I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5987 
To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act to strengthen adult education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 18, 2023 
Mrs. MCBATH (for herself, Ms. MANNING, and Mr. MRVAN) introduced the 
following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to 
strengthen adult education. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adult Education Work-
force Opportunity and Reskilling for Knowledge and Suc-
cess Act’’ or the ‘‘Adult Education WORKS Act’’. 
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TITLE I—WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 101. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO WIOA.—Except as otherwise ex-
pressly provided, whenever in this section an amendment 
or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or 
repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 
be considered to be made to a section or other provision 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 (29 U.S.C. 3102) 
is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (5); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(6) 
through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (8), re-
spectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8), as re-
designated by subparagraph (B), the following: 
‘‘(9) COLLEGE AND CAREER NAVIGATOR.—The 
term ‘college and career navigator’ means an indi-
vidual who— 
‘‘(A) has extensive knowledge of workforce 
development programs and services, postsec-
ondary programs and services, Federal and 
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other student financial aid for postsecondary 
education, and case management techniques; 
‘‘(B) supports persons who are accessing 
services under this Act, by gathering work his-
tory and skills information, providing tailored 
college and career guidance and labor market 
information, helping jobseekers identify training 
and educational options to best fit their needs, 
including Federal student aid and other assist-
ance available to pay the costs of attendance at 
an institution of higher education or for partici-
pation in training, facilitating access to serv-
ices, and facilitating co-enrollment of individ-
uals in programs carried out under title I and 
title II; 
‘‘(C) provides or organizes provision of 
services to promote job readiness, digital lit-
eracy skills, information literacy skills, and the 
skills needed for success in postsecondary edu-
cation, facilitates the successful transition of in-
dividuals to postsecondary education, coordi-
nates activities with employers and with entities 
and individuals involved in the one-stop delivery 
system in the local area, and conducts commu-
nity outreach; and 
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‘‘(D) as determined appropriate by the 
one-stop operator or eligible provider of adult 
education and literacy activities involved, is re-
sponsible for recruitment of students in adult 
education and literacy activities and partici-
pants in workforce investment activities, provi-
sion of intensive case management, provision of 
career exploration services, and data collection 
associated with an activity specified in this sub-
paragraph.’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (12) 
through (14), (15) through (21), (22) through 
(26), and (27) through (71), as paragraphs 
(13) through (15), (17) through (23), (25) 
through (29), and (31) through (75), respec-
tively; 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (11) the 
following: 
‘‘(12) CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT.—The term 
‘concurrent enrollment’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 203.’’; 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (15), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(16) DIGITAL
LITERACY
SKILLS.—The term 
‘digital literacy skills’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 203.’’; 
(G) by inserting after paragraph (23), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(24) FOUNDATIONAL
SKILL
NEEDS.—The 
term ‘foundational skill needs’, used with respect to 
an individual, means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an individual who is a 
youth, an individual who has English reading, 
writing, or computing skills at or below the 8th 
grade level on a generally accepted standardized 
test; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who is a 
youth or adult, an individual who is unable to 
compute or solve problems, or read, write, or 
speak English, at a level necessary to function 
on the job, in the individual’s family, or in soci-
ety.’’; and 
(H) by inserting after paragraph (29), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(30) INFORMATION
LITERACY
SKILLS.—The 
term ‘information literacy skills’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 203.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 121(h)(2)(C)(ii) (29 U.S.C. 
3151(h)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
3(13)(D)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
3(14)(D)’’. 
(B) Section 134(c)(3)(H)(i) (29 U.S.C. 
3174(c)(3)(H)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 3(44)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(48)’’. 
(C) Section 170(b)(1)(D)(i) (29 U.S.C. 
3225(b)(1)(D)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
3(15)(E)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
3(17)(E)’’. 
(D) 
Section 
211(e)(3) 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3291(e)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
3(45)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(49)’’. 
