May 6, 2009
House Panel Backs Increased Aid to Adult-Education Programs
Washington
College officials and adult students, including a well-known country singer, argued for increases in federal funds for job training and adult education in a Congressional hearing on Tuesday. And the lawmakers appeared sympathetic to their pleas.
A House of Representatives education subcommittee held the session as Congress prepares to renew the Workforce Investment Act, which governs job-training grants to colleges. Members of the panel asked both the educators and the students
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