The ultimate observation is that adult education is grossly underfunded. A few years ago, I was talking to a researcher who mentioned to me that the reason for this is that adult learners do not have political clout. Therefore, politicians are not inclined to increase funding for adult education. In fact, for politicians, spending money in adult education may not be very good. After all, some money goes to educate immigrants in ESL classes.
Immigrants are often the scapegoats of politicians and take the blame for everything.
I hope I don't get quoted on this. I would like to know how much per student per hour, and how many hours per week might be reasonable for students who are dyslexic to make good progress. I would like to compare that to the cost for students who do not have learning disabilities. I would like to know, if we were seriously setting about to address the problem of adult dyslexia, to help all adult dyslexic students who enroll in ABE programs, what we might expect would be the increase in cost. In K-12 education there are requirements that schools assess and have specific plans for meeting special needs, including physical disabilities and learning disabilities.