Adult Education Block Grant Program

Funding Description

The Adult Education Block Grant Program provides adult education funding to county offices of education, school districts, and regional consortia to support Assembly Bill 86 specified programs.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, other organizations or agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Maintenance of effort (MOE) funding is available to eligible county offices of education (COEs) and school districts based on 2012–13 General Fund expenditures on adult education programs. Remaining funds will be allocated to each consortium based on that adult education region’s share of the statewide need for adult education. All COEs and school districts must be a member of a consortium to receive funding.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Adult
Eligible Age Level(s)	Adult

Funding

Legal Authority	Section 76 of Assembly Bill 86 (Chapter 48, Statutes of 2013); Section 39 of Assembly Bill 104 (Chapter 13, Statutes of 2015); Budget Act Item 6870-201-0001
Source / Type	State / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2015-16
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	6391 / 8590
Total Available	$500,000,000
Recipient Amount	See allocation formula.
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Up to $375 million on MOE funding based on the amounts certified by eligible COEs and school districts by July 31, 2015. The remaining dollars are distributed to regional consortia.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	July 31, 2015

Additional Information

Application	Adult Education Expenditure Reporting Survey [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/ab86survey12.asp]
Background	Adult Education [http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ae/]
Fiscal	Adult Education Block Grant Program [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/adultedbg.asp]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Christian Nelson, 916-322-1849, CNelson@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Janet Finley, 916-323-5091, AB86adulted@cde.ca.gov
Division	School Fiscal Services Division, 916-322-2175 (phone), 916-327-7089 (fax)