Maine Adult Education Association recognized Gov. Janet Mills Sept. 20 with the Champion of Adult Education Leadership Award, due to her leadership in addressing literacy, career, and other educational needs of adult learners in Maine.
Mills proclaimed Sept. 18-24, 2022 as Adult Education and Family Literacy Week in Maine to show her support and dedication to its citizens.
“I am honored to receive this award in recognition of my administration’s efforts to expand access to adult education in the state of Maine,” Mills said in a news release from the association. “Supporting lifelong learning gives families the skills they need to succeed, strengthening our workforce and our economy at the same time.”
Adult education provides numeracy, literacy, digital literacy, work readiness, soft skills, high school equivalency, and numerous wraparound services to thousands of Maine citizens.
Each year, just over 5,800 adults in the state of Maine are currently attending adult education classes in WIOA Title II funded programs. More than 53,000 adults in the state do not have a high school credential, and over 12,000 multilingual learners in need of services, according to the association.
“We appreciate Governor Mills’ unwavering support of adult education. She recognizes that with over 70 locations from Fort Kent to Kittery, adult education programs offer a gateway to opportunity for many Maine people,” said Jeremy Lehan, director of Regional School Unit 54/Maine School Administrative District 54 Adult and Community Education, and president of the Maine Adult Education Association.
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