Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 3035 - ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY GRANT PROGRAMS › Subpart B - LITERACY GRANT PROGRAM › Section 3035.210 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Adult Literacy Program" means a structured program that
				  provides direct instructional services in reading, writing, comprehension,
				  computation or English language skills to adult students using volunteer
				  tutors.
"Adult Literacy Provider Agency" means an educational agency
				  providing basic skills or English language instruction to adult
				  students.
"Adult Student" means an individual in Illinois who has
				  exceeded the maximum age for compulsory schooling (17), is not currently
				  enrolled in school (see 105 ILCS 5 /Art. 26) and qualifies for instructional
				  services through an educational assessment.
"Applicant" means "Submitting Agency" as defined in this
				  Section.
"Application" means the formal request for a literacy grant
				  submitted to the Illinois State Library pursuant to this Subpart.
"Basic Skills Instruction" means instructional services in
				  reading, writing, comprehension and/or computation.
"Businesses" means public or private employers. Businesses
				  functioning as educational agencies may not be a for-profit entity.
"Child Education Agency" means an entity working with
				  children at risk of school failure.
"Coalition" means a structured cooperative effort among
				  libraries, education agencies, and community-based organizations, or any
				  combination of these entities, at the local or regional level.
"Community" means any county or municipality in
				  Illinois.
"Community-based Organization" means a private or public
				  not-for-profit organization, including volunteer organizations, located in an
				  Illinois community, that provides services to citizens within that community
				  and the surrounding area.
"Computation" means to determine by mathematics.
"Contract" means the agreement between the Illinois State
				  Library and submitting agency to implement a literacy project.
"Educational Agencies" means those entities eligible to apply
				  that are public libraries and are members of an Illinois regional library
				  system; community colleges, school districts and regional offices of education
				  that are certified by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
				  State Board of Education or the Illinois Community College Board; community
				  based organizations, volunteer agencies or a coalition of those entities, and
				  businesses as defined in this Section. If not a governmental entity, the agency
				  must have been granted 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service.
"Educational Assessment" means testing methods that measure
				  the educational skills possessed by adults, including reading, writing,
				  comprehension, computation or English language skills.
"English Language Instruction" means instructional services
				  in reading, writing, comprehension, computation and speaking the English
				  language.
"Equipment" means a computer or similar technology that will
				  be used to support instructional materials as defined in this Section but not
				  for the administration or management of a literacy program.
"Family Literacy" means a structured program that provides
				  direct instructional services in basic skills or English language, parenting
				  instruction for adults, developmentally appropriate activities for children,
				  structured reciprocal time for both to learn together, and library
				  education.
"Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of the State of
				  Illinois.
"Instructional Materials" means written and electronic
				  materials that are used in teaching adults basic reading, writing,
				  comprehension, computation or English language skills.
"LAB" means the Literacy Advisory Board established by the
				  State Library Act [15 ILCS
				  320/7.2 ].
"Library" means a tax-supported public library within an
				  Illinois library system.
"Literacy" means the ability of an individual to read, write,
				  compute, and speak in English, and solve problems at levels of proficiency
				  necessary to function on the job and in society, to achieve one's goals, and
				  develop one's knowledge and potential.
"Literacy Program" means a structured project or program that
				  provides direct instructional services in literacy to adult students.
"Math Student" means an adult whose math skills are below the
				  9.0 grade level and/or below educational functioning level 6 and who is
				  enrolled in the literacy program for math instruction.
"Partnering Agency" means those agencies who will receive
				  part of the grant funds or who will actively participate in the literacy
				  project as an essential component of that project, without whose participation
				  the project would fail or be radically changed.
"Secretary of State" means the Illinois Secretary of State,
				  who is the State Librarian.
"Site Visit" means a visit conducted by a literacy grant
				  monitor to a literacy grant recipient to determine whether the project meets or
				  maintains the criteria of the grant program. The site visit may be made in
				  person, by phone or by electronic means, at the discretion of the Illinois
				  State Library Literacy Office.
"State Library" or "ISL" means the Illinois State Library, a
				  department of the Illinois Secretary of State established pursuant to the State
				  Library Act [15 ILCS 320 ].
"Submitting agency" means the eligible education agency or
				  business authorized to submit a literacy grant application. The submitting
				  agency shall be the legal entity responsible for the disbursement of public
				  funds.
"Testing" means educational assessment.
"Volunteer Tutor" means an unpaid, trained individual over
				  the age of 17 who provides one to one or small group instruction to adult
				  students.
"Workplace Literacy Program" means a structured program that
				  provides direct instructional services in reading, writing, comprehension,
				  computation or English language skills to adult employees or prospective
				  employees at their place of employment.