The CAEP Program Area report for 2020-21 is to be consortium certified by December 1, 2021.

The LAO zeroed in on is the CAEP Program Area Hours and Expenditure Report. Although the LAO was impressed with the self-reported data, there were some values reported that didn’t make sense or were incomplete. 

To that end, the CAEP Office has created the CAEP Member and Consortium Exceptions Report as a tool to assist members and consortia with improving the quality of their reporting of hours of instruction by program area, expenditures by program area and leveraged fund source expenditures. The report provides a summary of the report for each member, and totals for each consortium. The calculated cost per hour of instruction is provided for each program category. Statewide totals are provided on each page simply as a basis for comparison. For the guidance document that accompanies the exceptions report, click here.

The CAEP Office hope you can spend some time this month ensuring that the CAEP program area instructional hours and leveraged fund for 2020-21 reporting is accurate. Members must submit their 2020-21 data by December 1, 2021 and consortia must subsequently certify those submissions. For more information about this process, please see the CAEP Program Area Reporting for 2020-21 Memo.

The Quarter 1 expenditure report for 2021-22 is due for members on December 1, 2021. The consortium has until December 31, 2021 to certify the expenditure report. Prior to certification, consortia leads are to review the submitted expenditure reports and work with consortia to correct any inaccuracies. It is imperative that prior to certification, all reports are examined for accuracy and completeness. Below are some helpful tips:

If expenditures, by any object code, fall below target and you are prompted to complete a corrective action plan, include clear, concise, and actionable steps to meet the spending targets next quarter.

If you have questions or need assistance completing the above deliverables, please contact the CAEP Technical Assistance Project at tap@caladulted.org or (888) 827-2324.

California is expected to receive more than $40 billion in federal infrastructure funds over the next eight years—a higher amount than any other state, though relatively less than most other states on a per capita basis. The money can help repair and rebuild roads, ports, airports and bridges; boost public transportation and create a network of electric vehicle chargers; upgrade water infrastructure; expand high-speed internet; protect against climate change; and more. This investment is likely to spur economic activity across the state; it will also create new jobs in sectors that build and maintain the state’s infrastructure. Some of these jobs could promote economic mobility among workers with lower levels of education.

Access the full ETPL Policy and Procedures brief for more details.

CAEP TAP and OTAN invite California K-12 adult education agencies to participate in the Canvas program; we call it the California Distance Learning Cooperative (CDLC). Earlier in 2021, we launched a Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) pilot with 25 agencies and are now ready to expand by an additional 127 agencies to a total of 152 before the end of June 2022. Our vision would be to have all adult education agencies participating in the CDLC in the next 3 years. Our non-credit and credit community college partners already have 100% access to the Canvas LMS and this would further our efforts for alignment to post-secondary training.

Learn more about the benefits of using Canvas and explore an opportunity to join the CDLC.