PROGRAM MEMORANDUM 

TO: State Directors of Adult Education

FROM: Johan E. Uvin 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education

 

RE: Estimated Adult Education State Award Allocations for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2015

Attached are the estimated amounts each State will be awarded for FY 2015 under the Adult 

Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act. These funds will become available July 1, 2015.

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

State grant program, based on the formula described in section 211(c). Under section 211(e),

certain funds are reserved for a competition for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Republic of Palau.

The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 20151(2015 Appropriations Act) 

provides $497,516,000 for adult education formula grants to States. The Integrated English 

Literacy and Civics Education (EL/Civics) amount, which the 2015 Appropriations Act reserves 

for integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limitedEnglish-proficient populations is $71,439,000. As in past years for EL/Civics, the FY 2015

Appropriations Act 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 2015 Appropriations Act 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 2013.

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. 113-235
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act State Grants

Estimated State Award Amounts for FY 2015

STATE

State Grant: 

FY 2015

Estimated Award 

Amount

EL/Civics:

FY 2015

Estimated 

Award

Amount

Total FY 2015

Estimated

Award Amount

Alabama $8,947,459 $257,354 $9,204,813 

Alaska $936,373 $107,281 $1,043,654 

Arizona $10,576,472 $1,276,502 $11,852,974 

Arkansas $5,293,200 $189,825 $5,483,025 

California $74,773,455 $14,601,631 $89,375,086 

Colorado $5,913,845 $840,125 $6,753,970 

Connecticut $4,400,039 $866,064 $5,266,103 

Delaware $1,512,182 $153,638 $1,665,820 

Florida $30,645,415 $7,591,128 $38,236,543 

Georgia $16,547,037 $1,780,420 $18,327,457 

Hawaii $1,695,632 $460,510 $2,156,142 

Idaho $2,103,113 $166,443 $2,269,556 

Illinois $17,693,106 $2,768,698 $20,461,804 

Indiana $9,403,805 $533,791 $9,937,596 

Iowa $3,262,177 $286,502 $3,548,679 

Kansas $3,320,465 $331,066 $3,651,531 

Kentucky $8,103,315 $345,451 $8,448,766 

Louisiana $8,948,751 $273,443 $9,222,194 

Maine $1,562,338 $99,768 $1,662,106 

Maryland $7,475,831 $1,716,631 $9,192,462 

Massachusetts $7,931,720 $2,119,808 $10,051,528 

Michigan $12,373,128 $1,251,135 $13,624,263 

Minnesota $4,846,810 $932,399 $5,779,209 

Mississippi $6,058,766 $110,408 $6,169,174 

Missouri $8,235,545 $467,308 $8,702,853 

Montana $1,173,171 $60,000 $1,233,171 

Nebraska $2,134,043 $270,168 $2,404,211 

Nevada $4,972,200 $729,772 $5,701,972 

New Hampshire $1,450,550 $168,485 $1,619,035 

New Jersey $11,609,006 $3,705,300 $15,314,306 

New Mexico $3,953,649 $244,240 $4,197,889 

New York $32,263,029 $9,687,378 $41,950,407 
STATE

State Grant: 

FY 2015

Estimated Award 

Amount

EL/Civics:

FY 2015

Estimated 

Award

Amount

Total FY 2015

Estimated

Award Amount

North Carolina $16,182,340 $1,129,413 $17,311,753 

North Dakota $919,047 $63,695 $982,742 

Ohio $14,632,818 $963,779 $15,596,597 

Oklahoma $5,893,174 $305,969 $6,199,143 

Oregon $4,872,572 $546,818 $5,419,390 

Pennsylvania $16,304,615 $1,662,552 $17,967,167 

Rhode Island $1,903,628 $254,025 $2,157,653 

South Carolina $8,228,402 $289,045 $8,517,447 

South Dakota $1,099,533 $78,274 $1,177,807 

Tennessee $10,804,987 $570,323 $11,375,310 

Texas $50,066,203 $6,229,829 $56,296,032 

Utah $2,794,737 $390,690 $3,185,427 

Vermont $841,000 $60,000 $901,000 

Virginia $10,862,819 $1,933,766 $12,796,585 

Washington $7,953,151 $1,585,105 $9,538,256 

West Virginia $3,556,123 $60,000 $3,616,123 

Wisconsin $6,079,588 $440,196 $6,519,784 

Wyoming $750,795 $60,000 $810,795 

District of Columbia $1,078,026 $189,810 $1,267,836 

Puerto Rico $11,059,492 $233,039 $11,292,531 

Virgin Islands $456,656 $456,656 

American Samoa $219,746 $219,746 

Guam $422,258 $422,258 

Northern Marianas $318,663 $318,663 

Palau $16,678 $16,678

Subtotal $497,432,678 $71,439,000 $568,871,678

Set-Asides

Competitive Grants 

Under Section 211(e) $83,322 $83,322

TOTAL $497,516,000 $71,439,000 $568,955,000