and inserting ‘‘National Center for Adult Edu-
cation, Literacy, and Workplace Skills Advisory 
Board’’. 
SEC. 214. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 
Section 243 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (20 U.S.C. 9253) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 243. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘The Secretary shall establish and carry out a pro-
gram of national leadership activities to improve the qual-
ity and outcomes of adult education, literacy, and work-
place skills programs nationwide. Such activities shall in-
clude the following: 
‘‘(1) Technical assistance, which may include— 
‘‘(A) assistance to eligible providers in de-
veloping and using certification systems, per-
formance measures, and data systems for the 
improvement of adult education, literacy, and 
workplace skills activities, including family lit-
eracy services, transition to postsecondary edu-
cation or career pathways, and integrated 
English literacy and civics education programs; 
‘‘(B) assistance related to professional de-
velopment activities and assistance for the pur-
pose of developing, improving, identifying, and 
disseminating the most successful methods and 
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techniques for providing adult education, lit-
eracy, and workplace skills activities, including 
family literacy services, transition to postsec-
ondary education or career pathways, and inte-
grated English literacy and civics education 
programs, based on scientific evidence where 
available; or 
‘‘(C) assistance in distance learning and 
promoting and improving the use of technology 
in the classroom. 
‘‘(2) National demonstration projects for im-
proving adult education, literacy, and workplace 
skills services, which may include projects that— 
‘‘(A) accelerate learning outcomes for adult 
learners with the lowest literacy levels; 
‘‘(B) promote career pathways; 
‘‘(C) allow dual enrollment in adult sec-
ondary education and credit bearing postsec-
ondary coursework; 
‘‘(D) provide integrated education and 
training and sequential education and training 
services; 
‘‘(E) build capacity to enhance the inten-
sity of adult education, literacy, and workplace 
skills services; 
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‘‘(F) establish partnerships to improve the 
quality of and expand adult education, literacy, 
and workplace skills services to more adults; 
‘‘(G) provide professional development op-
portunities to adult education, literacy, and 
workplace skills service providers; 
‘‘(H) develop new curricula and methods of 
instruction that improve learning outcomes in 
adult education, literacy, and workplace skills 
programs; and 
‘‘(I) provide integrated English literacy 
and civics education program instruction. 
‘‘(3) Dissemination of the results and best prac-
tices identified in the national demonstration 
projects described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) Program evaluation and data collection 
and reporting.’’. 
SEC. 215. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS 
EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 
Chapter 4 of subtitle A of the Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9251 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 244. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS 
EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds reserved under sec-
tion 211(a)(4) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
award grants to States, in accordance with the allocations 
under subsection (b), for integrated English literacy and 
civics education programs. 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
of the funds described in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall allocate— 
‘‘(A) 65 percent to States on the basis of 
a State’s need for integrated English and civics 
education programs, as determined by calcu-
lating each State’s share of a 10-year average 
of the data compiled by the Office of Immigra-
tion Statistics of the Department of Homeland 
Security, for immigrants admitted for lawful 
permanent residence for the 10 most recent 
years; and 
‘‘(B) 35 percent to States on the basis of 
whether the State experienced growth, as meas-
ured by the average of the 3 most recent years 
for which data compiled by the Office of Immi-
gration Statistics of the Department of Home-
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land Security are available, for immigrants ad-
mitted for lawful permanent residence. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM.—No State shall receive an allo-
cation under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year in an 
amount that is less than $60,000.’’. 
TITLE III—21ST CENTURY TECH-
NOLOGY 
AND 
SKILLS 
FOR 
ADULT LEARNERS 
SEC. 301. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this title are the following: 
(1) To expand access to adult education serv-
ices and bring about cost efficiencies through in-
creased use of technology and the development of a 
national web portal. 
(2) To provide professional development for 
providers of adult education, literacy, and workplace 
skills services so that they are able to— 
(A) effectively use technology in the deliv-
ery of adult education, literacy, and workplace 
skills services; and 
(B) improve the quality of instruction and 
accelerate the— 
(i) achievement of basic educational 
skills, English language literacy, and sec-
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ondary school equivalency or postsecondary 
education; and 
(ii) training readiness for adult learn-
ers. 
(3) To assist States in developing a 21st cen-
tury delivery system for adult education, literacy, 
and workplace skills services. 
(4) To assist adults in developing technology lit-
eracy. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADULT
EDUCATION
TERMS.—The terms 
‘‘adult education’’, ‘‘eligible agency’’, ‘‘eligible pro-
vider’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings 
given the terms in section 203 of the Adult Edu-
cation and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9202). 
(2) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the 
National Center for Adult Education, Literacy, and 
Workplace Skills established under section 242 of 
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 
U.S.C. 9252). 
(3) DISTANCE
EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘dis-
tance education’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1003). 
