1.This Act may be cited as
the Adult Education and Economic
Growth Act of 2012
.
2.Congress finds the following:
(1)In order to
remain competitive in today’s global economy, the United States must reverse
the trend of underinvestment in adult education and workforce development and
empower its workforce through adequate resources and effective and innovative
educational and workforce programs. Since 1979, investments in adult education
and workforce development programs have declined in real terms by more than 70
percent.
(2)Current Federal
adult basic education programs serve less than 3,000,000 individuals a year.
Some States have experienced difficulties integrating adult education public
job training and career and technical education programs that could help these
individuals meet specific industry demand while advancing along a career
path.
(3)In 2007, more
than 25,000,000 adults ages 18 through 64 had no high school credential. Every
year, 1 in 3 young adults—more than 1,200,000 people—drop out of high
school.
(4)Employers need
highly skilled workers to be able to compete globally. Between 2004 and 2014,
24 of the 30 fastest-growing occupations are projected to demand workers with
some form of postsecondary education or training. Yet nearly half of the United
States workforce has a high school diploma or less.
(5)Technology and
globalization, coupled with the unfolding economic recession, are rendering
low-wage and low-skill workers particularly vulnerable. Unemployment is highest
among those without a college degree and has grown at a faster rate among this
group since the start of the economic recession in December 2007.
(6)According to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for individuals 25 and older
who have less than a high school diploma has risen from 7.5 percent in December
2007 to 15.9 percent in February 2011. The unemployment rate for high school
graduates with no college has increased from 4.6 percent to 10.7 percent in
February 2011. The unemployment rate for high school graduates with some
college experience or an associate degree has risen from 3.7 percent to 8.2
percent in February 2011.
(7)The United States
ranks 11th among OECD countries in percent of young adults with a high school
diploma—the only country in which younger adults are less educated than the
previous generation.
(8)In 2006,
18,400,000 adults spoke English less than very well
, according
to the United States Census Bureau (2006 American Community Survey). Of these
adults, 8,200,000 held no high school credential and 5,000,000 had completed
high school but were not college or job ready.
(9)Although
88,000,000 adults ages 18 to 64 have a high school diploma or less, or limited
English proficiency, funding for programs authorized under the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 for adults, dislocated workers, and youth declined by
about 12 percent between 2000 and 2007.
(10)According to the
National Commission on Adult Literacy, 1 in every 100 adults in the United
States 16 and older is in prison or jail in the United States. About 43 percent
do not have a high school diploma or its equivalent, and 56 percent have very
low literacy skills. Ninety-five percent of incarcerated individuals return to
our communities.
(11)In order to meet
the needs of the workforce, there must be a strong connection between the adult
education and workforce development system, in order to better meet the needs
of limited English proficient job seekers and those with basic skills
deficiencies. For example, in program year 2006, less than 1 percent of
individuals who exited the title I adult program under the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 were co-enrolled in adult education.
(12)Workforce
development programs, including adult education, throughout the Federal
Government and the States are not aligned well, limiting their capacity to
leverage resources, to provide full and appropriate access to services, and to
provide reliable and comparable data related to activities and outcomes across
the programs.
(13)In the current
economic climate, it is imperative that the United States invest in the
education, training, and development of all workers in the United States who
are unemployed or underemployed, to help fill the labor demands of the United
States so that they do not look elsewhere to find skilled workers.
3.The purposes of this Act are the
following:
(1)To increase
access substantially to adult education, literacy, and workplace skills
services for adults, including both incumbent workers and unemployed adults,
who have limited basic skills, lack a high school diploma or its equivalent, or
are limited English proficient.
(2)To create
seamless pathways from adult education and occupational skills development to
postsecondary education or training and workforce development programs and
services that help adult learners persist throughout the pipeline from the
lowest levels of basic literacy or English language proficiency to the
achievement of a level of proficiency that will enable the adult learner to
transition to and succeed in family-sustaining jobs in careers with the promise
of advancement.
(3)To develop an
adult education, literacy, and work skills system that coordinates and
integrates adult education, literacy, and workplace skills services with
workforce development and postsecondary education and job training
opportunities across agencies and programs.
(4)To greatly
improve outcomes for adults receiving adult education, literacy, and workplace
skills services in terms of learning gains, acquisition of basic workplace
skills, accelerated learning, acquisition of a high school diploma or its
equivalent, or transition to and success in postsecondary education, job
training, and family-sustaining jobs.
<enum>I</enum><header>Workforce
Investment Systems</header>
<section id="idBB15B32DC31740AEBCA07D211F949C6B"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58EEA290A3354B37A4B8F77551354492" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id903F2B0B72B24126AB3454AC469A860C"><enum>(54)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Integrated education and
training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>integrated education and training</term> means education that, at the
same time, combines adult education services and occupational skills training
for a specific occupation or occupational cluster leading to an
employer-recognized credential.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ed37c1075ba4f5886e5904f4292768b"><enum>(55)</enum><header>Sequential
education and training</header><text>The term <term>sequential education and
training</term> means adult education services that may occur prior to job
training or postsecondary education and are appropriate for adults who need
services offered, one after another, in a progressive fashion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe5676cf13bc84688a4828858909eacbb"><enum>(56)</enum><header>Career
pathway</header><text>The term <term>career pathway</term> means a system of
educational and social services connecting education, training, and support
services, including adult basic skills, English language instruction, GED
preparation, and noncredit and for-credit occupational certificate and degree
programs, to enable youth and adults to advance over time to successively
higher levels of education and employment in a given industry or occupational
sector and that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa9c5d3788348490fa315132a5f8aa947"><enum>(A)</enum><text>align adult
education, job training, postsecondary education, or occupational training to
create a pathway to attaining a recognized postsecondary education credential
that will qualify an individual for career advancement in projected employment
opportunities identified in the State plan under section 112;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa0d4979276ec4a8ca1d0e8b7a92b2e24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include advising
and career navigation to support the development of individual education and
career plans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID5e82895e393c4b7d8aa70ebf0ceeb3c3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>lead to a
secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent (for individuals who have
not completed secondary school), a postsecondary degree, a registered
apprenticeship or another recognized occupational certification, a certificate,
or a license in demand industries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA973A0C88EDB4E7E90F52FCA0DF1BDF7"><enum>(57)</enum><header>Workplace
skills</header><text>The term <term>workplace skills</term> means the
combination of basic skills, critical thinking skills, and self management
skills with competency in utilizing resources, using information, working with
others, understanding systems, working with technology, and other skills
necessary for success in the workplace.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID4a7d745988994b8a873e5ab48528da34"><enum>(58)</enum><header>Registered
apprenticeship program</header><text>The term <term>registered apprenticeship
program</term> means an industry skills training program at the postsecondary
level that combines technical and theoretical training through structured
on-the-job learning with related instruction (in classrooms or through distance
learning) while an individual is employed, working under the direction of
qualified personnel or a mentor, and earning incremental wage increases aligned
to enhanced job proficiency, resulting in the acquisition of a nationally
recognized and portable certificate, under a plan approved by the Office of
Apprenticeship or a State agency recognized by the Department of
Labor.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idF67FC5474CEF4231821073057D5F7E40"><enum>102.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106 of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811) is amended by inserting <quote>adult education
and</quote> before <quote>workforce investment systems</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id1B8C2A8745CC407CA374D1FB62B30691"><enum>103.</enum><header>State
workforce investment boards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111 of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2821) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3A33A472CB4D4714859838D09B0F4F0A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)(C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4B35B4ECF2C14E34808ED18A10DBD377"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause
(vi)(II), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B9F4F6C34504EEDB71D1445DDBFAC83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (vii) as clause (viii); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6C7800BBBC644B74BAC9BBEE64E68E11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (vi) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4B6C1255D8D43B699B8B5A95DD585CA" style="OLC">
<clause id="idD5B9E9D6B28940B49E73DE83B7DD8B76"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the lead State
agency officials with responsibilities for the programs and activities carried
out under title II; and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB5066977CC5C4D3DBC10BE16CDF7228B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2), by inserting
<quote>adult education and</quote> before <quote>workforce investment
system</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id49A2191B0316475C8C1003DF4D17B905"><enum>104.</enum><header>State
plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 112 of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2822) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF707FE516A664A87A3775C73DF093C90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by inserting <quote>and aligns with the State plan described in section
224</quote> before the period at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB60C168B92AF441A95BCFDD3975EDE6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id66D75E9FF8284C0DA4B500214E19EF27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<clause id="idB9887667355F4DCE910A5AEFF4418B01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>academic levels and</quote> before
<quote>job skills</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id08D1FDB0320A4A1DBB6573C495320321"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6F9D2B6031744EE5AEB4AF772E946D8C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>State;</quote> and inserting <quote>State, including
education, training, and registered apprenticeship programs and their
relationship to such career opportunities and skills and economic development
needs; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB7D0F95ACBBE4720BA0C1260837F30AF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id289FD739E7DA4DA3B490DB7D2F56654D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID0669bff307574994a105db99d3e491dd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the integrated
education and training and sequential education and training activities that
will be integrated and aligned with workforce programs and services under this
title, and the State’s efforts to promote greater integration and alignment of
adult education and workforce programs and services under this
title;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfa4100154f0348ea9e52c0d08b86b4ce"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(8)—</text>
<clause id="IDa899122b78e7487ab467b65a74ce6232"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)(x), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf64efa6a3aeb4f6e8d12d5e37393757c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking the semicolon and inserting <quote>, including
performance on the core indicators described in section 212; and</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID575527b0302347f38cb17c361cb13ebd"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E5B5ED347644B82AE8D316DE6216C4E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id26A5FB1285C44680ACBA73133A2E3B47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of
any integrated data systems used to track performance outcomes over time for
the participants in the programs and activities described in subparagraph
