Click here for the 2009 PEGASUS Application.

TO:                   Medium-Sized ABE Consortia (30,000 – 100,000 contact hours)

FROM:             The Literacy Minnesota PEGASUS Award Committee

RE:                   PEGASUS APPLICATION PROCESS    

Full Application due by: December 1, 2008

Attached is the application process for the eighth annual P-E-G-A-S-U-S award!

“Program of Excellence: Guaranteeing Adult Students Unlimited Success”

The award will recognize superior program quality and excellent adult student achievement in medium-sized ABE consortia this year.  Eligible programs include any Adult Basic Education consortium (funded by the Minnesota Department of Education) which had between 30,000 and 100,000 FY 2008 contact hours.  Please note that the previous mid-sized ABE consortium PEGASUS winner (Moorhead ABE) is not eligible for the award this year.  They will be re-eligible for the 2014 PEGASUS cycle.  According to MDE records, the eligible eleven ABE consortia this year include:

Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA-Virginia), Burnsville, Carver-Scott, Central (St. Cloud), Mankato, SW ABE (Marshall, Worthington, Jackson), Rosemount, Sabathani, Tri-Point Futures (Owatonna-Austin-Albert Lea), West (Monticello), Glacial Lakes Consortium (Willmar, Hutchinson)