Adult Education Advocacy Taskforce

In December 2009, Governor Jindal announced his intention to file legislation that would move adult education from the Department of Education to the Louisiana Community and Technical College system.  In January, 2010 Superintendent Pastorek announced a 66% mid-year cut in state funds to adult education.

Adult literacy advocates in the region and around the state are mobilizing to ensure that the proposed move is informed by all affected stakeholders and is accompanied by sufficient state resources.

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Literacy Mayor 2010

Raising the Priority of Adult Literacy

We believe that adult basic education can and will play a significant role in addressing issues of economic development, community safety and prosperity. We hope that this critical issue – the need to invest in adults’ basic skills – will be championed by the next Mayor of the City of New Orleans.

We are interested in how the candidates for the office of Mayor will support this foundation education need of our society. We have asked each candidate to share their responses to five questions.  Responses will be posted here as they are received.