To amend and improve the workforce investment and adult education systems of the Nation.
Revises the following WIS provisions with respect to individuals with limited English proficiency: (1) intensive and training services; (2) performance measures; (3) demonstration, pilot, multiservice, research, and multistate projects; (4) assessments; (5) State plan contents; and (6) State discretionary funding.
Revises the following AEFLA provisions with respect to individuals with limited English proficiency: (1) adult basic education funding formula; (2) State plan contents; (3) direct and equitable access in grants and contracts; (4) reports on individuals 16 to 18 years of age; and (5) national leadership activities.
Provides for integration of WIS and AEFLA by: (1) emphasizing National Institute for Literacy coordination with the Institute of Education Sciences in the Department of Education and with the Office of Employment and Training in the Department of Labor; and (2) requiring certain uniform indicators of program performance.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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