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‘‘(8) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
EVALUA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall provide such staff training, tech-
nical assistance, and other activities as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate to support the imple-
mentation of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) EVALUATION.—The Secretary may 
require that States with an approved plan 
under this subsection to participate in an eval-
uation of activities carried out under this sub-
section, including an evaluation using the tech-
niques described in section 172(c). 
‘‘(9) PLAN
REVIEW.—Upon receipt of a 
WIRED plan from the State or local workforce in-
vestment board or boards, the Secretary shall con-
sult with the Federal agency head responsible for 
the administration of any of the programs included 
in the plan pursuant to paragraph (4) or (6). 
‘‘(10) FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
‘‘(A) INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM OF UN-
DERSTANDING.—Within 90 days following the 
date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec-
retary and the Federal agency heads respon-
sible for programs that could be included in a 
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plan approved under this subsection pursuant 
to paragraph (4) or (6) shall enter into an 
interdepartmental memorandum of agreement 
providing for the implementation of WIRED 
plans with respect to the integration of pro-
grams and funds administered by each Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(B) INTERAGENCY
FUNDS
TRANSFERS 
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary and the Federal 
agency heads responsible for the programs that 
are included in a plan approved under para-
graph (4) or (6) are authorized to take such ac-
tion as may be necessary to provide for intra- 
agency or interagency transfers of funds other-
wise available to a State or local workforce in-
vestment board or boards in order to further 
the purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(11) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) 
SEPARATE
RECORDS
NOT
RE-
QUIRED.—Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed as requiring the region to maintain 
separate records tracing any services or activi-
ties conducted under an approved WIRED plan 
to the programs under which funds were origi-
nally authorized, nor shall the State or local 
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workforce investment board or boards be re-
quired to allocate expenditures among such pro-
grams. 
‘‘(B) SINGLE AUDIT ACT.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to interfere with the 
ability of the Secretary to fulfill the responsibil-
ities for the safeguarding of Federal funds pur-
suant to the Single Audit Act of 1984. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY
TO
CARRY
OUT
ADDITIONAL 
WIRED ACTIVITIES UNDER WIA.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
FOR
USE
OF
CERTAIN 
FUNDS UNDER WIA.—Funds available under sections 
128, 133, and 171 of this Act may be used by re-
cipients and subrecipients of those funds for 
WIRED activities, as defined in paragraph (2), in 
addition to the other activities for which such funds 
are authorized to be used. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, WIRED activities include— 
‘‘(A) WIRED planning activities, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) defining the regional economy; 
‘‘(ii) creating a broad-based regional 
partnership that assists in developing the 
economic vision described in clause (iv), 
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the strategies described in clause (v), and 
that provides a forum for regional eco-
nomic decisionmaking; 
‘‘(iii) conducting an assessment of the 
regional economy to map the assets of a 
region and identify the strengths, weak-
nesses, opportunities and risks based on 
those assets; 
‘‘(iv) developing an economic vision 
based on those strengths and assets; 
‘‘(v) developing strategies and cor-
responding 
implementation 
plans 
that 
identify specific goals and tasks and pro-
vides a blueprint for how to achieve the 
economic vision for the region; and 
‘‘(vi) identifying resources to support 
the plan of the region; 
‘‘(B) job training and related activities for 
workers to assist them in gaining the skills and 
competencies needed to obtain or upgrade em-
ployment in industries or economic sectors pro-
jected to experience significant growth in the 
region, including— 
‘‘(i) activities supporting talent devel-
opment related to entrepreneurship and 
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small business development in the region; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the purchase of equipment to 
train job seekers and workers for high- 
growth occupations in the region; and 
‘‘(C) activities to enhance training and re-
lated activities and to promote workforce devel-
opment in the region, including— 
‘‘(i) the development and implementa-
tion of model activities, such as developing 
appropriate curricula to build core com-
petencies and train workers in the region; 
‘‘(ii) identifying and disseminating ca-
reer and skill information relating to the 
region; 
‘‘(iii) developing or purchasing re-
gional data tools or systems to deepen un-
derstanding of the regional economy and 
labor market; and 
‘‘(iv) integrated regional planning, 
such as increasing the integration of com-
munity and technical college activities with 
activities of businesses and the public 
workforce investment system to meet the 
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training needs of businesses in the re-
gion.’’. 
SEC. 131. GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 195 (29 U.S.C. 2945) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7) by inserting at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(D) Funds received by a public or private 
nonprofit entity that are not described in para-
graph (B), such as funds privately raised from 
philanthropic foundations, businesses, or other 
private entities, shall not be considered to be in-
come under this title and shall not be subject 
to the requirements of this section.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(14) Funds provided under this title shall not 
be used to establish or operate stand-alone fee-for- 
service enterprises that compete with private sector 
employment agencies within the meaning of section 
701(c) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000e(c)). For purposes of this paragraph, such an 
enterprise does not include one-stop centers. 
‘‘(15) Any report required to be submitted to 
Congress, or to a Committee of Congress, under this 
title shall be submitted to both the chairmen and 
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ranking minority members of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.’’. 
