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carrying on by such corporation, association,
educational institution, or society of its activi-
ties. Such recipients shall comply with the other
requirements contained in subparagraph (A).’’.
SEC. 130. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) PROGRAM YEAR.—Section 189(g)(1) (29 U.S.C.
2939(g)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Appropriations for any fis-
cal year for programs and activities carried out
under this title shall be available for obligation only
on the basis of a program year. The program year
shall begin on July 1 in the fiscal year for which the
appropriation is made.’’.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Section 189(g)(2) (29 U.S.C.
2939(g)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each State’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each recipient’’.
(c) GENERAL
WAIVERS.—Section 189(i)(4) (29
U.S.C. 2939(i)(4)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, or in accordance
with subparagraph (D)’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’;
and
(2) by adding the following subparagraph:
‘‘(D) EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR EXTEND-
ING
APPROVED
WAIVERS
TO
ADDITIONAL
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STATES.—In lieu of the requirements of sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary may es-
tablish an expedited procedure for the purpose
of extending to additional States the waiver of
statutory or regulatory requirements that have
been approved for a State pursuant to a request
under subparagraph (B). Such procedure shall
ensure that the extension of such waivers to ad-
ditional States are accompanied by appropriate
conditions relating the implementation of such
waivers.’’.
SEC. 131. GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
Section 195 (29 U.S.C. 2945) is amended 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
ranking minority members of the Committee on
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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,
BASIC SKILLS, AND FAMILY
LITERACY EDUCATION
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, BASIC SKILLS, 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
individuals.
‘‘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 Institute for Literacy.
‘‘Sec. 243. 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,
BASIC SKILLS, AND FAMILY
LITERACY EDUCATION
‘‘SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Adult Education,
Basic Skills, 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, basic
skills, 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 postsecondary educational institution;
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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 immigrants who are not proficient in
English in improving their reading, writing, speak-
ing, and math skills and acquiring an understanding
of the American free enterprise system, individual
freedom, and the responsibilities of citizenship.
‘‘SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this title:
‘‘(1) ADULT EDUCATION, BASIC SKILLS, AND
FAMILY
LITERACY
EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.—The
term ‘adult education, basic skills, and family lit-
eracy education programs’ means a sequence of aca-
demic instruction and educational services below the
postsecondary level that increase an individual’s abil-
ity to read, write, and speak in English and perform
mathematical computations leading to a level of pro-
ficiency 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, basic skills, and family literacy edu-
cation programs in the State or outlying area,
respectively, 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 to that
term in section 1208 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 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-
entific research-based principles, and, for the
purpose of substantially increasing the ability of
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parents 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 to that 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 postsecondary
education.
‘‘(12) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The
term ‘local educational agency’ has the meaning
given to that term in section 9101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.