(c) STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS.— 
Section 101 (29 U.S.C. 3111) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(ii)(IV), by inserting 
‘‘, and representatives of organizations that provide 
adult education’’ after ‘‘out-of-school youth’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
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(A) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘(as 
defined in section 202 of the Museum and Li-
brary Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101); referred 
to in this Act as ‘digital literacy skills’)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (12) as 
paragraph (13); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (11) the 
following: 
‘‘(12) in collaboration with providers of adult 
education and literacy activities, the promotion of 
the employment of college and career navigators by 
the one-stop centers in the State; and’’. 
(d) PROGRAM SPECIFICS FOR STATE PLANS.—Sec-
tion 102(b)(2) (29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D)(ii)— 
(A) in subclause (II), by striking item (dd) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(dd) integrated education 
and training, including how costs 
for such activities will be shared 
among relevant core programs;’’; 
(B) in subclause (V), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(VI) how the eligible agency will 
promote, through funding priority or 
other means, professionalization of 
adult education and literacy activities 
through the adoption of staffing mod-
els that include requirements and sup-
port for teacher credentialing, stand-
ards, and support for ongoing in-serv-
ice professional development, and ca-
reer ladders for professional growth, 
which may include more opportunities 
for full-time teaching positions;’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (E)(iii)(II), by inserting 
‘‘providers of adult education and literacy activities,’’ 
after ‘‘institutions of higher education,’’. 
(e) LOCAL BOARDS.—Section 107 (29 U.S.C. 3122) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(D) INFORMATION
ON
MEMBERSHIP.— 
The chief elected officials appointing the local 
board for a local area shall make publicly avail-
able information on the membership of the 
board (including information identifying how 
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career navigators by the one-stop centers and eligible 
providers (as defined in section 203) in the local 
area.’’. 
(f) LOCAL PLANS.—Section 108 (29 U.S.C. 3123) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(13), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing, in all local plans after the first such plan, a de-
scription of how the local board carried out such co-
ordination and completed such review during the 
previous 4-year period’’ after ‘‘submitted under title 
II’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting ‘‘, along 
with a description of the actions the local board took 
in response to such comments’’ after ‘‘disagreement 
with the plan’’. 
(g) 
INDICATORS
OF
PERFORMANCE.—Section 
116(b)(2)(A) (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking subclauses (IV) 
and (V) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(IV) the percentages of program 
participants who, during participation 
in the program— 
‘‘(aa) obtain a recognized 
postsecondary credential or a sec-
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ondary school diploma or its rec-
ognized equivalent; and 
‘‘(bb) are in an education or 
training program that leads to a 
recognized postsecondary creden-
tial or employment and who are 
achieving measurable skill gains 
toward such a credential or em-
ployment; 
‘‘(V) the percentages of program 
participants who, within 1 year after 
exit from the program— 
‘‘(aa) obtain a secondary 
school diploma or its recognized 
equivalent; 
‘‘(bb) have obtained or re-
tained employment; and 
‘‘(cc) are in an education or 
training program leading to a 
recognized postsecondary creden-
tial; and’’; 
(2) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) 
INTERIM
INDICATORS
FOR 
ADULT EDUCATION.—A State may develop 
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interim indicators for measuring the per-
centage of program participants on track 
to meet the indicators described in sub-
clauses (IV) and (V) of clause (i) for adult 
education and literacy activities authorized 
under title II.’’; and 
(3) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘clauses (i)(VI)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘clause (i)(VI)’’. 
(h) COMMON PARTICIPANT INDIVIDUAL RECORD 
LAYOUT.—Section 116 (29 U.S.C. 3141) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) COMMON PARTICIPANT INDIVIDUAL RECORD 
LAYOUT.—The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 
Education shall establish a common reporting system that 
covers, and that accommodates, the core programs, relat-
ing to participant records and the performance account-
ability measures described in subsection (b).’’. 