TITLE 
II—ADULT 
EDUCATION 
AND FAMILY LITERACY EDU-
CATION 
SEC. 201. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents in section 1(b) is amended by 
amending the items relating to title II to read as follows: 
‘‘TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY 
EDUCATION 
‘‘Sec. 201. Short title. 
‘‘Sec. 202. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 203. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 204. Home schools. 
‘‘Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 211. Reservation of funds; grants to eligible agencies; allotments. 
‘‘Sec. 212. Performance accountability system. 
‘‘Sec. 213. Incentive grants for States. 
‘‘CHAPTER 2—STATE PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 221. State administration. 
‘‘Sec. 222. State distribution of funds; matching requirement. 
‘‘Sec. 223. State leadership activities. 
‘‘Sec. 224. State plan. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized indi-
viduals. 
‘‘CHAPTER 3—LOCAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 231. Grants and contracts for eligible providers. 
‘‘Sec. 232. Local application. 
‘‘Sec. 233. Local administrative cost limits. 
‘‘CHAPTER 4—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 241. Administrative provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 242. National leadership activities.’’. 
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SEC. 202. AMENDMENT. 
Title II (29 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘TITLE 
II—ADULT 
EDUCATION 
AND FAMILY LITERACY EDU-
CATION 
‘‘SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Education Act’. 
‘‘SEC. 202. PURPOSE. 
‘‘It is the purpose of this title to provide instructional 
opportunities for adults seeking to improve their literacy 
skills, including their basic reading, writing, speaking, and 
math skills, and support States and local communities in 
providing, on a voluntary basis, adult education and family 
literacy education programs, in order to— 
‘‘(1) increase the literacy of adults, including 
the basic reading, writing, speaking, and math skills, 
to a level of proficiency necessary for adults to ob-
tain employment and self-sufficiency and to success-
fully advance in the workforce; 
‘‘(2) assist adults in the completion of a sec-
ondary school education (or its equivalent) and the 
transition to a post-secondary educational institu-
tion; 
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‘‘(3) assist adults who are parents to enable 
them to support the educational development of their 
children and make informed choices regarding their 
children’s education including, through instruction in 
basic reading, writing, speaking, and math skills; 
and 
‘‘(4) assist adults who are not proficient in 
English in improving their reading, writing, speak-
ing, listening, comprehension, and math skills and 
acquiring an understanding of the American free en-
terprise system, individual freedom, and the respon-
sibilities of citizenship. 
‘‘SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY 
EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The term ‘adult education 
and family literacy education programs’ means a se-
quence of academic instruction and educational serv-
ices below the post-secondary level that increase an 
individual’s ability to read, write, and speak in 
English and perform mathematical computations 
leading to a level of proficiency equivalent to at least 
a secondary school completion that is provided for 
individuals— 
‘‘(A) who are at least 16 years of age; 
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‘‘(B) who are not enrolled or required to be 
enrolled in secondary school under State law; 
and 
‘‘(C) who— 
‘‘(i) lack sufficient mastery of basic 
reading, writing, speaking, and math skills 
to enable the individuals to function effec-
tively in society; 
‘‘(ii) do not have a secondary school 
diploma, General Educational Development 
credential (GED), or other State-recog-
nized equivalent and have not achieved an 
equivalent level of education; or 
‘‘(iii) are unable to read, write, or 
speak the English language. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
AGENCY.—The term ‘eligible 
agency’— 
‘‘(A) means the primary entity or agency 
in a State or an outlying area responsible for 
administering or supervising policy for adult 
education and family literacy education pro-
grams in the State or outlying area, respec-
tively, consistent with the law of the State or 
outlying area, respectively; and 
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‘‘(B) may be the State educational agency, 
the State agency responsible for administering 
workforce investment activities, or the State 
agency responsible for administering community 
or technical colleges. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER.—The term ‘eligible 
provider’ means— 
‘‘(A) a local educational agency; 
‘‘(B) a community-based or faith-based or-
ganization of demonstrated effectiveness; 
‘‘(C) a volunteer literacy organization of 
demonstrated effectiveness; 
‘‘(D) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(E) a public or private educational agen-
cy; 
‘‘(F) a library; 
‘‘(G) a public housing authority; 
‘‘(H) an institution that is not described in 
any of subparagraphs (A) through (G) and has 
the ability to provide adult education, basic 
skills, and family literacy education programs to 
adults and families; or 
‘‘(I) a consortium of the agencies, organi-
zations, institutions, libraries, or authorities de-
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scribed in any of subparagraphs (A) through 
(H). 
‘‘(4) ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
ACQUISITION
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘English language acquisition pro-
gram’ means a program of instruction designed to 
help individuals with limited English proficiency 
achieve competence in reading, writing, and speaking 
the English language. 
