Colleagues,

States (Governors), it is said, have more ability now to consolidate 
federal funding streams for adult education and literacy.  When people 
say this they often have in mind waivers, and perhaps other things.

I would be interested to learn about states that are trying to do this: 
to consolidate all adult education and literacy resources, and manage 
them out of one state agency : State K-12 Education, State Higher 
Education, State Labor, or State Workforce Development.

  Is there a state that has succeeded in doing this?  If so, which 
one(S) ?

Is this CONSOLIDATION a good idea or a bad idea? Why?

Are there other effective models of collaboration at the state level 
(e.g. a lead agency among several partner agencies setting standards, 
but no consolidation of funds)

What are the issues that states struggle with in trying to do this? For 
example, how do states that consolidate federal funding from different 
streams handle the complicated federal funding source reporting issues?

Although I think this would be an interesting online discussion, if you 
wish to respond privately, that would be fine, too.

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net