(i) ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYSTEMS.—Section 121 (29 
U.S.C. 3151) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (ii) through 
(vi) as clauses (iii) through (vii), respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(ii) a public library;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) through one or more public li-
braries in accordance with paragraph 
(5);’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) INFORMATION
AND
SERVICES
PROVIDED 
THROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARIES.—A local board may 
use funds made available under subsection (h) to 
make programs, activities, and services available 
through a public library to the extent such library 
demonstrates to the local board— 
‘‘(A) that the library provides or will pro-
vide career services or other workforce develop-
ment activities to address unmet need for such 
services or activities, such as by providing ca-
reer services and other workforce development 
activities to individuals at days or times, and lo-
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cations, at which the services or activities are 
not otherwise made available through the cor-
responding one-stop partners; 
‘‘(B) that the library will provide a phys-
ical location within the library, which may in-
clude a mobile library site, in which to serve in-
dividuals seeking services provided by a college 
and career navigator; and 
‘‘(C) the library’s ability to leverage addi-
tional resources, such as staff, facilities, com-
puter access, or learning materials, in order to 
extend the level of services otherwise provided 
through the local one-stop delivery system, par-
ticularly to geographically distant communities, 
communities for which physical one-stop centers 
are not easily accessible through public trans-
portation, or communities in which there is in-
adequate access for the level of services need-
ed.’’. 
(j) DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS; INFORMATION LIT-
ERACY SKILLS.—Section 134(c) (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
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(A) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘digital lit-
eracy, information literacy,’’ after ‘‘(including 
literacy,’’; and 
(B) in clause (xii)(VI), by inserting ‘‘dig-
ital literacy skills, information literacy skills,’’ 
after ‘‘learning skills,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(D)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (x) and (xi) 
as clauses (xii) and (xiii), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after clause (ix) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(x) digital literacy skills training; 
‘‘(xi) information literacy skills train-
ing;’’. 
(k) LIBRARY-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED COL-
LEGE AND CAREER NAVIGATORS.—Subtitle D of title I 
is amended by inserting after section 171 (29 U.S.C. 
3226) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 171A. LIBRARY-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED COL-
LEGE AND CAREER NAVIGATORS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to ex-
pand the capacity of State and local workforce develop-
ment systems by leveraging the facilities and staff of li-
braries and community-based organizations to provide ca-
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reer navigation services to individuals through library- 
based and community-based college and career navigators. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this section, the term 
‘eligible entity’ means a partnership between a State board 
or local board and 1 or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) A community-based organization. 
‘‘(2) A library (as defined in section 213 of the 
Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 
9122)) that offers workforce development activities 
at no cost to individuals. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—From funds made 
available under section 172(g), the Secretary is authorized 
to make grants to eligible entities to carry out the purpose 
of this section. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(e) USES OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use funds 
made available through the grant to establish a col-
lege and career navigator program within the li-
brary, community-based organization, or agency that 
is a partner of such eligible entity. 
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‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES OF PROGRAM.—A college and 
career navigator program established under para-
graph (1) may hire, train, support, or retain 1 or 
more college and career navigators to provide career 
navigation services in coordination with a State or 
local workforce development system.’’. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
172 (20 U.S.C. 3227) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(g) 
LIBRARY-BASED
AND
COMMUNITY-BASED 
NAVIGATORS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out section 171A, $135,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 
and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION 
AND LITERACY 
SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 
Section 202(1) of the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(including digital literacy 
skills and information literacy skills)’’ after ‘‘skills’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and economic self-sufficiency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, economic self-sufficiency, and full 
participation in all aspects of adult life’’. 
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SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3272) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘postsecondary level’’ and 
inserting ‘‘college placement level’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (E); and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C) develop and use digital literacy skills; 
‘‘(D) develop and use information literacy 
skills; and’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(9) and (10) through (17) as paragraphs (6) 
through (12) and (14) through (21), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) COLLEGE PLACEMENT LEVEL.—The term 
‘college placement level’ means the level required for 
placement in college-level course work, rather than 
placement in developmental education, as dem-
onstrated by achievement of a designated score on a 
placement test or other college-identified measure. 
