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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION 

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY 

PROGRAM MEMORANDUM ─FY 2012─03 

TO: State Directors of Adult Education 

FROM: Brenda Dann-Messier 

RE: Estimated Adult Education State Award Allocations for 

 Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 

Attached are the estimated amounts each State will be awarded for FY 2012 under the Adult 

Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Investment Act. These 

funds will become available July 1, 2012. 

The second column of the attached table shows the estimated award amounts for the AEFLA 

State grant program. Section 211(a) of AEFLA requires 1.72 percent of the total FY 2012 

appropriation to be reserved for incentive grants for qualifying States. Additional funds are 

reserved by section 211(e) of AEFLA for a competition for Outlying Areas. The remaining 

funds are distributed to States using the formula described in section 211. 

Please note that the FY 2012 funds include a .189% across-the-board rescission, based on the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012.1 The Consolidated Appropriations Act also requires 

that an amount be made available for integrated English literacy and civics (EL/Civics) 

education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations; this amount is 

also affected by the rescission. As in past years for EL/Civics, the FY 2012 appropriations 

statute allocates 65 percent of EL/Civics funds to States based on a State’s absolute need. This is 

determined by calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of the United States 

Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent 

residence for the 10 most recent years. The appropriation statute also allocates 35 percent to 

States that experienced growth as measured by the average of the three most recent years for 

which the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for 

legal permanent residence are available. Every State is allocated a minimum of $60,000 for 

EL/Civics. The most recent year for which legal immigration data are available is 2010.

For State-specific information about the attached estimates, please contact your Area 

Coordinator in the Division of Adult Education and Literacy. 

Attachments 

 

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P.L. 112-74 
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act State Grants

Estimated State Award Amounts for FY 2012

STATE

State Grant:

FY 2012 Estimated

Award Amount

EL/Civics:

FY 2012

Estimated 

Award

Amount

Total FY 2012

Estimated

Award Amount

ALABAMA $9,579,239 $240,648 $9,819,887 

ALASKA $929,924 $107,857 $1,037,781 

ARIZONA $10,590,633 $1,321,765 $11,912,398 

ARKANSAS $5,676,617 $190,420 $5,867,037 

CALIFORNIA $74,427,797 $16,506,124 $90,933,921 

COLORADO $6,094,776 $860,625 $6,955,401 

CONNECTICUT $4,662,122 $900,821 $5,562,943 

DELAWARE $1,518,064 $150,161 $1,668,225 

FLORIDA $31,038,637 $8,014,070 $39,052,707 

GEORGIA $16,815,540 $1,755,573 $18,571,113 

HAWAII $1,659,543 $464,169 $2,123,712 

IDAHO $2,182,925 $179,156 $2,362,081 

ILLINOIS $18,640,584 $3,033,889 $21,674,473 

INDIANA $9,571,412 $536,663 $10,108,075 

IOWA $3,391,695 $288,163 $3,679,858 

KANSAS $3,422,191 $340,044 $3,762,235 

KENTUCKY $8,766,623 $339,920 $9,106,543 

LOUISIANA $9,055,340 $263,031 $9,318,371 

MAINE $1,741,358 $104,292 $1,845,650 

MARYLAND $7,888,511 $1,758,941 $9,647,452 

MASSACHUSETTS $8,099,621 $2,153,860 $10,253,481 

MICHIGAN $12,623,242 $1,341,874 $13,965,116 

MINNESOTA $5,085,523 $1,012,407 $6,097,930 

MISSISSIPPI $6,272,954 $107,246 $6,380,200 

MISSOURI $8,820,305 $507,770 $9,328,075 

MONTANA $1,242,934 $60,000 $1,302,934 

NEBRASKA $2,165,498 $259,463 $2,424,961 

NEVADA $4,943,602 $768,631 $5,712,233 

NEW HAMPSHIRE $1,523,454 $179,332 $1,702,786 

NEW JERSEY $11,890,448 $3,931,658 $15,822,106 

NEW MEXICO $3,966,322 $250,826 $4,217,148 

NEW YORK $32,579,394 $9,631,839 $42,211,233 

NORTH CAROLINA $16,510,505 $1,084,518 $17,595,023 

NORTH DAKOTA $959,829 $60,000 $1,019,829 

OHIO $15,288,148 $1,002,874 $16,291,022 
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act State Grants

Estimated State Award Amounts for FY 2012

STATE

State Grant:

FY 2012 Estimated

Award Amount

EL/Civics:

FY 2012

Estimated 

Award

Amount

Total FY 2012

Estimated

Award Amount

OKLAHOMA $5,897,105 $301,878 $6,198,983 

OREGON $5,009,468 $624,338 $5,633,806 

PENNSYLVANIA $16,983,158 $1,610,056 $18,593,214 

RHODE ISLAND $2,055,919 $261,809 $2,317,728 

SOUTH CAROLINA $8,400,669 $287,174 $8,687,843 

SOUTH DAKOTA $1,145,317 $63,075 $1,208,392 

TENNESSEE $11,581,647 $549,487 $12,131,134 

TEXAS $49,815,407 $6,139,529 $55,954,936 

UTAH $2,779,187 $390,706 $3,169,893 

VERMONT $875,060 $60,000 $935,060 

VIRGINIA $11,737,155 $1,995,018 $13,732,173 

WASHINGTON $7,915,685 $1,658,631 $9,574,316 

WEST VIRGINIA $3,831,120 $60,000 $3,891,120 

WISCONSIN $6,408,082 $479,705 $6,887,787 

WYOMING $751,008 $60,000 $811,008 

DISTRICT OF 

COLUMBIA $1,103,228 $195,777 $1,299,005 

PUERTO RICO $12,284,314 $262,721 $12,547,035 

VIRGIN ISLANDS $516,254 $0 $516,254 

AMERICAN SAMOA $247,297 $0 $247,297 

GUAM $434,542 $0 $434,542 

NORTHERN MARIANAS $359,594 $0 $359,594 

MARSHALL ISLAND $0 $0 $0 

MICRONESIA $0 $0 $0 

PALAU $22,878 $0 $22,878 

Subtotal $509,779,404 $74,708,534 $584,487,938 

Set-Asides

PREL Competitive 

Grants [Section 211(e)] $77,122 $0 $77,122 

Incentive Grants [Section 

211(a)(3)] $10,428,273 $0 $10,428,273 

TOTAL $520,284,799 $74,708,534 $594,993,333