2012) Adult School to Close (1/26/12) [|Sonoma Valley Adult School] to close in June. (5/7/12) School Cuts Hit Adults

**Sonora Adult Education**
Sonora High School District Adult Ed program will survive.

Stanislaus County
(4/25/10) About Modesto, Turlock, Ceres -

Stockton
[|Stockton] (2/5/10) Tough Times at Adult School (3/05/10) 500 people from around San Joaquin County - students, teachers, parents, administrators - marched more than two miles Thursday afternoon from the Stockton School for Adults north on Pacific Avenue to Delta

Tamalpais
[|Tamalpais] HS District cuts $2 million, including $1.41 million from the adult education department (4/28/10)

Tracy
[|Tracy Adult School] (3/10/10) faces demise. More bad news for [|Tracy] (3/21/10) Tracy Adult School will at least continue to serve students in 2010-11 — albeit in abbreviated form. Supportive [|editorial] from the Tracy Press (3/27/10). (4/26/10) The district would offer high school seniors the chance to make up any credits needed to graduate with summer courses at the Tracy Adult School.

Tulare
(5/12/10) Tulare Adult School faces an additional $775,000 in cuts under a proposal that Tulare high school district officials will share with trustees Tuesday. Three teachers protest adult education cuts outside [|Tulare] board meeting (5/20/10) (5/22/10) Proposed Tulare Adult School Cuts Blasted

Tustin
[|Tustin Adult School] 7/20/09 The Tustin Unified School District will not be offering Adult Education classes for the 2009-10 school year due to the state budget crisis. (Announcement on their district page.

Vallejo
[|Vallejo](11/6/09) a good article about cuts to Vallejo Adult School, and here's a more [|general article]. [|Vallejo Update] (2/25/10) Board will vote on March 17, but proposal is to cut adult ed budget in half, cutting $1.5 million (3/16/10) [|Vallejo Update] (3/19/10) Board confirms $1.5 million cut to adult education. (5/19/10) The board is expected to vote on laying off 13 teachers at the Vallejo Adult School as part of $1.5 million in budget slashing. [|Vallejo]considers deep cuts, including to adult education. (5/6/11) (06/02/11) The Vallejo school board approved more cuts Wednesday to create a balanced budget. The cuts follow more than $7 million in previous reductions, and include $500,00 to the adult education program.

Ventura County
(4/18/10) In Ventura County, adult schools have decreased class hours, cut staffs and teachers,and instituted registration fees. Some plan to suspend some summer classes. The Santa Paula Union High School District closed its program.

Visalia
(3/30/10) Adult education will lose $220,000 of its $3.7 million budget.

Vista
[|Vista](11/16/09) District proposes to combined some schools and move the adult school to save money. General article about adult education cuts in the region, with lots of quotes from [|Vista]. (5/22/10)

Watsonville-Aptos/Pajaro Valley USD
[|Watsonville-Aptos] Pajaro Valley USD (8/27/09) Update - Pajaro Valley [|cuts $650,000] from adult ed budget. (12/10/09) and [|update](2/3/10) [|Watsonville-Aptos] (2/5/10) left untouched in latest round of cuts (3/11/2010) Adult School leaders, faculty to get pink slips  (03/16/10) - Pajaro Valley Unified and Santa Cruz City Schools, sent notices to 275 and 80 employees, respectively, on top of a combined total of 120 adult education workers [|Watsonville-Aptos] board confirms budget cuts, including $1.5 million reduction to adult education (3/19/10) [|Watsonville-Aptos] teachers and students rally against budget cuts (3/20/10) (2/15/11) [|Pajaro Valley] board poised to cut $1 million from adult education (8/8/2011) Watsonville/Aptos Adult Education survives budget cuts:Fall semester starts Wednesday

West Contra Costa
[|West Contra Costa] (2/26/10) has been cut by half a million, and had $2 million of reserves swept by the district, and is now facing a possible addition cut of $1 million from a $3.8 million budget. (5/13/2010) Adult education in West Contra Costa likely will be spared major cuts next year, barring any more bad news from Sacramento.

(3/3/11) More than 200 adult education students, teachers and supporters turned out to the board meeting Wednesday, March 3, 2011 arguing against the plan to cut $1 million from the adult education program. [|West Contra Costa] considers cuts to adult education (4/14/11 & [|4/21/11]) (10/23/12) Teachers at West County Adult Education program worry about more cuts

**Woodland** (3/3/11) [|Woodland]grapples with possibility of deep cuts to the adult education program.

Articles that Support the Important Role of Adult Education
Carol Hirota from Stockton School for Adults submitted these articles that note the increasing dropout rate, and the importance of getting a high school diploma or GED for future earnings.

=**News about Pink Slips**= see the page with a collection of articles forwarded by Rocky Bettar

=General Articles about the Cuts= Jack O'Connell announces results of [|statewide survey] indicating that 20% of districts have cut adult education (6/10/10) CDE releases [|survey of districts]. Only 20% of respondents indicate that they are cutting adult education, although the Legislative Analysts Office sees the number as closer to 70%. (6/10/10) [|General article] about education cuts at Oakland, Mt. Diablo and West Contra Costa. (6/11/10) [|Editorial] from Change.org on "Why we can't afford to cut adult education" (5/12/10) [|Seven educators march] from Bakersfield to Sacramento, including a retired adult education teacher from Berkeley. (3/8/10) (3/18/10) California Adult Schools Unite to Survive Economic Crisis - press release by californiaadultschools.org (3/16/10)

=Budget Cuts to Education in Prisons= An article from The SF Chronicle on how [|reducing education in prisons] will affect recidivism. (2/16/10)

=Editorials from Around the State= Ron Russell: Adult Education's Demise (Commentary in he Monterey Herald)

=General Adult Ed Budget Articles and Coverage from Elsewhere=

2012.06. EDSource: At Risk: Adult Schools in California

2012.07.09 - KQED - Adult Education Disappearing in California

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LA Times article about huge [|cuts to education nationwide], including mention of adult education. (7/31/11) General article about how the recession in [|affecting adult education] in the US and England. (6/14/10) How are people in England viewing the budget crisis in California? Read this [|article from the Guardian], 10/4/09. Citizenship class ends at [|Crane Adult School] in Arizona due to budget cuts. (5/23/10) Adult Education program eliminated in [|Appomattox County], VA (5/18/10) AP article on the California budget crises in the [|Chattanooga Times] Free Press that mentions adult education towards the end Article from the [|San Francisco Chronicle] addresses adult education budget cuts across the state. Budget cuts to adult education in New York (4/6/10) Yahoo News posted an article about budget cuts in education [|all across the country] (4/20/10)