1995 US Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 30 - BASIC EDUCATION FOR ADULTS
SUBCHAPTER III - WORKPLACE LITERACY AND ENGLISH LITERACY GRANTS
Sec. 1211-1 - National Workforce Literacy Assistance Collaborative

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§1211–1. National Workforce Literacy Assistance Collaborative (a) Establishment

There is established in the Department of Labor a National Workforce Literacy Assistance Collaborative (in this subsection 1 referred to as the “Collaborative”) to improve the basic skills of individuals, especially those individuals who are marginally employed or unemployed with low basic skills and limited opportunity for long-term employment and advancement, by assisting small- and medium-sized businesses, business associations that represent small- and medium-sized businesses, and labor organizations to develop and implement literacy programs tailored to the needs of the workforce.

(b) Functions

The Collaborative shall—

(1) develop and implement a plan for providing small- and medium-sized businesses with the technical assistance required to address the literacy needs of their workforce;

(2) monitor the development of workforce literacy training programs and identify best practices and successful small- and medium-sized business program models;

(3) inform businesses and unions of research findings and best practices regarding exemplary curricula, instructional techniques, training models, and the use of technology as a training tool in the workplace;

(4) provide technical assistance to help businesses assess individual worker literacy skill needs, implement workforce literacy training programs, and evaluate training program effectiveness;

(5) promote cooperation and coordination among State and local agencies and the private sector to obtain maximum uses of existing literacy and basic skills training resources;

(6) conduct regional and State small business workforce literacy meetings to increase program effectiveness and accountability;

(7) establish cooperative arrangements with the National Institute for Literacy and other centers involved in literacy and basic skills research and development activities; and

(8) prepare and produce written and video materials necessary to support technical assistance and information dissemination efforts.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of carrying out this section ,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995.

(Pub. L. 102–73, title II, §201, July 25, 1991, 105 Stat. 342.)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Literacy Act of 1991, and not as part of the Adult Education Act which comprises this chapter.

Definition of “Literacy”

For definition of “literacy” for purposes of Pub. L. 102–73, see section 3 of Pub. L. 102–73, set out as a note under section 1201 of this title.

1 So in original. Probably should be “section”.