Adult Literacy and GED Classes In Georgia Face Huge Setback

Adult literacy classes throughout Georgia could face a big setback.
     The state senate will soon vote on a budget cut that could shut down adult literacy and GED classes for at least the next two months.
     Here are the details...
     If passed, the budget amendment would cut $1.8 million dollars from the program.
     That would result in a furlough of 246 adult literacy instructors throughout the state.
     95,000 students would not have a class to attend.
     That means Northwestern Technical college classes would be shut down in two weeks and instructors will be jobless.
     Hundreds of students currently enrolled would have no class to attend for the next two months. Instructor Marianne Weddle worries more about what her students will do if the classes shut down...
Marianne Weddle, Northwestern Technical College "most people that come through here have been through a lot of hard knocks, and, they look at this as their second chance. Sometimes, just to walk into the
classroom when they did took a lot of courage for them, and, I have concerns that, by not being here for them, we may lose this group of students."
     School administrators are down at the state capitol, trying to convince lawmakers to continue funding the program.