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A MEMORIAL
DECLARING FEBRUARY 1, 2008 "ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY
DAY" AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WHEREAS, high levels of adult literacy and a prosperous
future go hand in hand; and
WHEREAS, more than forty percent of New Mexico's adults
have literacy issues that severely affect their lives and
those of their families, their ability to work productively
and their full participation as citizens and residents of the
state; and
WHEREAS, New Mexico's community colleges, universities
and volunteer and community-based organizations provided more
than one million three hundred thousand instructional hours of
basic skills and literacy services to more than thirty
thousand adults during the 2006-2007 program year, with the
result that one thousand eight hundred forty adult education
students received their GEDs, nine hundred sixty enrolled in
post-secondary education or training, eight hundred forty-two
entered employment and one thousand one hundred sixty-seven
retained employment; and
WHEREAS, the higher education department, the New Mexico
adult education association, New Mexico's adult basic
education programs and New Mexico's community-based and
nonprofit literacy organizations are jointly committed to