Purpose and Administration

PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION
ABE (Adult Basic Education) provides adults with a second chance:

To master basic skills necessary for functioning more effectively in society

To obtain the reading, writing and arithmetic skills needed to get or keep a job

To study in preparation for the GED or high school equivalency

To meet entrance requirements for vocational training courses and other higher education

To learn to help children with their schoolwork

To become wiser consumer and better citizens

Students pay nothing for instruction. The rationale is that many of the adults who need basic education the most can least afford to pay for it.
The State Department of Education's Office of Adult Basic Education administers the federal funds allocated to Idaho under the Adult Ed and Family Literacy Act, Title II of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), as well as the state ABE allocation. Under the WIA legislation and the State Plan for 1999-2004 each program applying for funds was asked to submit a five-year plan with continuation request and new budgets submitted annually.
More information may be obtained by contacting Dr. Shirley T. Spencer, (208) 332-6933 or e-mail stspence@sde.state.id.us
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