(A);</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE348B7EC4EA4D15B2E47B1857383D84"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by striking <quote>businesses and representatives of labor
organizations</quote> and inserting <quote>businesses, representatives of labor
organizations, and representatives of education and training (including adult
education providers, postsecondary education providers, and training
providers)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB04DF703EFAE4CE7963E689BC4EDCC14"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(17)—</text>
<clause id="idC4C986730ADC40FF88A3A54ECD646793"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)(iv), by adding <quote>, including individuals receiving
services under title II</quote> after <quote>disabilities)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3FE4F16DFB4B42B090B5165B43340A98"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id64B0372B138646D6839F70901735DB62"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph
(18)(D), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62986677FA4A4471BEA2C819D9E32F60"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63D0F272541749AD96CFA15BE93617C7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDc42b6a4ac9c34e14b2de36569302aed6"><enum>(19)</enum><text>a strategy for
coordinating services to populations in need of such services, including
guidance, counseling, mentoring, and other supports through public and private
partnerships and creating transition strategies with such elements as dual
enrollment, curricular articulation, and high intensity instruction; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idABB8AF7330B84CFD938054C9AFEE5F01"><enum>(20)</enum><text>an assurance
that every region, as defined by the State, in the State has at least 1 adult
education program that offers more than 1 option for earning a credential with
value in the local market to students who do not yet have a high school diploma
or GED and who are unlikely to earn a diploma or GED in the short-term, which
option may include partnering with a community college or job training provider
and may include getting a GED in the
process.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB94AC1EF0D594FFAB11C23779008DE58"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0400C417E8CC4AEB91F211F645337CB2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id2479E24658AD4764B61B835C75675B1D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Program
development period</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, a State may be eligible to receive an allotment under section 127 or
132, or to receive financial assistance under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C.
49 et seq.), before the State submits a single State plan under this section if
the State is in a 1-year program development
period.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idE91AE8F2333D4837A92C205DE6C4B336"><enum>105.</enum><header>Local
workforce investment boards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 117(h)(2)(A) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2832(h)(2)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7DFAB5AF78BB430C8885F258F5C14580"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (v), by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF2F51DD0B3A44C4B9FDA0F724A3AE652"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (vi), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10A487B89E2F4F9E8DB29AE9CD351C58" style="OLC">
<clause id="idC4640780866C4DC38BDB9F9CE7F98F6E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>representatives
of adult education;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id4B72EC2B337D46FFA33BBE2EE0BB0051"><enum>106.</enum><header>Local
plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 118(b)(1) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2833(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idBB6684222AF14B63B6537B95186D6C11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe575bb10c60d4b07954a7e66276b7f48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by inserting <quote>academic competencies and</quote> before <quote>job
skills</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa9d0bb3cb9d041159dacd4bd790bb0fb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC991EB2A155C4FC4AF5A1864BC27DAF3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDa660951dc1d74e65ab2f51e96b308001"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the type and
availability of workforce investment activities in the local area, including
education, training, and registered apprenticeship programs and their
relationship to such business, job seeker, and worker needs, employment
opportunities, and economic development needs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID84104bfe2b5c45bab00a13c94dffafc9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the integrated
education and training and sequential education and training activities that
will be carried out under this title or title II and the alignment of those
activities.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id2291B9DAE0C44DD9B969B2B56EA3E01E"><enum>107.</enum><header>Use of funds
for youth activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
129 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2854) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE4FD5934DAB5477AA7922BAB441EFD38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id83D3BDC7C1DA4503AA190E7BA16D2C43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3CD9EA58AB8944B2A840B1765D5DF169"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3E09B997F0AA4A65957AC26633B3C9E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8F9B389B2CB4993B0E2FEB1F79AEED2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id1D9332754FFA48BD9B09982BCD970C68"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to provide
opportunities for multiple pathways for eligible
youth.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9311960CE2014C7C9D390025893D4561"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1)(C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3775D573E8474E4D8BFC630AA560BE4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34E6A5F2D2E14C9B92818180883E73B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause
(iv)(II), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9E36373F13A944A683A03C765C6AB2D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23F806C0796746A1878086DF7EE07E6D" style="OLC">
<clause id="idC830AC876CB04D0FA7D421B5EA7B495C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>opportunities for
career pathways; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id76B0964ACB4F4A41B53ED287D4A30FD4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>for the
completion of secondary school, in appropriate
cases.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idA117351BC5504FF889EFFAFD4B2A78E9"><enum>108.</enum><header>Use of funds
for employment and training activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 134(d) of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idDE467A8F229B4D9392326DB7C93B7A4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A)(i)(I), by striking <quote>and are unable to obtain employment through
core services provided under paragraph (2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1BE7C9047F4D4B35B5CEA87C456079FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7009EB0577F8407BA90B10CB4EDC7A28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i), by striking <quote>and who are unable to obtain or retain employment
through such services</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id228D99ABF1E34F6497998E15E41F909A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D)—</text>
<clause id="idF00808D4F0884994BA97461BF8B17DC9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (viii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2914A7C85D7E437688B13D133356E637"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (ix), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="IDbe7338be4f114ebcb1be647b0d10d58e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3909EE506E9942958A6958093F8435CC" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" id="ID0c69e5dae2954725a115adaf50e9252f"><enum>(x)</enum><text>integration of
adult education and training.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDbd33cccfb96348cb8a502208134c8c94"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G)(ii)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="IDc18fdea22b0c45ffb3de5e4258fd825a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subclause
(II), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="IDbe31bbff184a43929bf8c9d0b4644968"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause
(III), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="IDcd3603538a1e4ac4940e59c37d6ae57c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id796C5A56A37941C3A02EBF6AECFAAC30" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id1BD0251B00334695AC425D1755FCD3A7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the local board
determines that it would facilitate the training of multiple individuals in
high-demand occupations; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F784BEFD5FD4C6B8873960F3E421F40"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the local board
determines that it would facilitate the provision of integrated education and
training and sequential education and training
programs.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7EF4D59B66F542BA9692DBDC5D4ECF7A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9262747103F4A5DAA4385ECC7ABD7F7" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id5E475F8A2F1F47B497453E51414C9A41"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization
of contracts to institutions of higher education</header><text>The local board
may award a contract to an institution of higher education or other eligible
training provider, including an adult education provider, if the local board
determines that it would facilitate the training of multiple individuals in
high-demand occupations, if such contract does not limit consumer
choice.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idC3E8F871AA8A48A2AEC6E435A08247CD"><enum>109.</enum><header>Performance
accountability system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
136(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2871(b)(2)(A))
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5554C1DB58F341E187F9034A3A0A8780"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause
(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2358B5516E0A4865BB17F2EC1B608F49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>and (for participants who are
eligible youth age 19 through 21) for youth activities authorized under section
129</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFABA7CA37D264035B7A93C491FC51CF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause
(IV)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id6E4699044B474CCF860703DD690EC4C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and performance on the core indicators described in section 212, as
appropriate</quote> after <quote>recognized equivalent</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4186C6056814411097F902613E2BFFC7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>, or by participants who are eligible youth age 19 through 21
who enter postsecondary education, advanced training, or unsubsidized
employment</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id824C0057F7984871B2CD665306ED8C27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB35DD6FD31834417A9094B6F9114C21E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>(for participants who are eligible
youth age 14 through 18)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA75F567399E2439FB76FE48DDA06E59D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
by striking <quote>and, as appropriate, work readiness or occupational
skills</quote> and inserting <quote>, workplace skills, or occupation skills,
as appropriate</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE753EDBC6284ADFBD99005D274746F8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subclause
(II), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBD6D8E2EC58D4F1D8417DB3AAE9BB12A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subclause
(III), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id715AE37BA94C49259A4D92159EB14C93"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC8A1C052020453983A9D0EECFE70EAC" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id70454FB959354D88A2BEE1FF0054BCEE"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>performance on
measures described in subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause (i) by youth 18
years of age and
older.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idD4316DCB15D94DD79CDB84883EB9F9D9"><enum>110.</enum><header>Demonstration
and pilot projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
171(b)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916(b)(1)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idACBD5788BD444979A1C4E338C41E0199"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC68586F31A4D4779B639EF08BD6A9D49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD61FC4F6D7E04ECDA0DA330C5D1B40DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF9EBD99561E46C0B337ECA501A53292" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID82e59f0378f5434484c7631e545f26c4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>projects that
assist low skill and limited English proficient workers to acquire the basic,
English, work readiness, and applied technical or occupational skills through
integrated education and training and sequential education and training
programs to successfully transition to postsecondary education, workforce
development, and employment in career pathways; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID741052e171c649608e662b3fb78c2e40"><enum>(J)</enum><text>projects that
test effective ways to develop comprehensive career pathways learning
approaches that fully align adult education with secondary education,
postsecondary education, including registered apprenticeship programs,
workforce development, and supportive service activities, and with regional
