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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please see below for important information regarding DOE and withholding adult education funds.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Director of Student Services and K12 Alignment</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> PRES-C <<a href="mailto:pres-c-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">pres-c-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>>
on behalf of Nanette Angel via PRES-C <<a href="mailto:pres-c@lists.ctc.edu">pres-c@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 1, 2025 1:27:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Presidents <<a href="mailto:pres-c@lists.ctc.edu">pres-c@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pres-c] PLEASE READ: Department of Education Withholding Adult Education Funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Sent on behalf of Will Durden Director, Transfer Education and Transitional Services</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear Presidents,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Yesterday we received communication from the Department of Education stating that the Department will
<b>not</b> be issuing Grant Award Notifications (GANs) obligating Adult Education Basic Grants to states on July 1, pending further review of the program. This grant funds your Basic Education for Adults (BEdA) programs. As a result, until further notice,
<b>SBCTC is unable to fund FY26 applications for the BEdA Basic and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) grants</b>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Attached with this email is an at-a-glance of the expected award amounts approved this year by SBCTC. These are the planning amounts that your college was using to budget, and similar to
the grant amounts you would have expected to receive.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">These federal grants comprise a portion of your BEdA (or similarly named) program budgets; each district makes its own choice as to how much additional state and local funds to allocate
beyond the required match.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We acknowledge that this news is surprising and disappointing, adding to an already stressful time of budget uncertainty. We do not yet know the ultimate outcome of this “review” of the
federal Adult Education program or what this review ultimately means for your college or our system. Please know that we’re looking into every option to respond to this last-minute notice, including working with our attorney general, and we’ll continue to
monitor the situation nationally.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We will gladly take questions, and we will keep you updated as we learn more. We are notifying you first and will share with your commissions in 24 hours.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:10.55pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">Director, Transfer Education and Transitional Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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