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‘‘(4) CONCURRENT
ENROLLMENT.—The term 
‘concurrent enrollment’ means intentional, simulta-
neous enrollment in more than 1 one-stop partner 
program, as a strategy for leveraging resources and 
eliminating duplication of services while achieving 
the best possible outcomes. 
‘‘(5) DIGITAL
LITERACY
SKILLS.—The term 
‘digital literacy skills’ means the skills associated 
with— 
‘‘(A) using technology to enable users to 
find, evaluate, organize, create, and commu-
nicate information; and 
‘‘(B) developing digital citizenship and the 
responsible use of technology.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘is 
basic 
skills 
deficient’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘has 
foundational skills needs’’; 
(5) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), in subparagraph (B)(i)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘or’’ and 
inserting ‘‘and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(III) development of digital lit-
eracy skills and information literacy 
skills; or’’; 
(6) in paragraph (12), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘and educational’’ after ‘‘in the 
economic’’; 
(7) by inserting after paragraph (12), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (2), the following: 
‘‘(13) INFORMATION
LITERACY
SKILLS.—The 
term ‘information literacy skills’ means the set of 
skills needed to find, retrieve, understand, evaluate, 
analyze, discern the reliability and accuracy of, and 
effectively use information (which encompasses spo-
ken and broadcast words and videos, printed mate-
rials, and digital content, data, and images).’’; 
(8) in paragraph (15), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by inserting ‘‘(and may be provided con-
currently with other activities and services, such as 
adult basic education)’’ after ‘‘workforce training’’; 
(9) in paragraph (17), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking ‘‘and solve problems, at levels 
of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in 
the family of the individual, and in society’’ and in-
serting ‘‘solve problems, and use digital literacy 
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skills and information literacy skills at levels of pro-
ficiency necessary to function effectively as an em-
ployee, a parent or family member, and a member 
of society’’; and 
(10) in paragraph (21), as redesignated by 
paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘information literacy 
skills,’’ after ‘‘digital literacy skills,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and completion of’’. 
SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 206 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3275) is amended by striking ‘‘this 
title’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘this title $810,000,000 for fiscal year 
2025, $945,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, $1,080,000,000 
for fiscal year 2027, $1,215,000,000 for fiscal year 2028, 
and $1,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2029.’’. 
SEC. 204. RESERVATION OF FUNDS. 
Section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3291) is amended in subsection 
(a)(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$15,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$25,000,000’’. 
SEC. 205. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 
Section 212 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3292) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 212. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), programs and activities authorized under 
this title are subject to all of the performance ac-
countability provisions described in section 116. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL MEASURABLE SKILL GAINS.— 
With respect to the application to programs and ac-
tivities authorized under this title of the indicator of 
measurable 
skill 
gains 
under 
section 
116(b)(2)(A)(i)(IV), such measurable skill gains 
may include those relating to the purpose described 
in section 202. 
‘‘(b) PILOT
FOR INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE AC-
COUNTABILITY SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove an application from an eligible agency to pilot, 
for a subset of eligible providers within its State and 
as an alternative to the performance accountability 
system described in section 116, an innovative per-
formance accountability system that uses alternative 
indicators of performance that have the potential to 
more accurately reflect the objectives and adult edu-
cation and literacy activities of the eligible providers’ 
programs if the Secretary determines that an appli-
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cation from such an eligible agency meets the re-
quirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) PILOT PERIOD.—An eligible agency apply-
ing to pilot an innovative performance accountability 
system under this subsection shall propose in its ap-
plication the period of time that the agency desires 
to implement such system, except that the period 
shall not exceed 5 years. 