economic development strategies to meet the skill needs of existing and
emerging regional employers as well as the needs of low skilled adults, helping
adults, especially those who are low skilled, to advance through progressive
levels of education and training as quickly as possible and gain education and
workplace skills of demonstrated value to the labor market at each
level.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Adult Education,
Literacy, and Workplace Skills</header>
<section id="id817E7E065E0444808C686906D0F3D2D0"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202 of the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9201) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB75B291A809341EB909597E8EC8A99A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2D4EFC6FAEA4E9D806E058ECAA44ADD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id156F821E0AB94312854B34B52B491BD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist adults to
become literate and numerate and to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary
to transition to and succeed in postsecondary education, job training, and
employment in family-sustaining jobs, and to be self
sufficient</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id22C3CB7F64C84E2FB1C58F2C84778F4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id16A8EDBB46FC4AF080680B121B7D41B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6167D4BA767C4E55843C878D1F2C43C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and transition to postsecondary education and career pathways</quote>
after <quote>education</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD1C4C986C2804280AA0DEBC85AE5C9BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id75A9E9D1DA7B474F90CF6B7F3DB29639"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CB5A62886404C81BE99442EAA633ED0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID5736caeae2774b73a49f3538e7a8ec80"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assist adults
with limited English proficiency in—</text>
<subparagraph id="id06CC9DC6A68A48AA80CB037F066705B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improving their
reading, writing, speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in English and
mathematical skills;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id509AFEF696814BCA900EE0D5CE9008B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>acquiring an
understanding of the American system of Government, individual freedom, and the
responsibilities of citizenship; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id879519447EBD4EBFB85855C45E796CB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>where necessary,
obtaining the knowledge and skills to transition to and succeed in
postsecondary education, job training, and employment in family-sustaining
jobs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id6C6F00AFD74247E59EA81E15A0CE42DB"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="id7C34AF9A3E56459D96117F7941304125"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203 of the
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9202) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2C7BD2D1BB2B426F9BFD9629476245E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5),
(6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), and (18),
as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (15), (16), (17),
(18), (19), (20), and (21), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8EB10ED4538E4F41884EC9AC857533A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE56D2F9DC4D45DCBDF835DBBAEFA97D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id0AF8342C9B724D61BF958A46E83CFF17"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Career
pathway</header><text>The term <term>career pathway</term> has the meaning
given the term in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE00FE872E0C64BD5A3A9A26202E4230C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
as redesignated by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id754BBA03B81048C3830945C148F0B464"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>an organization that has
demonstrated effectiveness in providing adult education, literacy, and
workplace skills activities that may include</quote> after
<quote>means</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6EBE534D4C444B20AC6207AE30EF59B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>of demonstrated effectiveness</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id56D9F0298D8545FAB2FE5A9EF117DC1F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>of demonstrated effectiveness</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEE84867C9CE34F83987F7B2A50A51D2A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0BBD37800728436296E1E0EBA308B8FD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(I), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF47D4F9AA9DF42B08317D1A2FC6C3BBE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB691ED769A4A435DAFC0F9A8F02441E1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id0BD2B76360A64D56A68F63EB2B6E24CE"><enum>(J)</enum><text>a partnership
between an entity described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (I) and an
employer.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id19269DC1E3A445FE9200FF95553841EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
as redesignated by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id48E863CE727D460C9A2ADD7EA8DDF264"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="idBCCF63E85B05400A8F41DC0D650B687B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>the economic prospects for</quote> after <quote>sustainable
changes in</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id50B3179B23E94E82A79E51CF2E05B4B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and that better enable parents to support their children's
learning needs</quote> after <quote>a family</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2C33EFEC56FF486199A08ED1D4ED160B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) through (D) as subparagraphs (B) through (E), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08B45A98B10E458FBB1FB9685ECF2FD3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
before subparagraph (B), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEDCBDA8FDC44C40843D51582C1BACC2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id951D53428FB1437E97AF2B4D54E0CDFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Parent adult
education, literacy, and workplace skills activities that lead to readiness for
postsecondary education or training, career advancement, and economic
self-sufficiency.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id62B0FD9F8B0F4418BD01D006EE9824C3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (12), as redesignated by paragraph (1), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2247B1D72B194463977BB34713F2F1E9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idFD02927BC6E04662A1642B3FF78DBAD7"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Integrated
education and training and sequential education and training</header><text>The
terms <term>integrated education and training</term> and <term>sequential
education and training</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 101
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id68B67F6BB0404A90A2117695BDB1C228"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Integrated
English literacy and civics education program</header><text>The term
<term>integrated English literacy and civics education program</term> means
programs of instruction designed to help an individual of limited English
proficiency achieve competence in English through contextualized instruction on
the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, naturalization procedures,
civic participation, and United States history and Government to help such an
individual acquire the skills and knowledge to become an active and informed
parent, worker, and community member.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1EBEEC993D0246118084F98CB05F55DC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE647088737C04FF295462F4AAC80F0B0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB6E211559C3A4EBEA867A0D34BC51654"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Workplace
skills</header><text>The term <term>workplace skills</term> has the meaning
given the term in section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDFA4E3355FF7436285E67C1B5B5EC3F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 173A(b)(8) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a(b)(8)) is amended by striking <quote>section 203(10) of
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9202(10))</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 203(11) of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
(20 U.S.C. 9202(11))</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idBD0809A584E84F38B81EE4A3AAFDC34F"><enum>203.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205
of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9204) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id390E578E10B34124AEF161E13461078A" style="OLC">
<section id="id1AFC126422454E9DB5337BF967B773DA"><enum>205.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $850,000,000 for fiscal
year 2013 and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal
year.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idA23D8CC6B6AD4662B587ABBC116FE09D"><enum>204.</enum><header>Reservation of
funds; grants to eligible agencies; allotments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211(a) of the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9211(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id89B225C0736645D580EF0533B71A6C14"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>$8,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDA630D2E89724AE695D630801E6AB994"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFF6BDBC1D883460FA866EA0414FC0923"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>1.5 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>1.25 percent</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5941847A27674DB5976287A5257281AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$8,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$12,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF7873F5DC7A044FC8070E752D9F2D6CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6B1A93A0418742F2B09D751BF875AE65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0BCC1BB42D17425BA6B9D01EB901EF18"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8219EEF9B0CF48DCAFE82C5A77D05207" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idD05EB666FD654AD6A6F111E0E7E7E5F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall reserve 12
percent to carry out section 244.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idF6C9DEB2FE044C3186C4877BA99854A7"><enum>205.</enum><header>Performance
accountability system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
212(b) of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9212(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id83716320A3C34EDCB5900D9BCAA8C8F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id49FA257F046E4D0CB0662D435D8F1575"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
inserting <quote>and the employment performance indicator described in
paragraph (2)(B)</quote> after <quote>paragraph (2)(A)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8FB0B29C2A1C43E3B7347C166BE92C21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(2)(C)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id689D1D242BD441808DFBBBF24A25DD34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAE2A011042BC40A8B46CA4376A703C0D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="idDA3852EE0AE349A8BD6DEF9735C59BF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (ii), by striking <quote>in, retention in</quote> and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting <quote>in postsecondary education,
including registered apprenticeship, or other skill training programs.</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id76045676D0DA45D7B1EF57833FC1CC9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4179DBE7FEC4244B951F2F1FD15C889" style="OLC">
<clause id="idCF8930E1F4164301BE4105C6B562C8D0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Attainment of
work readiness, workplace skills, and certificates that are nationally or
industry recognized or approved by the State board or local board, as
appropriate.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4EF240688A5F4EFA8086178BB7DE76DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id091B1E1B26764CFFB6D88F6C0CF987F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE951E7132DD94242A65162D3F721AEF2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id8044D2B4C6B04BC5A827B00BD1966F6B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Employment
performance indicator</header><text>Consistent with applicable Federal and
State privacy laws—</text>
<clause id="idB956852CAAED4082977F47D8DBC52F6A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an eligible
agency shall identify in the State plan an individual participant employment
performance indicator, which shall be entry into employment, retention, and
earnings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB2D311E3630D49F886B06A55CE9EB928"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State agency
responsible for maintaining and analyzing the data described in clause (i)
shall assist the eligible agency in obtaining and using quarterly wage records
to collect such data.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6A11E44FAC3741B7A937F44CFBCAA1F9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Technology
literacy indicator</header><text>Beginning in 2013, an eligible agency shall
include a technology literacy indicator in its performance
measure.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idABFF8FA3400B4C11962FB1EE966D1E8B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (D), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C80D40D30B141FD8D3577444EFB031A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id55B1E9D5416D41A6A7F34AE32D521D59"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Additional
