3.0.0 1998 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z Senate S S 2014-02-06 113 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2014-02-06T20:47:50Z 2014-02-06 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-02-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2014-02-06 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2014-02-06 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2014-03-06 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2014-03-27 False W000818 Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] John Walsh D MT E. 2014-06-18 False Native Americans Adult education and literacy Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Education programs funding Higher education Indian social and development programs Language arts Minority education Teaching, teachers, curricula Native Americans 00 2014-02-06 Introduced in Senate 2014-03-28T19:49:56Z Native Adult Education and Literacy Act of 2014 - Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to include Tribal Colleges or Universities as eligible providers of services under that Act.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to Tribal Colleges or Universities and Native Hawaiian educational organizations to develop and implement innovative, effective, and replicable programs designed to enhance life skills and transition individuals to employability and postsecondary education.

Requires grantees to have a multiyear strategy, including performance measures, for increasing the number of adult American Indians, Native Hawaiians, or Alaska Natives that attain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent.

Includes among the activities that may be funded by a grant:

  • adult education and literacy services, including workplace literacy services;
  • family literacy services;
  • English literacy programs, including limited English proficiency programs;
  • opportunities for American Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives to qualify for a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent; and
  • demonstration and research projects and professional development activities designed to develop and identify the most successful means of addressing the educational needs of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native adults.
]]> Native Adult Education and Literacy Act of 2014 Display Title Native Adult Education and Literacy Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced Native Adult Education and Literacy Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to reserve funds for American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Tribal College or University adult education and literacy. Introduced in Senate 2014-02-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1998is/xml/BILLS-113s1998is.xml 2014-02-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.