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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2789
5	5	To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and the Workforce
6	6	Innovation and Opportunity Act to strengthen adult education.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL9, 2025
9	9	Mrs. M
10	10	CBATH(for herself and Mr. MRVAN) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
14	14	and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to
15	15	strengthen adult education.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adult Education Work-4
20	20	force Opportunity and Reskilling for Knowledge and Suc-5
21	21	cess Act’’ or the ‘‘Adult Education WORKS Act’’. 6
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25	25	TITLE I—WORKFORCE 1
26	26	DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 2
27	27	SEC. 101. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 3
28	28	(a) A
29	29	MENDMENT TO WIOA.—Except as otherwise ex-4
30	30	pressly provided, whenever in this section an amendment 5
31	31	or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or 6
32	32	repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 7
33	33	be considered to be made to a section or other provision 8
34	34	of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 9
35	35	U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 10
36	36	(b) D
37	37	EFINITIONS.— 11
38	38	(1) I
39	39	N GENERAL.—Section 3 (29 U.S.C. 3102) 12
40	40	is amended— 13
41	41	(A) by striking paragraph (5); 14
42	42	(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 15
43	43	through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (8), re-16
44	44	spectively; 17
45	45	(C) by inserting after paragraph (8), as re-18
46	46	designated by subparagraph (B), the following: 19
47	47	‘‘(9) C
48	48	OLLEGE AND CAREER NAVIGATOR .—The 20
49	49	term ‘college and career navigator’ means an indi-21
50	50	vidual who— 22
51	51	‘‘(A) has extensive knowledge of workforce 23
52	52	development programs and services, postsec-24
53	53	ondary programs and services, Federal and 25
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57	57	other student financial aid for postsecondary 1
58	58	education, and case management techniques; 2
59	59	‘‘(B) supports persons who are accessing 3
60	60	services under this Act, by gathering work his-4
61	61	tory and skills information, providing tailored 5
62	62	college and career guidance and labor market 6
63	63	information, helping jobseekers identify training 7
64	64	and educational options to best fit their needs, 8
65	65	including Federal student aid and other assist-9
66	66	ance available to pay the costs of attendance at 10
67	67	an institution of higher education or for partici-11
68	68	pation in training, facilitating access to serv-12
69	69	ices, and facilitating co-enrollment of individ-13
70	70	uals in programs carried out under title I and 14
71	71	title II; 15
72	72	‘‘(C) provides or organizes provision of 16
73	73	services to promote job readiness, digital lit-17
74	74	eracy skills, information literacy skills, and the 18
75	75	skills needed for success in postsecondary edu-19
76	76	cation, facilitates the successful transition of in-20
77	77	dividuals to postsecondary education, coordi-21
78	78	nates activities with employers and with entities 22
79	79	and individuals involved in the one-stop delivery 23
80	80	system in the local area, and conducts commu-24
81	81	nity outreach; and 25
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85	85	‘‘(D) as determined appropriate by the 1
86	86	one-stop operator or eligible provider of adult 2
87	87	education and literacy activities involved, is re-3
88	88	sponsible for recruitment of students in adult 4
89	89	education and literacy activities and partici-5
90	90	pants in workforce investment activities, provi-6
91	91	sion of intensive case management, provision of 7
92	92	career exploration services, and data collection 8
93	93	associated with an activity specified in this sub-9
94	94	paragraph.’’; 10
95	95	(D) by redesignating paragraphs (12) 11
96	96	through (14), (15) through (21), (22) through 12
97	97	(26), and (27) through (71), as paragraphs 13
98	98	(13) through (15), (17) through (23), (25) 14
99	99	through (29), and (31) through (75), respec-15
100	100	tively; 16
101	101	(E) by inserting after paragraph (11) the 17
102	102	following: 18
103	103	‘‘(12) C
104	104	ONCURRENT ENROLLMENT .—The term 19
105	105	‘concurrent enrollment’ has the meaning given the 20
106	106	term in section 203.’’; 21
107	107	(F) by inserting after paragraph (15), as 22
108	108	redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-23
109	109	lowing: 24
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113	113	‘‘(16) DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS .—The term 1
114	114	‘digital literacy skills’ has the meaning given the 2
115	115	term in section 203.’’; 3
116	116	(G) by inserting after paragraph (23), as 4
117	117	redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-5
118	118	lowing: 6
119	119	‘‘(24) F
120	120	OUNDATIONAL SKILL NEEDS .—The 7
121	121	term ‘foundational skill needs’, used with respect to 8
122	122	an individual, means— 9
123	123	‘‘(A) in the case of an individual who is a 10
124	124	youth, an individual who has English reading, 11
125	125	writing, or computing skills at or below the 8th 12
