The Department of Education can issue regulations and interpretation of the law. The states each develop and carry out their own State Plans for adult ed. These things won't happen on their own, though. It takes political pressure, and that takes a lot of organizing, and a lot of work. Others might require changes in the law by Congress and leadership by the president.
None is likely to happen without organized political effort.
Right now Congress is pretty evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, and control is up for grabs in the 2000 elections. So is the White House. It seems to me that as citizens we have an opportunity this year to see to it that our elected officials know just what public policies we would like them to support if they are chosen to be our representatives.