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(4) TECHNOLOGY LITERACY.—The term ‘‘tech-
nology literacy’’ means the knowledge and skills in 
using contemporary information, communication and 
learning technologies in a manner necessary for suc-
cessful lifelong learning and citizenship in the knowl-
edge-based, digital, and global 21st century, which 
includes the abilities— 
(A) to effectively communicate and collabo-
rate; 
(B) to analyze and solve problems; 
(C) to access, evaluate, manage, and create 
information and otherwise gain information lit-
eracy; and 
(D) to do so in a safe and ethical manner. 
SEC. 303. RESERVATION OF FUNDS AND ALLOTMENTS. 
(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the sums ap-
propriated under section 307 for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall reserve 3 percent or $7,500,000 to carry out 
section 306, whichever amount is less. 
(b) ALLOTMENT OF REMAINDER.—From the sums 
remaining for a fiscal year after making the reservation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot— 
(1) 75 percent to carry out section 305; 
(2) 20 percent to carry out section 304; and 
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(3) 5 percent for administrative costs in car-
rying out section 304. 
(c) ALLOTMENTS TO ELIGIBLE AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums available to 
carry out section 304 for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall allot to each eligible agency with an approved 
application an amount that bears the same relation-
ship to such sums as the amount received under sec-
tion 211(c)(2) of the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9211(c)(2)) by such eligible 
agency bears to the amount received under such sec-
tion for such fiscal year by all eligible agencies. 
(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—No eligible agency 
shall receive an allotment under paragraph (1) for a 
fiscal year in amount that is less than $100,000. If 
the amount appropriated to carry out section 304 
for a fiscal year is not sufficient to pay such min-
imum allotment, the amount of such minimum allot-
ments shall be ratably reduced. 
SEC. 304. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE AGENCIES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF GRANTS.—The Secretary 
shall award grants to eligible agencies from allotments 
under section 303(b). 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible agency that de-
sires to receive a grant under this title shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and accompanied by such information as 
the Secretary may require. 
(2) 
CONTENTS.—An 
application 
submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall contain the following: 
(A) A description of the eligible agency’s 
technology plan for the adult education system, 
including measurable goals to be achieved. 
(B) A description of how the eligible agen-
cy will provide technical assistance and support 
to local programs. 
(C) A description of how the eligible agen-
cy will use technology to expand adult edu-
cation, literacy, and workplace skills services to 
more adults, including those in rural areas. 
(D) A description of the long-term goals 
and strategies for improved outcomes for adult 
learners. 
(E) A description of the professional devel-
opment activities to be undertaken. 
(F) A description of the performance 
benchmarks and how data will be collected. 
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(G) A description of how the eligible agen-
cy will ensure that grants or contracts to eligi-
ble providers are of sufficient size and scope to 
achieve the purposes of this title. 
(c) ACTIVITIES.—An eligible agency that receives a 
grant under this title shall carry out the following: 
(1) Developing a statewide technology plan for 
the adult education system. 
(2) Providing professional development for 
adult education, literacy, and workplace skills service 
providers. 
(3) Providing access to curricula, instruction, 
and assessment for adult learners and eligible pro-
viders. 
(4) Supporting the development of curricula 
and assessment tools for adult education, literacy, 
and workplace skills service providers. 
(5) Providing guidance and technical assistance 
to eligible providers. 
(6) Supporting innovative pilot projects such as 
the use of assistive technology to deliver content to 
adult learners. 
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SEC. 305. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO ELIGIBLE PRO-
VIDERS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.— 
An eligible agency that receives a grant under this title 
shall award grants and contracts to eligible providers to 
carry out activities described in this section. 
(b) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER APPLICATION.—An eligible 
provider that desires to receive a grant or contract under 
this title shall submit an application to an eligible agency, 
which shall include— 
(1) a description of how the eligible provider 
will integrate technology into the eligible provider’s 
delivery of adult education, literacy, and workplace 
skills services; 
(2) a description of professional development 
activities to be undertaken; and 
(3) a description of plans to regularly replace 
computers and servers that lack the functional capa-
bilities to process new online applications and serv-
ices, including video conferencing, video streaming, 
virtual simulations, and distance education courses. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER ACTIVITIES.—An eligible 
provider that receives a grant or contract under this title 
shall carry out the following: 
(1) Acquiring and effectively implementing 
technology tools, applications, and other resources in 
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conjunction with enhancing or redesigning adult 
education, literacy, and workplace skills curricula to 
increase adult learning outcomes and improve adult 
technology literacy. 
(2) Acquiring and effectively implementing 
technology tools, applications, and other resources 
to— 
(A) conduct on-going assessments and use 
other timely data systems to more effectively 
identify individual learning needs and guide 
personalized instruction, learning, and appro-
priate interventions that address those person-
alized student learning needs; and 
(B) support individualized learning, includ-
ing through instructional software and digital 
content that support the learning needs of each 
student or through providing access to high 
quality courses and instructors, especially in 
rural areas. 
