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 102 STAT. 314

PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988 "PART C—WORKPLACE LITERACY AND ENGLISH LITERACY GRANTS

20 USC 1211.

"SEC. 371. BUSINESS. INDUSTRY, LABOR. AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS FOR WORKPLACE LITERACY. "(a) GRANTS FOR EXEMPLARY DEMONSTRATION PARTNERSHIPS FOR WORKPLACE LITERACY.—(1) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary

shall make demonstration grants to exemplary education partnerships for workplace literacy to pay the Federal share of the cost of adult education programs which teach literacy skills needed in the workplace through partnerships between— "(A) business, industry, labor organizations, or private industry councils; and "(B) State educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or schools (including employment and training agencies or community-based organizations). "(2) Grants under paragraph (1) may be used— "(A) to fund 70 percent of the cost of programs which meet the requirements of paragraph (3); and "(B) for administrative costs incurred by State educational agencies and local educational agencies in establishing programs funded under subparagraph (A). "(3) Programs funded under paragraph (2)(A) shall be designed to improve the productivity of the workforce through improvement of literacy skills needed in the workplace by— "(A) providing adult literacy and other basic skills services and activities; "(B) providing adult secondary education services and activities which may lead to the completion of a high school diploma or its equivalent; "(C) meeting the literacy needs of adults with limited English proficiency; "(D) upgrading or updating basic skills of adult workers in accordance* with changes in workplace requirements, technology, products, or processes; "(E) improving the competency of adult workers in speaking, listening, reasoning, and problem solving; or "(F) providing education counseling, transportation, and nonworking hours child care services to adult workers while they participate in a program funded under paragraph (2)(A). "(4) An application to receive funding for a program out of a grant made to a partnership under this subsection shall— "(A) be submitted jointly by— "(i) a business, industry, or labor organization, or private industry council; and "(ii) a State educational agency, local educational agency, institution of higher education, or school (including an area vocational school, an employment and training agency, or community-based organization); "(B) set forth the respective roles of each member of the partnership; "(C) contain such additional information as the Secretary may require, including evidence of the applicant's experience in providing literacy services to working adults; "(D) describe the plan for carrying out the requirements of paragraph (3); and

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