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PUBLIC LAW 88-452-AUG. 20, 1964

[78 STAT.

(4) school dropouts; (5) adults with less than an eighth-grade education; (6) persons rejected for military service; and (7) persons living in urban places compared to the number living in rural places as determined by the Bureau of the Census for the 1960 census. PREFERENCE

FOR C O M P O N E N T S

OF APPROVED

PROGRAMS

SEC. 211. In determining whether to extend assistance under this Act, the Director shall, to the extent feasible, give preference to programs and projects which are components of a community action program approved pursuant to this part. PART B — A D U L T BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

SEC. 212. I t is the purpose of this part to initiate programs of instruction for individuals who have attained age eighteen and whose inability to read and write the English language constitutes a substantial impairment of their ability to get or retain employment commensurate with their real ability, so as to help eliminate such inability and raise the level of education of such individuals with a view" to making them less likely to become dependent on others, improving their abilitj' to benefit from occupational training and otherwise increasing their opportunities for more productive and profitable employment, and making them better able to meet their adult responsibilities. GRANTS TO STATES

Use of funds.

SEC. 213. (a) From the sums appropriated to carry out this title, the Director shall make grants to States which have State plans approved by him under this section. (b) Grants under subsection (a) may be used, in accordance with regulations of the Director, to— (1) assist in establishment of pilot projects by local educational agencies, relating to instruction in public schools, or other facilities used for the purpose by such agencies, of individuals described in section 212, to (A) demonstrate, test, or develop modifications, or adaptations in the light of local needs, of special materials or methods for instruction of such individuals, (B) stimulate the development of local educational agency programs for instruction of such individuals in such schools or other facilities, and (C) acquire additional information concerning the materials or methods needed for an effective program for raising adult basic educational skills; (2) assist in meeting the cost of local educational agency programs for instruction of such individuals in such schools or other facilities; and (3) assist in development or improvement of technical or supervisory services by the State educational agency relating to adult basic education programs. STATE P L A N S

Conditions for approval.

Reports.

SEC. 214. (a) The Director shall approve for purposes of this part the plan of a State which— (1) provides for administration thereof by the State educational agency; (2) provides that such agency will make such reports to the Director, in such form and containing such information, as may

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