indicators</header><text>An eligible agency may identify in the State plan
additional indicators, including customer feedback, for adult education,
literacy, and workplace skills activities authorized under this
subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBC09849A5FF74425961FF782C8D1EDD9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id02081EDC83514F559E8B6DD824D3CA34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">and
employment performance indicator</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">indicators</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ED3A654B89E42F18A5182F28FBFC3A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraph (2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)(C) and for
the employment performance indicator described in paragraph
(2)(B)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idE902A322B13A433B95BA249C15C04B26"><enum>206.</enum><header>State
distribution of funds; matching requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 222(a) of the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9222(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id24B06395B6AF447C8D80AAAED2A1D857"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFB3CCBDB99FE4899A09A2BB7A5795A20"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>not more than 10</quote>
and inserting <quote>not less than 10</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFB7BC211EAF74EEDADD5D42A6D5685EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>82.5 percent</quote> both places the term appears and inserting
<quote>80 percent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC45D61B1BDFF4E7B8533A7707DA8176A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>12.5
percent</quote> and inserting <quote>15 percent</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idFF9C22BFCF3147EFB17271537BAC6A52"><enum>207.</enum><header>State
leadership activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
223(a) of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9223(a)) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB64A03DD9FC545AB8DCC1C1BF0044468" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idC63E3D92A86A4E639CD8BDD9FA9A4BB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Activities</header>
<paragraph id="idDC944DD9518C497C8100ABBE1E660536"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Required
activities</header><text>Each eligible agency shall use funds made available
under section 222(a)(2) for the following adult education, literacy, and work
readiness skills activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID254222A17C1F4234873DFE82CD74CC7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The establishment
or operation of professional development programs to improve the quality of
instruction provided pursuant to local activities required under section
231(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3e0aad3abdea4c2a97637fa1475ece2f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The provision of
technical assistance to eligible providers of adult education, literacy, and
workplace skills activities to enable them to fulfill the purpose of this
title, as described in section 202.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID82e25bb7ff034bbbb3383a92851359e0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The monitoring
and evaluation of adult education and related activities to determine what
works and broadly disseminate information about models and best practices and
tools within the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3efa67df64e44151a7ff1b20cd44db3c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The provision of
technology assistance, including staff training, to eligible providers of adult
education, literacy, and workplace skills activities to enable the eligible
providers to improve the quality of such activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4df421f7e57a4e7fa3565f53b6b173fb"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Coordination with
the workforce investment systems supported under title I.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBB4C8BD469854EFDA8A84AA9134065CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permissible
activities</header><text>Each eligible agency may use funds made available
under section 222(a)(2) for 1 or more of the following adult education,
literacy, and workplace skills activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9ea352dc7fa44a5a99c096edc0d5ff39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The support for
State or regional networks of literacy resource centers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID854d0b2a95d74a898463b8c60e9ad6ba"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Incentives for
program coordination and integration, and performance awards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3d2005a1328544a9a5d36cddfbf11fe3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Developing and
disseminating curricula for postsecondary and job training readiness, including
curricula for using technology for distance learning and for instructional and
teacher training purposes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDeff50cfaa61f4fbf8e280074dc14786a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Coordination with
existing support services, such as transportation, child care, and other
assistance designed to increase rates of enrollment in, and successful
completion of, adult education, literacy, and workplace skills activities, to
adults enrolled in such activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd8a6ccec1bdc4bf989ffda73f8387b90"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Developing
innovative content and models for integrated education and training and
sequential education and training programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb43fdcd18512408fbebdd63793a3ee32"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Developing
innovative content and models to foster the transition to and success in
postsecondary education and career pathways.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf523ab2d903d4ba694a43597fcaad40d"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Linkages with
postsecondary educational institutions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID28e414c7714a41a1a583d82c49fc10f9"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Linkages with
community-based organizations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2835F97F2D7440A098C17441E1CB77D9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Support for
recruitment and outreach for instructors, students, and
employers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id831E8B53F00B4D7E915A8FD95137A762"><enum>208.</enum><header>State
plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 224 of the Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9224) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7F5345201920410E9B6D19395C87319B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD0CB6257B8CF494EAB716A6A52F57F55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11AF8EE439AD4EEFAEBAD4265CB5B778"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B6E4B2DE916431BBCF0C5EF18347D06" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id71AE5E7AA3B84B34937F5CFDA7AC18AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program
development period</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, an eligible agency may be eligible to receive a grant under this title
before submission of a 5-year State plan under this section if the eligible
agency is in a 1-year program development period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id364624BC09CE486FA7926CCFD436D707"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Stakeholder
involvement</header><text>The 5-year State plan shall be comprehensive in
nature and developed and monitored by a planning group of all stakeholders in
the State’s adult education and workforce development system. The stakeholders
shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE066E9396D354C2B88F7437787F287DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the agencies
responsible for—</text>
<clause id="idFA89C8EE5F7349449A190D377885AE3C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State’s
programs under this title and title I;</text>
</clause><clause id="id89B1252937034D9892D9E5DB7E0B6E82"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State
program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
601 et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="id320EBBAA706B456EACE04F06A5636AD7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>overseeing
community colleges;</text>
</clause><clause id="id935710C4F4594FCB9338162250E3881E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>elementary and
secondary education;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4F930CAEE55D4F1C98FCF6CC8697D831"><enum>(v)</enum><text>corrections;</text>
</clause><clause id="idFD88D79C330048CFA6BD35FFDA13738B"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>economic
development;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9E3DC9540F1D4819802262993D2ECA51"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>family
literacy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB0EFF156287B430C91C058B241376C47"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>special
services to immigrants; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43EB573FAE5C461C8EA50BC1BB9C5ED1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>representatives
of business and
labor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCA0F9E1EE0194D5CA76FB9D27369675B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC1B67318EC57468CAFB2BDCE42D5124F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (10) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id979EBEAAF9B3491881296B7CA7BA17FD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idA1BD87547B17453487509EEF517CF113"><enum>(10)</enum><text>a description
and strategy of how the eligible agency will develop program strategies and
coordinate services, including guidance, counseling, mentoring, and other
supports through public and private partnerships and creating transition
strategies with such elements as dual enrollment, curricular articulation, and
high intensity instruction, for populations that include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDed914965415b488ba4f2c3859271bca9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>low-income
students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0a45d7e03ae84451a0bd6dcb999ed9a3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>individuals with
disabilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2777d1f07b974c44a0f6a605cb872b28"><enum>(C)</enum><text>single parents
and displaced homemakers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf1c32c18526047fa95d873f35c59468b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>individuals with
multiple barriers to educational enhancement, including individuals with
limited English
proficiency;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99939E619B444E59BCC8D2BFC407DD2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE91D8DCB00B4BEDA61E4A1EC0247E07"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(12), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6854972B5ABA4712AC53D36C33748FCE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id071946D3F64343409F7F590DD01935E0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDba34cdfd9d5b4ecaaf69348f1884b1c5"><enum>(13)</enum><text>a description of
the knowledge and skills necessary for acceptance in postsecondary education
and training;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C8BF5884DFB4DAC8D3403AE0AE275FF"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assurance that every region, as defined
by the eligible agency, served by the eligible agency has at least 1 adult
education program that offers more than 1 option for earning a credential with
value in the local market to students who do not yet have a high school diploma
or GED and who are unlikely to earn a diploma or GED in the short-term, which
option may include partnering with a community college or job training provider
and may include getting a GED in the process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c99dc4c0efa4d28883fd631f9f1847d"><enum>(15)</enum><text>a description of
any certification or other requirements for instructors in eligible adult
education, literacy, and workplace skills program providers in the
State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6eb512b9c2a6429881b7546ae56ee297"><enum>(16)</enum><text>a description of
the professional development needs of adult education, literacy, and workplace
skills providers in the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2fdf3b351f134e76b931d0978ba25fad"><enum>(17)</enum><text>a description of
how the State will—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4343BDB4FCD248C59070EFDA57A825F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use technology to
improve the quality of adult education, literacy, and workplace skills
services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC7CA6F89355641529A56FD10B7E0C10E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expand access to
such services for workers and students;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6FA37BD93ED74DADAC83A4205329B9D6"><enum>(18)</enum><text>a description of
how the State will carry out programs described in section 244;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF2BBA3C6E37F4D7F9A3D4DD37E0CEDD2"><enum>(19)</enum><text>a description of
the data system that the State will use to track over time student outcomes on
the performance measures described in section 212;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID23208b1a373e42e29e3637b4d6040e61"><enum>(20)</enum><text>a description of
the State’s program to invest in the skills of workers, including plans for
involving business as an active partner in the effort; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9e6691b6e35144b49eb074dff4800974"><enum>(21)</enum><text>a description of
how the adult education programs will be integrated with occupational skills
programs and aligned with postsecondary education, career, and technical