‘‘(5) ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF READING IN-
STRUCTION.—The term ‘essential components of 
reading instruction’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 1208 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(6) 
FAMILY
LITERACY
EDUCATION
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘family literacy education pro-
gram’ means an educational program that— 
‘‘(A) assists parents and students, on a 
voluntary basis, in achieving the purposes of 
this title as described in section 202; and 
‘‘(B) is of sufficient intensity in terms of 
hours and of sufficient duration to make sus-
tainable changes in a family, is based upon sci-
entifically based research, and, for the purpose 
of substantially increasing the ability of parents 
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and children to read, write, and speak English, 
integrates— 
‘‘(i) interactive literacy activities be-
tween parents and their children; 
‘‘(ii) training for parents regarding 
how to be the primary teacher for their 
children and full partners in the education 
of their children; 
‘‘(iii) parent literacy training that 
leads to economic self-sufficiency; and 
‘‘(iv) an age-appropriate education to 
prepare children for success in school and 
life experiences. 
‘‘(7) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘Governor’ means 
the chief executive officer of a State or outlying 
area. 
‘‘(8) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘individual 
with a disability’ means an individual with any 
disability (as defined in section 3 of the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act of 1990). 
‘‘(B) INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 
The term ‘individuals with disabilities’ means 
more than one individual with a disability. 
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‘‘(9) INDIVIDUAL WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PRO-
FICIENCY.—The 
term 
‘individual 
with 
limited 
English proficiency’ means an adult or out-of-school 
youth who has limited ability in reading, writing, 
speaking, or understanding the English language, 
and— 
‘‘(A) whose native language is a language 
other than English; or 
‘‘(B) who lives in a family or community 
environment where a language other than 
English is the dominant language. 
‘‘(10) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(11) LITERACY.—The term ‘literacy’ means an 
individual’s ability to read, write, and speak in 
English, compute, and solve problems at a level of 
proficiency necessary to obtain employment and to 
successfully make the transition to post-secondary 
education. 
‘‘(12) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘local educational agency’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
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‘‘(13) OUTLYING
AREA.—The term ‘outlying 
area’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 
of this Act. 
‘‘(14) POST-SECONDARY
EDUCATIONAL
INSTI-
TUTION.—The term ‘post-secondary educational in-
stitution’ means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education 
that provides not less than a 2-year program of 
instruction that is acceptable for credit toward 
a bachelor’s degree; 
‘‘(B) a tribally controlled community col-
lege; or 
‘‘(C) a nonprofit educational institution of-
fering certificate or apprenticeship programs at 
the post-secondary level. 
‘‘(15) READING.—The term ‘reading’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 1208 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(16) SCIENTIFICALLY
BASED
RESEARCH.— 
The term ‘scientifically based research’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(17) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Education. 
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‘‘(18) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(19) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘State educational agency’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(20) WORKPLACE LITERACY PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘workplace literacy program’ means an edu-
cational program that is offered in collaboration be-
tween eligible providers and employers or employee 
organizations for the purpose of improving the pro-
ductivity of the workforce through the improvement 
of reading, writing, speaking, and math skills. 
‘‘SEC. 204. HOME SCHOOLS. 
‘‘Nothing in this title shall be construed to affect 
home schools, whether or not a home school is treated as 
a home school or a private school under State law, or to 
compel a parent engaged in home schooling to participate 
in an English language acquisition program, a family lit-
eracy education program, or an adult education and family 
literacy education program. 
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‘‘SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 
2013 through 2017. 
‘‘CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘SEC. 211. RESERVATION OF FUNDS; GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE 
AGENCIES; ALLOTMENTS. 
‘‘(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the sums ap-
propriated under section 205 for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(1) shall reserve up to 1.72 percent for incen-
tive grants under section 213; 
‘‘(2) shall reserve 1.75 percent to carry out sec-
tion 242; and 
‘‘(3) shall reserve up to 1.55 percent to carry 
out section 243. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the sums appro-
priated under section 205 and not reserved under 
subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
award a grant to each eligible agency having a State 
plan approved under section 224 in an amount equal 
to the sum of the initial allotment under subsection 
(c)(1) and the additional allotment under subsection 
(c)(2) for the eligible agency for the fiscal year, sub-
ject to subsections (f) and (g). 
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‘‘(2) PURPOSE
OF
GRANTS.—The Secretary 
may award a grant under paragraph (1) only if the 
eligible agency involved agrees to expend the grant 
in accordance with the provisions of this title. 
‘‘(c) ALLOTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL
ALLOTMENTS.—From the sums 
appropriated under section 205 and not reserved 
under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall allot to each eligible agency having a State 
plan approved under section 224— 
‘‘(A) $100,000, in the case of an eligible 
agency serving an outlying area; and 
‘‘(B) $250,000, in the case of any other el-
igible agency. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
ALLOTMENTS.—From the 
sums appropriated under section 205, not reserved 
under subsection (a), and not allotted under para-
graph (1), for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot 
to each eligible agency that receives an initial allot-
ment under paragraph (1) an additional amount 
that bears the same relationship to such sums as the 
number of qualifying adults in the State or outlying 
area served by the eligible agency bears to the num-
ber of such adults in all States and outlying areas. 
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