[wyomingabe] Hathaway.......what else?
- From: "Lisa Mixer" <Lmixer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "wyoming ABE list serve" <wyomingabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:18:19 -0600
Dear All,
I just spoke with our financial aid director. He said this process is very
dynamic and there will be changes in the near future to what we understand
today. Here is what he said.
The Hathaway law was intended to strengthen the high school's curriculum, thus
preparing HS students to be more successful in post secondary.There are
comments on the bill, page 17, that describes how the DOE will meet with the
governor and the joint education committee in October to discuss what
curriculum will challenge students in high school, keep them engaged in high
school, thus preparing the HS student for post secondary. Then, the home
schooler's situation became a topic of discussion for the bill committee and
how to include them, and then they had to consider if the law included home
schoolers, then the GED students became a population that had to be considered.
So, now an "emergency rules" document came out to allow 120 days for the field
to read the law and figure out how to implement it. Every college has a
representative on the committee to meet on June 29th to discuss the issues
surrounding implementation. So, I guess identify your committee member and
voice your concerns. Our financial person even brought up implications for GED
students that we didn't even think of. He said there is talk about kids
retaking the GED to get a higher score that would benefit him/her with the
scholarship. Anyway, that's what's goin on at Casper College today!!
Lisa
Lisa Mixer
ABE/GED Co-director
Literacy Volunteers of Casper Tutor Coordinator
125 College Drive
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-268-2453
307-268-3021 fax
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