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During the regular legislative session of 2010, governance for adult education programs was transferred from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS). This action is a result of a multiyear conversation within the education community concerning adult education's
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goals and better meeting Louisiana's current and future adult education needs. Louisiana Work Ready U is adding work readiness and employment to adult education goals of literacy and high school equivalency diplomas. Three basic ideas stem from this decision: 1. Place adult education with LCTCS whose core mission is workforce education, 2. Provide least educated
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citizens a path to work, and 3. Focus the state's limited adult education funds on more than 600,000 adults who do not have a high school equivalency diploma.
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Much of VITA's focus falls under these
guidelines, and the staff looks forward to the new partnership.
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