FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS

WHEREAS, the national figure on high school dropouts has reached alarming proportions; and

WHEREAS, the nation looks to public education to break the patterns of racial intolerance, unemployment, poverty and crime which afflict hundreds of thousands of Americans; and

WHEREAS, increasing maturity and the difficulties encountered in securing a good job without a high school diploma gives many "dropouts" a more positive attitude toward school, making them conscientious and apt students:

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers propose and support federal grants adequate to provide comprehensive adult education programs in all school districts but particularly in urban centers, where the problems resulting from ignorance and poor education are the most acute.