ADULT ED BUDGET CUTS - MOST CURRENT INFO

News Articles about Adult Education Budget Cuts

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.
--Marian Thacher, OTAN



Anaheim (12/11/09) UHSD approves preliminary budget for 2010-11 that would wipe out adult education for up to two years.
Auburn (6/8/09)
Auburn Local paper editorial on budget cuts (6/14/09)
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)
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)
Burbank (10/6/09)
Corona-Norco (11/9/09) also includes Hemet and San Bernardino
Escondido (8/26/09) General article on adult ed in Escondido that mentions budget cuts there and in Oceanside and Grossmont
Eureka (6/25/09) and how the Eureka Teachers Association is combating layoffs in adult education (7/11/09)
Fullerton(8/7/09) to suspend adult ed starting in 2009-10
Irvine (6/22/09), and a newer article about running to school totally fee-based (11/13/09)
Long Beach (2/4/10) $700,000 cut to adult education for next year
Martinez (2/10/10) may cut $2.6 million overall, and looks at redirecting adult education funds
Milpitas (2/3/10) Mentions adult ed, but no specific amount cut, yet.
Monrovia (11/10/09)
Monterey (6/30/09) - adult ed cut 20% and 13 teachers laid off
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. Diablodistrict 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
Newport Mesa (2/12/10) Program wiped out for next year except for a few HS diploma classes!
Oaklandadult 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
Oroville (6/22/09)
Pacific Grove, Monterey and Salinas (8/25/09) - Overview of budget cuts in the Monterey area, quotes from principals
Paradise (2/3/10) Threatens to cut adult education
Placentia-Yorba Linda (2/10/10) prepares for $6 million in cuts to the district, and notes that cutting adult education could save $230K.
Redlands Adult School to be eliminated! (12/10/09) Redlands Adult School Shutting Down 2010.01.10.pdf
Riverside (4/27/09)
Salinas ,(6/24/09) and another Salinas one (6/30/09)
San Bernardinocuts staff and courses (9/7/09), and a newer version with photo (9/11/09)
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San Mateo (11/23/09)
Santa Clara (7/8/09) general article about district budget cuts, mentions possibility of cutting the $7.2 million adult ed budget
Santa Cruz Adult School (8/09) 12/13/09 - updated blogabout what's happening - ($500K cut for 2009/2010), and here is a link to a blogthat is tracking cuts to the adult school.
Santa Cruz update (2/11/10) Adult education cut by $1.43 million
Santa Maria (6/18/09)
Santa Rosa(8/8/09) and Cotati (original article said Cotati-Rohnert Park slashed $50K from adult ed, but not mentioned now)
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(11/6/09) a good article about cuts to Vallejo Adult School, and here's a more general article.
Vista(11/16/09) District proposes to combined some schools and move the adult school to save money.
Watsonville-Aptos (8/27/09) Update - Pajaro Valley cuts $650,000 from adult ed budget. (12/10/09) and update(2/3/10)


General Adult Ed Budget Articles and Coverage from Elsewhere

How are people in England viewing the budget crisis in California? Read this article from the Guardian, 10/4/09.
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.

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