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 105 STAT. 356 PUBLIC LAW 102-73—JULY 25, 1991 SEC. 502. LIBRARY LITERACY PROGRAMS. Section 601 of the Library Services and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. 375) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) In awarding grants under this section the Secretary shall give priority to programs and services which— '(1) will be delivered in areas of greatest need which have highest concentrations of adults who do not have a secondary - education or its equivalent, and which— "(A) have few community or financial resources to establish the program described under this section without Federal assistance, or "(B) have low per capita income, unemployment or underemployment; and "(2) coordinate with literacy organizations and community based organizations providing literacy services.". TITLE VI—LITERACY FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS 20 USC 1211-2. SEC. 601. MANDATORY LITERACY PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— The chief correctional officer of each State correctional system may establish a demonstration or system-wide functional literacy program. (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— (1) To qualify for funding under subsection (d), each functional literacy program shall— (A) to the extent possible, make use of advanced technologies; and (B) include— (i) a requirement that each person incarcerated in the system, jail, or detention center who is not functionally literate, except a person described in paragraph (2), shall participate in the program until the person— (I) achieves functional literacy or in the case of an individual with a disability, achieves a level of functional literacy commensurate with his or her ability; (II) is granted parole; (III) completes his or her sentence; or (IV) is released pursuant to court order; (ii) a prohibition on granting parole to any person described in clause (i) who refuses to participate in the program, unless the State parole board determines that the prohibition should be waived in a particular case; and (iii) adequate opportunities for appropriate education services and the screening and testing of all inmates for functional literacy and disiabilities affecting functional literacy, including learning disabilities, upon arrival in the system or at the jail or detention center. (2) The requirement of paragraph (I)(B) shall not apply to a person who— (A) is serving a life sentence without possibility of parole; (B) is terminally ill; or (C) is under a sentence of death. (c) ANNUAL REPORT. — (1) Within 90 days after the close of the first calendar year in which a literacy program authorized by subsection

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