education, workforce development programs, and other Federal funds available
under title I and other relevant Federal
programs.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3BC1561AA7CD44288A89AD011F9BE696"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68DAF8B1561F40BD8768D61576835350" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H01B8427ED88D47FF00963E544EBD00BA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Peer review and
plan approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE801B96549114ABBB3220562CB357EA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish a peer
review process to assist in the review and approval of State plans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF88E76A19FB4BB3A8CBCF8EEB7300E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in consultation
with the National Center for Adult Education, Literacy, and Workplace Skills,
appoint individuals, representing the range of stakeholders, to the peer-review
process, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H826891F79C98489387D590713CDA3749"><enum>(A)</enum><text>representatives of
adult learners, adult education, literacy, and workplace skills providers,
eligible agencies, State educational agencies, institutions of higher
education, representatives of local or State workforce investment boards;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25BF9D5A6C554E049CF66546CC933632"><enum>(B)</enum><text>experts in the
fields of adult education, literacy, and workplace skills;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48B5893A18F2481BB72D45A1775216AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approve a State plan within 120 days after
receiving the plan, unless the Secretary makes a written determination, within
30 days after receiving the plan, that the plan does not meet the requirements
of this section or is inconsistent with specific provisions of this subtitle;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H927C501BFDB64B78998576D9994F8FE9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not finally disapprove of a State plan
before offering the eligible agency the opportunity, prior to the expiration of
the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the eligible agency received
the written determination described in paragraph (3), to revise the plan, and
providing technical assistance in order to assist the eligible agency in
meeting the requirements of this
subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B476315C5A1434788E17D1F8B18B33B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (f) and (g).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id590DBE862C544CC8A1C7A1570CC1A821"><enum>209.</enum><header>Programs for
corrections education and other institutionalized individuals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 225 of the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9225) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id47E714BE1F11427EBCA257C7E6D85B1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF4B47AA29C244F67A9D8CE2360D5EC83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD6EF3CF839B44644BA2583C5158D6D05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC723C95F854D49789C5EB74350098ACD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF02749FCC522465BAA8E295CB30FC8F6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID43f51de3fa564ec595b3b99242d15cca"><enum>(5)</enum><text>integrated
education and training and sequential education and training programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1be9406710444191b8fa606a27d791b0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>career pathways
programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa7bd245c9cb64d00a37c484283f29e6b"><enum>(7)</enum><text>dual enrollment
programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID17143e88e8d74fc392f74dea362da3ce"><enum>(8)</enum><text>preparation for
postsecondary education and
training.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB93F7D8187F5489CA305F042D3F62460"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD41EA22060584EDE953D5125EC2B16BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (c) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1493C528F7474C89A0CE82AAB7893DE6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idCDBB3FDC34E5438BB98345BC9CEDF558"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>In
addition to any report required under section 212(c), each eligible agency that
receives assistance provided under this section shall annually prepare and
submit to the Secretary a report on the progress, as described in section
212(c)(1), of the eligible agency with respect to the programs and activities
of the eligible entity receiving assistance under this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id8F710FE5BF3C4E3F9256ACF318332B42"><enum>210.</enum><header>Grants and
contracts for eligible providers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 231(b)(1) of the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9241(b)(1)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5FD04B9E8FA4F438E6F98C9484B5453" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id4E48FC06E28D4C098408AA0D9C100C1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Adult education,
literacy, and workplace skills services, which may include workplace literacy
services, integrated education and training and sequential education and
training services, and transition to postsecondary education and training,
career pathways, and
employment.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID9b8cdbf3ccec4e0e8e23c44532998e9c"><enum>211.</enum><header>Local
application</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 232 of the
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9242) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD914FEB63E8D40648D40014E9405CC08"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
inserting <quote>the measurable goals to be accomplished as a result of the
grant or contract and</quote> after <quote>including</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id936FF4AC0C144442AA2CE1889341B897"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id728B169B25C249F5A130357FC5D13148"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6EC94F1E91D143418111A23FD524B8D8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F346230A3914E908450629521C87264" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id81D72119275B413A94CDFFBF5E0EEE57"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
how the grantee or contractor will collect data for purposes of reporting
performance measures to assess and evaluate the progress of adult education
students and
activities.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idDDDCA2979A0C4C5091E4A74A93A006DE"><enum>212.</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 241 of the
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9251) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA37356D7418248F78620C163BC46F51E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id30872750076F4E479770993A4E704DCE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header>
<paragraph id="IDd0805833aa96409ea878dd513d4e61bd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall issue such regulations as are
necessary to reasonably ensure compliance with this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID252fd7bb186944248bef65d4f09f37e6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Before
publishing in the Federal Register proposed regulations to carry out this
title, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Labor and obtain the
advice and recommendations of representatives of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id510A21E0B35F4EDBA2C038871D7D0B90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>adult
learners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3ECA1D688D1247DA824FC88CE4E69611"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adult education,
literacy, and workplace skills providers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id414D9EFEC00B446CA3806E2F07BE2141"><enum>(C)</enum><text>eligible
agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE50A9D4E196E43F8BADB2C11D80B6268"><enum>(D)</enum><text>State educational
agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCFDACD457BF348569F6C860586260FCD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>institutions of
postsecondary education, including community colleges;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59FE172A15D24C22BFAC25D2E7A047D6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>representatives
of State and local workforce investment boards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2A274676E9C3495DA2DDD78560B51A72"><enum>(G)</enum><text>other
organizations involved with the implementation and operation of programs under
this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf0942d88a5794186af887d24a188c789"><enum>(H)</enum><text>community-based
organizations involved with the implementation and operation of programs under
this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDdf7ceab28da14cfe9ba8931a1cae69bd"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meetings and
electronic exchange</header><text>The advice and recommendations described in
paragraph (2) may be obtained through such mechanisms as regional meetings and
electronic exchanges of
information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id1935A5905BF54863A7010EFDE5501831"><enum>213.</enum><header>National
Center For Adult Education, Literacy, and Workplace Skills</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 242 of the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9252) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3B45BC24D4E04FBD9D93DECE6B4F9C78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
section heading and inserting the following <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">National Center for Adult Education, Literacy, and
Workplace Skills </header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBE6B21F452A44AC0A391EFDA1ACDFC58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id149B6775135B4102AB9D9257BA90ABB4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idB747DC21920A4124A23C5C9ECAB42476"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of the National Center for Adult Education, Literacy, and Workplace
Skills is to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd78f31c592ca4ec795196481d6e77d58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide national
leadership regarding adult education and family literacy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb1ffa50e20ef43d589b5c1eda1d10a31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate adult
education, literacy, and workplace skills services and policy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID789c53fd5576468fa471f1c3b3658533"><enum>(3)</enum><text>serve as a
national resource for adult education, literacy, and workplace skills programs
by—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD1F06CF22BD1484A8E7DA7F9EAE23627"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing the
best and most accurate information available;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF14F7D9B4C664F02A47E7386190992CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing
national leadership on the use of technology for adult education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99DB4146F44E4C3A8F6FF71EB9182573"><enum>(C)</enum><text>supporting the
creation of new ways to offer adult education, literacy, and workplace skills
services of proven effectiveness; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id108B044DF668459B9B1ADB33FEDE4B6A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing
effective practices for integrated English literacy and civics education
programs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbc5beb5a2b404dd3ac0d3aa1feb400ec"><enum>(4)</enum><text>collect and
disseminate information on methods of advancing education and literacy that
show great promise for adults eligible for services under this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf855efa8f0af4ebebdd49a2997b27f40"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide policy
and technical assistance to Federal, State, and local organizations for the
improvement of adult education, literacy, and workplace skills services;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b696776a6254257bfeae837f82a772a"><enum>(6)</enum><text>not later than 4
years after the date of enactment of the Adult Education and Economic Growth
Act of 2012, conduct an evaluation and submit a report to the Interagency
Group, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate,
and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives on the effectiveness of programs funded under this title in
achieving the purpose described in section 202, which evaluation and report
shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID335c1b295e884e7c988f1c200b930228"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a longitudinal
study of outcomes for adult learners served under programs under this
title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID864d53a4c61f46cba30ea573c99b016a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of
the adequacy of the performance measures identified in section 212; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID14901a32900c4dd7bf3035f5d45b840e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations
for improved performance measures and on how to improve program
effectiveness.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id913BC3C5E492494DB20AE86CBC26E054"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7EEB9C14108741D5ABC39353907803FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>National Institute for Literacy</quote> and inserting
<quote>National Center for Adult Education, Literacy, and Workplace Skills
</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3A27573E752A4578B54E6BA70746F628"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>separate</quote> and inserting <quote>independent</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id311F8853815949B4A9F725AB70ACB60A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board</quote> and
inserting <quote>National Center for Adult Education, Literacy, and Workplace
