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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2802 

To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and the Educational 

Technical Assistance Act of 2002 to strengthen research in adult education. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and 

the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 to 

strengthen research in adult education. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Re5 search in Adult Education Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STRENGTHEN RESEARCH IN ADULT EDUCATION. 

7 (a) EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM ACT OF 2002.— 

8 The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 

9 9501 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) in section 102 (20 U.S.C. 9501)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

2 through (8), (9) through (22), and (23), as 

3 paragraphs (3) through (9), (11) through (24), 

4 and (26), respectively; 

5 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(2) ADULT EDUCATION; ADULT EDUCATION

8 AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES.—The terms ‘adult edu9 cation’ and ‘adult education and literacy activities’ 

10 have the meanings given the terms in section 203 of 

11 the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 

12 U.S.C. 9202).’’; 

13 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9), as re14 designated by subparagraph (A), the following: 

15 ‘‘(10) DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS.—The term 

16 ‘digital literacy skills’ has the meaning given the 

17 term in section 202 of the Museum and Library 

18 Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101).’’; and 

19 (D) by inserting after paragraph (24), as 

20 redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(25) STUDENT.—Unless otherwise provided, 

23 the term ‘student’ means any elementary, secondary, 

24 postsecondary, or adult education student.’’; 


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1 (2) in section 111(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 

2 9511(b)(1)), in the matter preceding subparagraph 

3 (A), by inserting ‘‘, including adult education’’ after 

4 ‘‘postsecondary study’’; 

5 (3) in section 115(a) (20 U.S.C. 9515(a))— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

7 by inserting ‘‘the Adult Education and Family 

8 Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.),’’ after 

9 ‘‘the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

10 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.),’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

13 ‘‘and adults’’ after ‘‘children’’; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

16 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

17 (C) as subparagraph (D); and 

18 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

19 (B) the following: 

20 ‘‘(C) access to, and opportunities for, adult 

21 education and literacy activities; and’’; 

22 (4) in section 116(c)(4)(A)(ii) (20 U.S.C. 

23 9516(c)(4)(A)(ii))— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘adult educators,’’ after 

25 ‘‘professional educators,’’; and 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘State directors of adult 

2 education,’’ after ‘‘postsecondary education ex3 ecutives,’’; 

4 (5) in section 131(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 

5 9531(b)(1))— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

9 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(E) improve the literacy and numeracy 

12 skills of individuals who need adult education;’’; 

13 (6) in section 133 (20 U.S.C. 9533)— 

14 (A) in subsection (a)— 

15 (i) in paragraph (10)(D), by striking 

16 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

17 (ii) in paragraph (11), by striking the 

18 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

19 and 

20 (iii) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(12) carry out research on successful State 

23 and local adult education and literacy activities 

24 that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) result in increased literacy and 

2 numeracy and educational attainment for adult 

3 learners; or 

4 ‘‘(B) prepare students for postsecondary 

5 education or employment.’’; and 

6 (B) in subsection (c)— 

7 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘At 

8 least one 1 center shall be assigned the 

9 topic of adult education.’’ after ‘‘paragraph 

10 (2).’’; and 

11 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (I) by striking subparagraph (A) 

13 and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) Adult education.’’; 

15 (II) by redesignating subpara16 graphs (C) through (K) as subpara17 graphs (D) through (L), respectively; 

18 and 

19 (III) by inserting after subpara20 graph (B) the following: 

21 ‘‘(C) Digital literacy.’’; 

22 (7) in section 153(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 

23 9543(a)(1))— 


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1 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 

2 through (O) as subparagraphs (G) through (P), 

3 respectively; 

4 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(F) access to, and opportunity for, adult 

7 education and literacy activities;’’; and 

8 (C) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated 

9 by subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and in 

10 adult education’’ after ‘‘secondary schools’’; and 

11 (8) in section 172(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 

12 9562(a)(2))— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

15 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

16 subparagraph (F); and 

17 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(E) educational practices that improve 

20 digital literacy; and’’. 

21 (b) EDUCATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACT OF

22 2002.—The Educational Technical Assistance Act of 

23 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) is amended in section 

24 206(b)(2)— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

2 through (F) as subparagraphs (C) through (G), re3 spectively; and 

4 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(B) Representatives of local or regional 

7 adult education providers.’’. 

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