126	126	grade level on a generally accepted standardized 13
127	127	test; or 14
128	128	‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who is a 15
129	129	youth or adult, an individual who is unable to 16
130	130	compute or solve problems, or read, write, or 17
131	131	speak English, at a level necessary to function 18
132	132	on the job, in the individual’s family, or in soci-19
133	133	ety.’’; and 20
134	134	(H) by inserting after paragraph (29), as 21
135	135	redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-22
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140	140	‘‘(30) INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS .—The 1
141	141	term ‘information literacy skills’ has the meaning 2
142	142	given the term in section 203.’’. 3
143	143	(2) C
144	144	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 4
145	145	(A) Section 121(h)(2)(C)(ii) (29 U.S.C. 5
146	146	3151(h)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-6
147	147	tion 3(13)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7
148	148	3(14)(D)’’. 8
149	149	(B) Section 134(c)(3)(H)(i) (29 U.S.C. 9
150	150	3174(c)(3)(H)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-10
151	151	tion 3(44)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(48)’’. 11
152	152	(C) Section 170(b)(1)(D)(i) (29 U.S.C. 12
153	153	3225(b)(1)(D)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-13
154	154	tion 3(15)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 14
155	155	3(17)(E)’’. 15
156	156	(D) Section 211(e)(3) (29 U.S.C. 16
157	157	3291(e)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 17
158	158	3(45)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(49)’’. 18
159	159	(c) S
160	160	TATEWORKFORCEDEVELOPMENT BOARDS.— 19
161	161	Section 101 (29 U.S.C. 3111) is amended— 20
162	162	(1) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(ii)(IV), by inserting 21
163	163	‘‘, and representatives of organizations that provide 22
164	164	adult education’’ after ‘‘out-of-school youth’’; and 23
165	165	(2) in subsection (d)— 24
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169	169	(A) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘(as 1
170	170	defined in section 202 of the Museum and Li-2
171	171	brary Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101); referred 3
172	172	to in this Act as ‘digital literacy skills’)’’; 4
173	173	(B) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ 5
174	174	at the end; 6
175	175	(C) by redesignating paragraph (12) as 7
176	176	paragraph (13); and 8
177	177	(D) by inserting after paragraph (11) the 9
178	178	following: 10
179	179	‘‘(12) in collaboration with providers of adult 11
180	180	education and literacy activities, the promotion of 12
181	181	the employment of college and career navigators by 13
182	182	the one-stop centers in the State; and’’. 14
183	183	(d) P
184	184	ROGRAMSPECIFICS FORSTATEPLANS.—Sec-15
185	185	tion 102(b)(2) (29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(2)) is amended— 16
186	186	(1) in subparagraph (D)(ii)— 17
187	187	(A) in subclause (II), by striking item (dd) 18
188	188	and inserting the following: 19
189	189	‘‘(dd) integrated education 20
190	190	and training, including how costs 21
191	191	for such activities will be shared 22
192	192	among relevant core programs;’’; 23
193	193	(B) in subclause (V), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 24
194	194	the end; and 25
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198	198	(C) by adding at the end the following: 1
199	199	‘‘(VI) how the eligible agency will 2
200	200	promote, through funding priority or 3
201	201	other means, professionalization of 4
202	202	adult education and literacy activities 5
203	203	through the adoption of staffing mod-6
204	204	els that include requirements and sup-7
205	205	port for teacher credentialing, stand-8
206	206	ards, and support for ongoing in-serv-9
207	207	ice professional development, and ca-10
208	208	reer ladders for professional growth, 11
209	209	which may include more opportunities 12
210	210	for full-time teaching positions;’’; and 13
211	211	(2) in subparagraph (E)(iii)(II), by inserting 14
212	212	‘‘providers of adult education and literacy activities,’’ 15
213	213	after ‘‘institutions of higher education,’’. 16
214	214	(e) L
215	215	OCALBOARDS.—Section 107 (29 U.S.C. 3122) 17
216	216	is amended— 18
217	217	(1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 19
218	218	the following: 20
219	219	‘‘(D) I
220	220	NFORMATION ON MEMBERSHIP .— 21
221	221	The chief elected officials appointing the local 22
222	222	board for a local area shall make publicly avail-23
223	223	able information on the membership of the 24
224	224	board (including information identifying how 25
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228	228	the membership composition requirements of 1
229	229	subsection (b) have been met), including by 2
230	230	posting that information on the website of each 3
231	231	unit of general local government included in the 4
232	232	local area.’’; and 5
233	233	(2) in subsection (d)— 6
234	234	(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘sec-7
235	235	ondary and postsecondary education’’ and in-8
236	236	serting ‘‘secondary, postsecondary, and adult 9
237	237	education’’; 10
238	238	(B) in paragraph (7)(C)— 11