Skills Advisory Board</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id83C5DC6715C14764A4ECD1789547D088"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id29FDC06DEBA0436495A6D3C5082A8F3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="idFB7D19834BF1478EAEA9FF0EA2961410"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF57F0555DB4C4F028B69DBC071467D96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (iv), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idFF9F7FFB2D66411EAC05B9E478FC6571"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53CAECC054A54946A2F68F5103E941FF" style="OLC">
<clause id="id35431DE316EF44F681305272C4561FEE"><enum>(v)</enum><text>effective
practices for integrated English literacy and civics education
programs;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA470611F65FB413C8B7CA4E3A4F87C5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CE452D7EB3544B1BCEA474E40E775F7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idF9730CEDD54C4C3EA0F74BE03CB1F1E7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to collect and
disseminate information on methods of advancing education and literacy that
show great promise for adults eligible for services under this
title;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0BAC4B110F324974B7EB6B066AFB691E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E90FEB348AB460FAB7F9D1E05EDC149" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idD4F29D9C7B0F4E14B4AA0C2979E04F1C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to provide policy
and technical assistance to Federal, State, and local organizations for the
improvement of adult education, literacy, and workplace skills
services;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD2791B9D8CFE48CAB3AEDE82085FC808"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), by inserting <quote>and integrated English literacy and civics education
programs</quote> after <quote>workforce investment activities</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31DA52448ED04FC4B1EC3087613653B2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD5F2DACDC72B4E4297B9849863DEFA11"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(I), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E43AF5338394A198C3B422B33C4FEE1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8FD3799CCD44C4087A90D909C6E1E5D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id4FEFE45CA39C49BCAB19D05A93C7C7EE"><enum>(J)</enum><text>to carry out
section 306 of the <short-title>Adult Education and
Economic Growth Act of 2012</short-title>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id559840491EA54A99985796DFAC5EA393"><enum>(K)</enum><text>not later than 4
years after the date of enactment of the Adult Education and Economic Growth
Act of 2012, to conduct an evaluation and submit a report to the Interagency
Group, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate,
and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives on the effectiveness of programs funded under this title in
achieving the purpose described in section 202, which evaluation and report
shall include—</text>
<clause id="idE555A79E79F34E40BE15D8D5E3E9AA5E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
longitudinal study of outcomes for adult learners served under programs under
this title;</text>
</clause><clause id="id632930F0D55948E9B50B8601C15B44B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an analysis of
the adequacy of the performance measures identified in section 212; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8F73967E193645A1AE324520AF08AB1A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recommendations
for improved performance measures and on how to improve program
effectiveness.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD70E5FFF3E544E381D6CB4D0168A438"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6E13F2EC868B438AA5AABAAE80D774C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">National
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">National Center for Adult
Education, Literacy, and Workplace Skills Advisory
Board</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCAEA9DBC43614625BA718D2710206726"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking <quote>National Institute for Literacy Advisory
Board</quote> and inserting <quote>National Center for Adult Education,
Literacy, and Workplace Skills Advisory Board</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id5AAAD41C7A314DE7B6F052BD7012F895"><enum>214.</enum><header>National
leadership activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
243 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9253) is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB36BD620A74D48709F873A8815B25C9F" style="OLC">
<section id="id2A09A91ABA8F496ABE09D3AD3CDC29EF"><enum>243.</enum><header>National
leadership activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary shall establish and carry out a program of national leadership
activities to improve the quality and outcomes of adult education, literacy,
and workplace skills programs nationwide. Such activities shall include the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID5db14ecba408429f9de12e48e2d37bae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Technical
assistance, which may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID30ec55b598b74e4db95f6882f860aaa7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance to
eligible providers in developing and using certification systems, performance
measures, and data systems for the improvement of adult education, literacy,
and workplace skills activities, including family literacy services, transition
to postsecondary education or career pathways, and integrated English literacy
and civics education programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID70d7117e15224e5589e75b90eb10c91c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assistance
related to professional development activities and assistance for the purpose
of developing, improving, identifying, and disseminating the most successful
methods and techniques for providing adult education, literacy, and workplace
skills activities, including family literacy services, transition to
postsecondary education or career pathways, and integrated English literacy and
civics education programs, based on scientific evidence where available;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa3f21c05ad3b48eb98818d32cf41fee7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assistance in
distance learning and promoting and improving the use of technology in the
classroom.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe258ea41b1a744c4942e1191ef3a0bf6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>National
demonstration projects for improving adult education, literacy, and workplace
skills services, which may include projects that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4b904f60023d4f97a2fcc7acaf7f8afa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>accelerate
learning outcomes for adult learners with the lowest literacy levels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID179cbd1b26b64d258fed3d56090b09ab"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promote career
pathways;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7e87844010864fd3bced5ddd50338d75"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allow dual
enrollment in adult secondary education and credit bearing postsecondary
coursework;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6dfe79adc5b64c39a696e1a856d826bd"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide
integrated education and training and sequential education and training
services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdf13b527b59a492889e85e4973fe0c37"><enum>(E)</enum><text>build capacity to
enhance the intensity of adult education, literacy, and workplace skills
services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDccfbc837fba945ff995f1b96161009e9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>establish
partnerships to improve the quality of and expand adult education, literacy,
and workplace skills services to more adults;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa01afc0b59904997941a92627102a3d1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>provide
professional development opportunities to adult education, literacy, and
workplace skills service providers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa10b18a10aac422e8a498e01041c2adb"><enum>(H)</enum><text>develop new
curricula and methods of instruction that improve learning outcomes in adult
education, literacy, and workplace skills programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID94a30e42a159475496cf262c4a1fd31f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide
integrated English literacy and civics education program instruction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8af1aff7de2e46c4bdd1b1de96b876de"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Dissemination of
the results and best practices identified in the national demonstration
projects described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa3a778ab94914e469f8664313dcaf81b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Program
evaluation and data collection and
reporting.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idEF441DCA565F46999F7C8B3C9EAAFD5A"><enum>215.</enum><header>Integrated
English literacy and civics education programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 4 of subtitle A of the Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9251 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC800CDDD6C964E06AD21DDF748331AA3" style="OLC">
<section id="id3FDAD8509393452295264EBED7002042"><enum>244.</enum><header>Integrated
English literacy and civics education programs</header>
<subsection id="id160081DC307F4DF3A6D3362DA12E2437"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds reserved under section 211(a)(4) for each
fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to States, in accordance with the
allocations under subsection (b), for integrated English literacy and civics
education programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA0B7D350B552409FA66B2263B64312BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocations</header>
<paragraph id="idD7478D8727F046A0BE8F0A802A914202"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), of the funds described in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID33654da5b4e04c00b114162dcdec4879"><enum>(A)</enum><text>65 percent to
States on the basis of a State's need for integrated English and civics
education programs, as determined by calculating each State's share of a
10-year average of the data compiled by the Office of Immigration Statistics of
the Department of Homeland Security, for immigrants admitted for lawful
permanent residence for the 10 most recent years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6946f671230c4501b9abb488e58c0e0e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>35 percent to
States on the basis of whether the State experienced growth, as measured by the
average of the 3 most recent years for which data compiled by the Office of
Immigration Statistics of the Department of Homeland Security are available,
for immigrants admitted for lawful permanent residence.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A08C8B7DBD24AA6968F8045FEDB2EE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum</header><text>No
State shall receive an allocation under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year in an
amount that is less than
$60,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>21st Century
Technology and Skills for Adult Learners</header>
<section commented="no" id="id4941DEDEDE3D43B6B858AD332B66D359"><enum>301.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are the
following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID923e1440730847ba8a7d94d5f1ecde76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To expand access
to adult education services and bring about cost efficiencies through increased
use of technology and the development of a national web portal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID8758c5b5f05c431c856ad410d8dd055a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To provide
professional development for providers of adult education, literacy, and
workplace skills services so that they are able to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id8FDD3862F2CB427D8BC4C9ED1AABCA85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>effectively use
technology in the delivery of adult education, literacy, and workplace skills
services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID808a99f4dff547cab95aa87f66ea19e5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve the
quality of instruction and accelerate the—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id37F74B49702642FEA7518562413BFB83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>achievement of
basic educational skills, English language literacy, and secondary school
equivalency or postsecondary education; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idAF18AE5EAA664A19B38D14A462C14F9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>training
readiness for adult learners.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID56c014c5ead0408caf2e783ec76d96dd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To assist States
in developing a 21st century delivery system for adult education, literacy, and
workplace skills services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDceeeeaaef7ab4e11b26d0acfe62650dc"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To assist adults
in developing technology literacy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id138B73C8FCF5458BB707A5AFC7774629"><enum>302.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id3CC56B90FAAB463580F2F5C2F317F1B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adult education
terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>adult
education</term>, <term>eligible agency</term>, <term>eligible provider</term>,
<term>Secretary</term>, and <term>State</term> have the meanings given the
terms in section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C.
