2013 ACE Legislative Update

The week of December 10th was the first legislative committee meetings for the coming year.  House and Senate leadership made their committee appointments and the ACE Legislative Committee was in Tallahassee making rounds to members of the Senate and House Education committees. Members of the ACE Legislative Committee, Dave Barnes, Chairman, Robert Breitbard, Mary Keen,…

2012 ACE Award Winners

ACE of Florida recently recognized several individuals for their outstanding achievements and/or contributions to adult and community education students, teachers, administrators and programs throughout the state at the 22nd  annual ACE Conference, October 1-3, at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Orlando.  Nominations were received from across the state, and the awards committee selected the…

2012 Sunshine Success Stories

The “Sunshine Success Stories” is a project that ACE of Florida is sponsoring to highlight learners who have attended adult education programs, overcome personal roadblocks, and are now successful and productive citizens and family providers.  ACE wants to get the story out by identifying adult students who have reached their life goals, improved their standard…

2012 Legislative Session Overview

House Bill 5201 – Budget Conforming Bill  In the House Conforming Bill 5201 which did pass, co-enrolled students may be reported for funding for up to two courses per student for 2011-2012 and 2012-2013.  See bill text below.  “A student who is coenrolled in a K-12 education program and an adult education program may  not…

2012-13 Initial House and Senate Budget Allocations

The House and Senate have released the initial  proposed budget allocations for district Workforce Education.  To view the proposed allocations by district, you can highlight the “ADVOCACY” header at the top of this page and click on “2012-13 Initial House and Senate Budget Allocations,” in the dropdown box, or you can click on the following link: 2012-13…