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Adult-education directors ask for more funds, describe workforce, diversion and distance-learning needs
Summary
Directors from Crawford County, Fort Smith and the Arkansas Adult Learning Resource Center told the committee adult education now includes workforce training, court diversion and broadband-dependent instruction and has not seen a funding increase in about 30 years; they asked legislators for additional resources and data support.
Directors of adult-education programs from Crawford County and Sebastian County told the City, County & Local Affairs Committee that their programs have evolved into workforce and diversion centers and need more funding to sustain staff and distance-learning services.
Debbie Faubus, director of Crawford County Adult Education, and Kathleen Dorn, director of adult education for Fort Smith schools, described services beyond GED instruction: English-language classes, SNAP and TANF case managers, court liaisons,…
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