‘‘(3) EXTENSION
OF
A
PILOT
PERIOD.—The 
Secretary shall approve an eligible agency’s request 
to extend the period of a pilot under this subsection 
if the Secretary determines that the innovative per-
formance system is meeting the objectives of this 
subsection. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible agency de-
siring to undertake a pilot under this subsection 
shall submit an application at such time and in 
such manner as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(B) 
CONTENTS.—An 
application 
de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 
agency engaged in an outreach process 
with eligible providers within its State to— 
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‘‘(I) inform the eligible providers 
of the opportunity to implement a 
pilot under this subsection; and 
‘‘(II) engage with the eligible 
providers in the development of alter-
native indicators of performance; 
‘‘(ii) an explanation of whether and 
how the eligible agency established any 
standards or criteria for the alternative 
measures of performance that participating 
eligible providers could elect to use; 
‘‘(iii) a listing of the eligible providers 
that will participate in the proposed pilot 
and a description of the indicators of per-
formance that each such provider will 
make use of through the pilot; 
‘‘(iv) a description of why the eligible 
agency and the participating eligible pro-
viders believe the proposed indicators of 
performance would more accurately meas-
ure the attainment of the objectives of 
such providers’ adult education and lit-
eracy activities than would the indicators 
of 
performance 
described 
in 
section 
116(b)(2); 
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‘‘(v) an explanation of how the pro-
posed indicators of performance will be 
valid and reliable measures of education 
and employment consistent with purposes 
of this title; 
‘‘(vi) a description of how the eligible 
agency will collect, report to the Secretary, 
and make publicly available the proposed 
indicators of performance from each par-
ticipating eligible provider on a timely 
basis; and 
‘‘(vii) an assurance that the eligible 
agency will, at the end of the pilot period, 
report to the Secretary on the outcomes of 
the pilot, including on whether the eligible 
agency met the objectives of the pilot. 
‘‘(C) SECRETARIAL
REVIEW
AND
AP-
PROVAL.—The Secretary shall determine wheth-
er to approve an application under this sub-
section by not later than 90 days of receiving 
the application. 
‘‘(D) DISAPPROVAL.—The Secretary shall 
not disapprove an application under this sub-
section without giving the applicant the oppor-
tunity to revise and resubmit the application. 
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‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) through the Director of the Institute 
of Education Sciences, carry out national eval-
uations of the implementation and outcomes of 
the pilots authorized under this subsection, with 
the first such evaluation to be completed not 
later than 5 years after the Secretary approves 
the first application from an eligible entity; 
‘‘(B) in consultation with the Director of 
the Institute of Education Sciences, identify 
best practices in the development and imple-
mentation of innovative performance account-
ability systems under this subsection; 
‘‘(C) disseminate information on those 
practices, including by making the information 
available on the website of the Department of 
Education; and 
‘‘(D) provide a report to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate and the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce of the House of Representatives 
on the results of the pilot program, including a 
comparison of the outcomes as measured by the 
innovative performance accountability systems 
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implemented under this subsection and the per-
formance measures described in section 116.’’. 
SEC. 206. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 
Section 222(b) of the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3302(b)) is amended by inserting 
after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY
OF
INFORMATION 
ON MATCHING FUNDS.—Each eligible agency shall 
maintain, on the website of such agency and in an 
easily accessible format, information documenting 
the non-Federal contributions made available to 
adult education and literacy programs pursuant to 
this subsection, including the sources of such con-
tributions and, in the case of funds made available 
by the State, the distribution of such funds to eligi-
ble providers.’’. 
