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…

ACE Legislative Update #1

The 2014 Legislative Session started Tuesday, March 4th.  Throughout this session, ACE of Florida, with the lobbying efforts of Jon Conley of Emergent Design and Development, will be bringing you updates and information on bills that impact adult education. For an update on the first week of session, please click on the following:  ACE LEGISLATIVE…

Regional EL-Civics Workshops

The Florida Department of Education, Division of Career and Adult Education, and ACE of Florida are pleased to announce the upcoming EL/Civics Regional Workshops entitled “Improving Listening and Speaking Skills While Learning Civics Content” scheduled for January, 2014.  Click the title for more information.

Best Practices Collaboration Round-up 2014

ACE of Florida’s leadership teams in ABE/GED, ESOL and Adult High School Credit welcome the opportunity for teams of professionals from organizations across the state to collaboratively work in helping to develop an overview of best practices in Florida’s adult education programs.  The goal is to bring adult education professionals representing the various adult education…