SAVE THE DATES!! COABE, FLC, Sanibel, ACE Conference

Mark your calendars now and save the dates for these upcoming professional development opportunities! The 2016 COABE Conference is scheduled for April 11-13 in Dallas Texas.  To register, visit the COABE website, www.coabe.org. The 2016 Florida Literacy Conference is scheduled for May 4-6 at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront.  To register, visit the FLC website.…

ACE Conference Tentative Agenda

We now have available a tentative conference schedule outlining the session presenters, times, dates and titles of their session.  This agenda will be updated as needed over the next week.  Please check back often for updates.  Please click the following link to open and download the agenda:  2014 CONFERENCE AGENDA

2014 ACE Conference News

A special session at this year’s conference will be “The OMB Omni Circular:  What You Need to Know to Administer a Federal Grant.”  Michael Brustein will lead this discussion on the full array of significant changes to all of federal grants management.  He will cover the new shift to performance metrics, risk assessment by the…

2014 ACE Conference Call for Presenters

ACE is proud to announce the dates for the 24th Annual ACE Conference.  Mark your calendar for October 6 – 8, and plan to join us at the Omni Orlando ChampionsGate, Orlando, for Florida’s premier face-to-face professional development training for adult educators. We are looking for innovative, interesting topics for our breakout sessions.  If you…

Final Bill Analysis of HB 851

  Florida House of Representatives final bill analysis of HB 851 Determination of Resident Status for Tuition Purposes “Eliminating the out-of-state block tuition for nonresident students in adult general education (AGE) programs to establish a uniform block tuition for all AGE students”.   “The bill repeals the out-of-state fee for nonresidents, thereby establishing uniform block…

ACE Board of Directors Election Results

Congratulations to the newly elected ACE Board of Directors.  This year the odd numbered district directors were up for election.   The following directors will begin their new term of office beginning July, 2014 – July 2016. District 1               Susan Winters, Escambia County District 3               Judy Johnson, Taylor County District 5               Suzy McDowell, Daytona State College…

2014 ACE Legislative Review

The following information is from the ACE Legislative Consultant, Jon Conley.  He has complied a summary of bills that passed during this year’s Legislative Session which pertain to education.  2014 Legislative Overview is rather lengthy, so click on the link to view.  This information will also be posted on the ACE of Florida Facebook page.…

Enrolled Bill List

Attached is a list of bills which passed that have been identified as having some impact on Adult Education. There may be additional bills which could be of interest or have employment ramifications, but these are the ones which directly reference statutes which we identified as pertaining to your programs. Please click Enrolled Bill List…