(3) Providing professional development activi-
ties for providers of adult education, literacy, and 
workplace skills services that includes— 
(A) training that is on-going, sustainable, 
timely, and directly related to delivering adult 
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education, literacy, and workplace skills serv-
ices; 
(B) training in strategies and pedagogy in 
the delivery of adult education, literacy, and 
workplace skills services that involves the use of 
technology and curriculum redesign as key com-
ponents of changing teaching and learning and 
improving outcomes for adult learners; 
(C) training in the use of technology to en-
sure that providers of adult education, literacy, 
and workplace skills services are able to use 
technology for data analysis to enable individ-
ualized instruction and to use technology to im-
prove technology literacy for adult learners; and 
(D) training that includes on-going com-
munication and follow-up with instructors, 
facilitators, and peers. 
(4) Acquisition and implementation of tech-
nology tools, applications, and other resources to be 
employed in professional development activities. 
SEC. 306. NATIONAL ADULT LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY 
RESOURCE CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall establish and 
maintain the National Adult Learning and Technology 
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Resource Center (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Cen-
ter’’). 
(b) DUTIES OF THE CENTER.—The Center shall— 
(1) develop frameworks for technology-based 
learning and professional development materials for 
adult education, literacy, and workplace skills; 
(2) develop frameworks for performance meas-
ures for technology literacy; 
(3) provide technical assistance to eligible enti-
ties and eligible providers of adult education, lit-
eracy, and workplace skills; 
(4) support distance education for professional 
development for eligible entities and eligible pro-
viders of adult education, literacy, and workplace 
skills services; 
(5) support the innovative uses of technology, 
such as the use of assistive technology, to deliver 
content to adult learners; and 
(6) be accessible to the public through the 
website of the Center. 
SEC. 307. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. 
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TITLE IV—RESEARCH IN ADULT 
EDUCATION 
SEC. 401. RESEARCH IN ADULT EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 133(c)(2)(A) of the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 
9533(c)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘education and’’ 
before ‘‘literacy’’. 
(b) NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education 
shall direct the Commissioner for Education Re-
search of the National Center for Education Re-
search established pursuant to section 131 of the 
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 
9531) to establish a national research and develop-
ment center for adult education, literacy, and work-
place skills as described in section 133(c)(2)(A) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 9533(c)(2)(A)). 
(2) 
PROVISION
FOR
EXPANSION
OF
RE-
SEARCH.—If, as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Commissioner for Education Research of 
the National Center for Education Research has es-
tablished a center for adult literacy in accordance 
with section 133(c)(2)(A) of the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9533(c)(2)(A)), the 
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Commissioner shall expand the topic of research of 
such center to include adult education, in accordance 
with the amendment made by subsection (a). 
TITLE V—EMPLOYER 
INCENTIVES 
SEC. 501. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYER EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 45S. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYER EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, 
in the case of an employer, the employer educational as-
sistance program credit determined under this section for 
the taxable year is an amount equal to 50 percent of the 
qualified educational assistance expenses paid or incurred 
by the taxpayer to or on behalf of any employee of the 
taxpayer during the taxable year, regardless if the pro-
gram is provided at the workplace or outside of the work-
place. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) 
PER
EMPLOYEE
LIMITATION.—The 
amount of the qualified educational assistance ex-
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penses taken into account under subsection (a) with 
respect to any employee for the taxable year shall 
not exceed $5,250. 
‘‘(2) 
TOTAL
LIMITATION.—The 
aggregate 
amount of the qualified educational assistance ex-
penses taken into account under subsection (a) with 
respect to all employees of the taxpayer for the tax-
able year shall not exceed the average of the aggre-
gate qualified educational assistance expenses with 
respect to all employees of the taxpayer taken into 
account under subsection (a) in the 3 taxable years 
preceding such taxable year. 
‘‘(3) TRANSITION RULE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a tax-
able year in which qualified educational assist-
ance expenses of the taxpayer have not been 
taken into account under subsection (a) for 
each of the 3 taxable years preceding such tax-
able year, the aggregate amount of the qualified 
educational assistance expenses taken into ac-
count under subsection (a) with respect to all 
employees of the taxpayer for such taxable year 
shall not exceed the average of the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the aggregate qualified edu-
cational assistance expenses with respect to 
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all employees of the taxpayer taken into 
account under subsection (a) in any of the 
3 taxable years preceding such taxable 
year, plus 
‘‘(ii) 
the 
aggregate 
amount 
of 
amounts paid or expenses incurred by the 
employer, for which an exclusion was al-
lowable to any employee of the employer 
under section 127, in any of such 3 taxable 
years in which no expenses were taken into 
account under subsection (a), plus 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a taxable year in 
which expenses have not been taken into 
account under subsection (a) or section 
127 for each of the 3 taxable years pre-
ceding such taxable year, an amount equal 
to— 
‘‘(I) $5,250, multiplied by 
‘‘(II) the number of employees of 
the taxpayer with respect to which the 
taxpayer has qualified educational as-
sistance expenses in such taxable year. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE EX-
PENSES.—For purposes of this section— 
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