9202).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id77C273FC183C40988F17BB2ADE0A81DE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Center</term> means the
National Center for Adult Education, Literacy, and Workplace Skills established
under section 242 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C.
9252).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD0C1222B0E494E2999D3FE0FE2545D7D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distance
education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>distance education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 103
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB68CDFE1CE16474BB4A2AB81B76A2468"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technology
literacy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>technology literacy</term> means the knowledge and skills in using
contemporary information, communication and learning technologies in a manner
necessary for successful lifelong learning and citizenship in the
knowledge-based, digital, and global 21st century, which includes the
abilities—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id3C7ED8CD0EC44127AA116694C2F56BE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to effectively communicate and
collaborate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7AF962943DF04D2791A63F349A69FF10"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to analyze and solve problems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF23A340D60BE44A4A4E824DDA339E978"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to access, evaluate, manage, and create
information and otherwise gain information literacy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9B288DA27AB44B7D824E62674B8C0B29"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to do so in a safe and ethical
manner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="idDB741AE7FBAA4FB6B1E4F3107EDDEC09"><enum>303.</enum><header>Reservation of
funds and allotments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id60EF3198C1794545ABE198C9CE0A6182"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds</header><text>From the sums appropriated under section 307 for a fiscal
year, the Secretary shall reserve 3 percent or $7,500,000 to carry out section
306, whichever amount is less.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id06B1CE28B3DB4B5388C800641C34AED3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment of
remainder</header><text>From the sums remaining for a fiscal year after making
the reservation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idAB98E7BEC48C4643A7800158FA8DD100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>75 percent to
carry out section 305;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4D501D5EE1BA4898B84F2E2964FFDA73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>20 percent to
carry out section 304; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id30AC81AA441343EF93F81642A4867E13"><enum>(3)</enum><text>5 percent for
administrative costs in carrying out section 304.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id519828D6C470425596978020D946AD46"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allotments to
eligible agencies</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id487BAFBAD32D4D0FAB1FC26F47384B37"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From the sums available to carry out section 304 for a
fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each eligible agency with an approved
application an amount that bears the same relationship to such sums as the
amount received under section 211(c)(2) of the Adult Education and Family
Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9211(c)(2)) by such eligible agency bears to the amount
received under such section for such fiscal year by all eligible
agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD361491A3F7449DA9674B2B8A3BDB311"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum
allotment</header><text>No eligible agency shall receive an allotment under
paragraph (1) for a fiscal year in amount that is less than $100,000. If the
amount appropriated to carry out section 304 for a fiscal year is not
sufficient to pay such minimum allotment, the amount of such minimum allotments
shall be ratably reduced.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idB29DCD68E56B4E1CA93A9FECE38300BC"><enum>304.</enum><header>Grants to
eligible agencies</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idFF6C8345C64B4D9BB62DDB15DA6DF1CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization
of grants</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants to eligible agencies
from allotments under section 303(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id388EDE582D384B329DD23FAE0B736A33"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idD62E04C891A84D9F964F7A17C3F3C844"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible agency
that desires to receive a grant under this title shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information
as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idBA2EEA59851F4170AA942A3246A0EB1A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An
application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID0be7336fd7bb4c33ac986dc18f3eecb0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of
the eligible agency's technology plan for the adult education system, including
measurable goals to be achieved.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID32e9560cc2fb42bd96f10804bb44f4fe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of
how the eligible agency will provide technical assistance and support to local
programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID7e7e077e48554c258890d30c4cd40b00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of
how the eligible agency will use technology to expand adult education,
literacy, and workplace skills services to more adults, including those in
rural areas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDad4d5801ead54af892ce4c7943888c58"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A description of
the long-term goals and strategies for improved outcomes for adult
learners.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDd8ebfef3eee74a9a8a92469ed6661010"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A description of
the professional development activities to be undertaken.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID4a3de90e499f4d008cd4339e6f58181a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A description of
the performance benchmarks and how data will be collected.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDf870f7d0295a4e949b40869e37a828bd"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A description of
how the eligible agency will ensure that grants or contracts to eligible
providers are of sufficient size and scope to achieve the purposes of this
title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idD4539FFC4B14411E976D8CB040EA6DAF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible agency that receives a grant
under this title shall carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="IDffa8a491ced34b9d81ba341dbcbc3758"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Developing a
statewide technology plan for the adult education system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDc652c28a795643bd95664709455ee0fc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Providing
professional development for adult education, literacy, and workplace skills
service providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDbcb8a8093a2d49fa931253a219d56062"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Providing access
to curricula, instruction, and assessment for adult learners and eligible
providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDb6a661acce8d486098206bbdb02957a5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Supporting the
development of curricula and assessment tools for adult education, literacy,
and workplace skills service providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID552402b5daf8441daaaed32e427e7e30"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Providing
guidance and technical assistance to eligible providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53362ecea7d04d028787c9e0cc6ca34b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Supporting
innovative pilot projects such as the use of assistive technology to deliver
content to adult learners.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id4B62AB255A4C4895A8126C1E2EF2B0C2"><enum>305.</enum><header>Grants and
contracts to eligible providers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id9317282E55BF47D7A508870365FAA20D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization
of grants and contracts</header><text>An eligible agency that receives a grant
under this title shall award grants and contracts to eligible providers to
carry out activities described in this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id31F4D7EAD0754CB1A9E9FC6C99D99DBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
provider application</header><text>An eligible provider that desires to receive
a grant or contract under this title shall submit an application to an eligible
agency, which shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID5462099ac966418aa594de243b8e0b63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
how the eligible provider will integrate technology into the eligible
provider's delivery of adult education, literacy, and workplace skills
services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDf03cf449c608478888b54e4c206143b8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
professional development activities to be undertaken; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID2adf12e30b7f4478b11e77c700b4be96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
plans to regularly replace computers and servers that lack the functional
capabilities to process new online applications and services, including video
conferencing, video streaming, virtual simulations, and distance education
courses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id9FFBD6476F1644EFA24F7F0502B2328E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible
provider activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
eligible provider that receives a grant or contract under this title shall
carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID124021efd00b41458a465e3d4ed1ac44"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Acquiring and
effectively implementing technology tools, applications, and other resources in
conjunction with enhancing or redesigning adult education, literacy, and
workplace skills curricula to increase adult learning outcomes and improve
adult technology literacy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDa6050111725b45fcbb871e98a7a164b7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Acquiring and
effectively implementing technology tools, applications, and other resources
to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID127a00a8568443ebbc4f71e6148cd4cc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct on-going
assessments and use other timely data systems to more effectively identify
individual learning needs and guide personalized instruction, learning, and
appropriate interventions that address those personalized student learning
needs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDbfd0ee83366648f5a3e9df86eeea3734"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support
individualized learning, including through instructional software and digital
content that support the learning needs of each student or through providing
access to high-quality courses and instructors, especially in rural
areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID4db673bee8594df2a27b76bb580041d3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Providing
professional development activities for providers of adult education, literacy,
and workplace skills services that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID277ae0f584ff43649d5d790f81efe4ea"><enum>(A)</enum><text>training that is
on-going, sustainable, timely, and directly related to delivering adult
education, literacy, and workplace skills services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID94ecc507aa95434eb6c7dc54754693c6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>training in
strategies and pedagogy in the delivery of adult education, literacy, and
workplace skills services that involves the use of technology and curriculum