SEC. 207. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 
Section 223(a) of the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3303(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘programs,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, family literacy,’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘and ex-
pand options for the education of adults’’ after 
‘‘efficiencies’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘digital’’ after ‘‘implementation of’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 
through (L) and subparagraph (M), as sub-
paragraphs (F) through (M) and subparagraph 
(O), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following: 
‘‘(E) Developing content and models for 
family literacy programs.’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (J), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B), in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘and English language acquisition’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘English language acquisition, digital lit-
eracy skills, and information literacy skills’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (K), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, such as 
the development and retention of policies for 
credentialing of adult educators who dem-
onstrate effectiveness’’ after ‘‘retention’’; 
(F) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘adult learners with 
learning disabilities or’’ and inserting ‘‘spe-
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cific groups of adult learners, such as 
those with learning disabilities, those at 
the lowest levels of literacy, or those who 
are’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘at the lowest achieve-
ment levels’’ and inserting ‘‘in appropriate 
and meaningful ways’’; and 
(G) by inserting after subparagraph (M), 
as redesignated by subparagraph (B), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(N) Strengthening the quality of adult 
education and literacy programs in the State 
through support for improved credentials, pro-
gram quality standards, and certification and 
accreditation requirements.’’. 
SEC. 208. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR ELIGIBLE PRO-
VIDERS. 
Section 231 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3321) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of section 203(4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 203(8)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘learning 
disabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘learning differences’’. 
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SEC. 209. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITS. 
Section 233(a) of the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3323(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and for pro-
fessional development’’ after ‘‘literacy activities’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘professional 
development,’’. 
SEC. 210. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 
Section 242 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3332) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) assistance to help States meet the require-
ments of section 116 in order to ensure— 
‘‘(A) that the outcomes and other data re-
quired pursuant to section 116 are collected 
and reported in a timely and accessible manner; 
and 
‘‘(B) that such data are reported consist-
ently across States and eligible providers and 
are reviewed for quality and consistency at the 
Federal level.’’; 
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(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (4) as paragraphs (5) through (7), re-
spectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) technical assistance to participating eligi-
ble agencies and eligible providers in implementing 
innovative performance accountability systems under 
section 212(b)(1); 
‘‘(3) grants to such agencies and providers to 
assist them in implementing such systems; 
‘‘(4) carrying out the national evaluations re-
quired under section 212(b)(5)(A);’’ and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting 
‘‘skills and information literacy skills’’ after 
‘‘digital literacy’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C)(vii)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I), by striking ‘‘best practices’’ 
and inserting ‘‘effective practices’’; 
(II) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘adults with learning disabilities and 
with’’ and inserting ‘‘specific popu-
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lations, such as adults with learning 
differences, adults with the lowest lev-
els of literacy or numeracy, adults 
who are supporting the education of 
their children, and’’; 
(III) by redesignating subclauses 
(III) and (IV) as subclauses (IV) and 
(V), respectively; 
(IV) by inserting after subclause 
(II) the following: 
‘‘(III) family literacy programs;’’; 
and 
(V) in subclause (IV), as redesig-
nated by subclause (III), by inserting 
‘‘, including digital literacy skills and 
information literacy skills develop-
ment’’ after ‘‘activities’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) in clause (ii), by inserting 
‘‘for themselves and their children’’ 
after ‘‘education and training’’; and 
(II) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘, 
such as counseling, transportation, 
and child care,’’ after ‘‘support serv-
ices’’; 
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(iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 
(G) as subparagraph (K); and 
(v) by inserting after subparagraph 
(F) the following: 
‘‘(G) developing and rigorously evaluating 
model programs for the preparation of highly 
effective adult educators; 
‘‘(H) carrying out initiatives to support the 
professionalization of adult education through 
the creation and implementation of full-time 
staffing models; 
‘‘(I) providing professional development 
and technical assistance to adult educators that 
is designed to help ensure that adult education 
and family literacy programs build pathways to 
future success for all adult learners; 
‘‘(J) strengthening the quality of adult 
education and literacy programs through sup-
port for improved credentials, program quality 
standards, and certification and accreditation 
requirements that States may adopt on a vol-
untary basis; and’’. 
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SEC. 211. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS 
EDUCATION. 
Section 243 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3333) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, in combina-
tion with integrated education and training activi-
ties’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘designed’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘designed to prepare 
adults who are English learners for full participation 
in the economic, educational, and civic life of the 
community, which may include integration with the 
local workforce development system.’’. 
Æ 
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