redesign as key components of changing teaching and learning and improving
outcomes for adult learners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID9f796e0d4357412b8dc8d06d0d14c304"><enum>(C)</enum><text>training in the
use of technology to ensure that providers of adult education, literacy, and
workplace skills services are able to use technology for data analysis to
enable individualized instruction and to use technology to improve technology
literacy for adult learners; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDd81da6541ddd4b06a5187c6a1f92c8e0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>training that
includes on-going communication and follow-up with instructors, facilitators,
and peers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID34d90d3d6ee54fbb9f1bc323d72a2d49"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Acquisition and
implementation of technology tools, applications, and other resources to be
employed in professional development activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id7DD05B7BF224425B8B365035CB8C59FB"><enum>306.</enum><header>National Adult
Learning and Technology Resource Center</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFF0DD1E88E6E4E5C9CA7133E33FF4263"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center shall
establish and maintain the National Adult Learning and Technology Resource
Center (referred to in this section as the <term>Center</term>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD76B79BCBD4A472DB502898142AD7757"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of the
Center</header><text>The Center shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1B1A05EAAD00443B8127D8B7CA0005D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop frameworks
for technology-based learning and professional development materials for adult
education, literacy, and workplace skills;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3D62114D90904C5F9D9BBD30FF74D9B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop
frameworks for performance measures for technology literacy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6D7A3E2F967543D3ABF8BD695D9069D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance to eligible
entities and eligible providers of adult education, literacy, and workplace
skills;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE0D966D4147546DC8835892F2E870285"><enum>(4)</enum><text>support distance
education for professional development for eligible entities and eligible
providers of adult education, literacy, and workplace skills services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id81ED70C23BAE432D99EFC57E099BB1EB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>support the
innovative uses of technology, such as the use of assistive technology, to
deliver content to adult learners; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAC3419824E64F91A2C9836199F62329"><enum>(6)</enum><text>be accessible to
the public through the website of the Center.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id745FEE3D46084AFD956BB27236890876"><enum>307.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $250,000,000 for fiscal
year 2013 and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal
year.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Research in
adult education</header>
<section id="idB025E5E1204644148B56A9EF4AF8EA22"><enum>401.</enum><header>Research in
adult education</header>
<subsection id="idAE6E3ED9917E44F4808AA3543C58F03D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 133(c)(2)(A) of the Education Sciences Reform Act
of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9533(c)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting <quote>education
and</quote> before <quote>literacy</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDedee7ba8964c43a49084bdb4ed72fb0a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National
research and development center</header>
<paragraph id="IDcb421e8993224114810e99650b064199"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Education shall direct the Commissioner
for Education Research of the National Center for Education Research
established pursuant to section 131 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of
2002 (20 U.S.C. 9531) to establish a national research and development center
for adult education, literacy, and workplace skills as described in section
133(c)(2)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 9533(c)(2)(A)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2ae2082c93774bc7993ec3792fad0d1b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Provision for
expansion of research</header><text>If, as of the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Commissioner for Education Research of the National Center for
Education Research has established a center for adult literacy in accordance
with section 133(c)(2)(A) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20
U.S.C. 9533(c)(2)(A)), the Commissioner shall expand the topic of research of
such center to include adult education, in accordance with the amendment made
by subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Employer
Incentives</header>
<section id="id8F460CCAC5AC496ABEEF0F4FAD3D2260"><enum>501.</enum><header>Credit for
employer educational assistance programs</header>
<subsection id="id59C47DB377494C72855D6D1F98B0EA03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id1E4EEDDF242648A885C5DD31F56F288B" style="OLC">
<section id="id94BAAA0D445A4AB28374919DB7CA5740"><enum>45R.</enum><header>Credit for
employer educational assistance programs</header>
<subsection id="id1CF572D900244608A5ED23E556E5F8F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text>For purposes of section 38, in the case of an employer, the
employer educational assistance program credit determined under this section
for the taxable year is an amount equal to 50 percent of the qualified
educational assistance expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer to or on
behalf of any employee of the taxpayer during the taxable year, regardless if
the program is provided at the workplace or outside of the workplace.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id33015863F8884DB097178F8B0A012564"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="idDA9D6F35B4B947538B308EAA24091EBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Per employee
limitation</header><text>The amount of the qualified educational assistance
expenses taken into account under subsection (a) with respect to any employee
for the taxable year shall not exceed $5,250.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4D131E98F11745CEA6362539D47EEB1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Total
limitation</header><text>The aggregate amount of the qualified educational
assistance expenses taken into account under subsection (a) with respect to all
employees of the taxpayer for the taxable year shall not exceed the average of
the aggregate qualified educational assistance expenses with respect to all
employees of the taxpayer taken into account under subsection (a) in the 3
taxable years preceding such taxable year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id52D9BD9034ED4BE6AD06D0869C5DEEC9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transition
rule</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id955AD2B58E1840D1974CF3085EC4BC1C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of a taxable year in which qualified
educational assistance expenses of the taxpayer have not been taken into
account under subsection (a) for each of the 3 taxable years preceding such
taxable year, the aggregate amount of the qualified educational assistance
expenses taken into account under subsection (a) with respect to all employees
of the taxpayer for such taxable year shall not exceed the average of the sum
of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id7E3706C1DA8B4ED3978E70C623AE5279"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the aggregate
qualified educational assistance expenses with respect to all employees of the
taxpayer taken into account under subsection (a) in any of the 3 taxable years
preceding such taxable year, plus</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idBB43CFDB1C8C4EC79CA742A82E6ED296"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the aggregate
amount of amounts paid or expenses incurred by the employer, for which an
exclusion was allowable to any employee of the employer under section 127, in
any of such 3 taxable years in which no expenses were taken into account under
subsection (a), plus</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idA41BD56770B543C8B4394C47A7836B76"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of
a taxable year in which expenses have not been taken into account under
subsection (a) or section 127 for each of the 3 taxable years preceding such
taxable year, an amount equal to—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id72502E8521B849DC8011CADCFF21A9AA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$5,250,
multiplied by</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id578915AB5B284740AE99259373EDC5FC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of
employees of the taxpayer with respect to which the taxpayer has qualified
educational assistance expenses in such taxable year.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id76A4BF06A0944A4FB4EE212CAAB947C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified
educational assistance expenses</header><text>For purposes of this
section—</text>
<paragraph id="idDDA7B2AC6CD44F8CAD9E11510A3EE453"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>qualified educational assistance
expenses</term> means expenses paid for educational assistance pursuant to an
educational assistance program (within the meaning of section 127(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id93E609C0D17B46B6B6BAB61956657A01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Educational
assistance</header><text>The term <term>educational assistance</term> has the
meaning given such term by section 127(c)(1), applied without regard to
subparagraph (B) thereof, except that such term includes a payment only if such
payment is made with respect to an employee enrolled in a program provided at
the workplace or outside of the workplace—</text>
<subparagraph id="id81095CE3425E42DF9CEDA7FD0AFD2AAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>leading to a
sub-baccalaureate degree or career technical certificate awarded by an
accredited postsecondary institution; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD87F067E05964399833554FDD06B198C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in basic
education, workplace skills, or English language training leading to a
nationally recognized certificate of proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8F8C891CD4FE4544A9363C3176E78063"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other
definitions and special rules</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of
paragraphs (2) through (5) of section 127(c) shall apply for purposes of this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id88CD8DE8134D4D7B8632515A36D0504F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Denial of
double benefit</header><text>No deduction or other credit shall be allowed
under this chapter to an employer for any amount taken into account in
determining the credit under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id3E98BB6D8A254716B5F63018F630978D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit included
in general business credit</header><text>Section 38(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end of paragraph
(34), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (35) and inserting
<quote>, plus</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id21FD229579A5459FA732BFCD5E4B5F84" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idA0CF9FFDEF3C4B9AB42DE35744E091B2"><enum>(36)</enum><text>the employer
educational assistance program credit determined under section
45R(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idC59E9A3C79FD46AB958C47BD24F49C6A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8FE6312DBF8457184076A545BD17FFE" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 45R. Credit for employer
educational assistance
programs.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idEFFC1CFFD9AD4768885D0C7F283EBCE0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to expenses
relating to courses of instruction beginning after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section>