239	239	(i) by inserting ‘‘, in consultation with 12
240	240	providers of public access to technology,’’ 13
241	241	after ‘‘identifying strategies’’; 14
242	242	(ii) by inserting ‘‘, including deliveries 15
243	243	through public libraries,’’ after ‘‘traditional 16
244	244	service delivery’’; and 17
245	245	(iii) by inserting ‘‘and information lit-18
246	246	eracy skills’’ after ‘‘digital literacy skills’’; 19
247	247	and 20
248	248	(C) by adding at the end the following: 21
249	249	‘‘(14) C
250	250	OLLEGE AND CAREER NAVIGATORS .— 22
251	251	The local board, in collaboration with providers of 23
252	252	adult education and literacy activities in the local 24
253	253	area, shall promote the employment of college and 25
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257	257	career navigators by the one-stop centers and eligible 1
258	258	providers (as defined in section 203) in the local 2
259	259	area.’’. 3
260	260	(f) L
261	261	OCALPLANS.—Section 108 (29 U.S.C. 3123) is 4
262	262	amended— 5
263	263	(1) in subsection (b)(13), by inserting ‘‘, includ-6
264	264	ing, in all local plans after the first such plan, a de-7
265	265	scription of how the local board carried out such co-8
266	266	ordination and completed such review during the 9
267	267	previous 4-year period’’ after ‘‘submitted under title 10
268	268	II’’; and 11
269	269	(2) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting ‘‘, along 12
270	270	with a description of the actions the local board took 13
271	271	in response to such comments’’ after ‘‘disagreement 14
272	272	with the plan’’. 15
273	273	(g) I
274	274	NDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.—Section 16
275	275	116(b)(2)(A) (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 17
276	276	(1) in clause (i), by striking subclauses (IV) 18
277	277	and (V) and inserting the following: 19
278	278	‘‘(IV) the percentages of program 20
279	279	participants who, during participation 21
280	280	in the program— 22
281	281	‘‘(aa) obtain a recognized 23
282	282	postsecondary credential or a sec-24
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286	286	ondary school diploma or its rec-1
287	287	ognized equivalent; and 2
288	288	‘‘(bb) are in an education or 3
289	289	training program that leads to a 4
290	290	recognized postsecondary creden-5
291	291	tial or employment and who are 6
292	292	achieving measurable skill gains 7
293	293	toward such a credential or em-8
294	294	ployment; 9
295	295	‘‘(V) the percentages of program 10
296	296	participants who, within 1 year after 11
297	297	exit from the program— 12
298	298	‘‘(aa) obtain a secondary 13
299	299	school diploma or its recognized 14
300	300	equivalent; 15
301	301	‘‘(bb) have obtained or re-16
302	302	tained employment; and 17
303	303	‘‘(cc) are in an education or 18
304	304	training program leading to a 19
305	305	recognized postsecondary creden-20
306	306	tial; and’’; 21
307	307	(2) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the fol-22
308	308	lowing: 23
309	309	‘‘(iii) I
310	310	NTERIM INDICATORS FOR 24
311	311	ADULT EDUCATION.—A State may develop 25
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315	315	interim indicators for measuring the per-1
316	316	centage of program participants on track 2
317	317	to meet the indicators described in sub-3
318	318	clauses (IV) and (V) of clause (i) for adult 4
319	319	education and literacy activities authorized 5
320	320	under title II.’’; and 6
321	321	(3) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘clauses (i)(VI)’’ 7
322	322	and inserting ‘‘clause (i)(VI)’’. 8
323	323	(h) C
324	324	OMMONPARTICIPANTINDIVIDUALRECORD 9
325	325	L
326	326	AYOUT.—Section 116 (29 U.S.C. 3141) is amended by 10
327	327	adding at the end the following: 11
328	328	‘‘(j) C
329	329	OMMONPARTICIPANTINDIVIDUALRECORD 12
330	330	L
331	331	AYOUT.—The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 13
332	332	Education shall establish a common reporting system that 14
333	333	covers, and that accommodates, the core programs, relat-15
334	334	ing to participant records and the performance account-16
335	335	ability measures described in subsection (b).’’. 17
336	336	(i) O
337	337	NE-STOPDELIVERYSYSTEMS.—Section 121 (29 18
338	338	U.S.C. 3151) is amended— 19
339	339	(1) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 20
340	340	(A) by redesignating clauses (ii) through 21
341	341	(vi) as clauses (iii) through (vii), respectively; 22
342	342	and 23
343	343	(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-24
344	344	lowing: 25
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348	348	‘‘(ii) a public library;’’; and 1
349	349	(2) in subsection (e)— 2
350	350	(A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 3
351	351	(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 4
352	352	the end; 5
353	353	(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the semi-6
354	354	colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7
355	355	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-8
356	356	lowing: 9
357	357	‘‘(iii) through one or more public li-10
358	358	braries in accordance with paragraph 11
359	359	(5);’’; and 12
360	360	(B) by adding at the end the following: 13
361	361	‘‘(5) I
362	362	NFORMATION AND SERVICES PROVIDED 14
363	363	THROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARIES .—A local board may 15
364	364	use funds made available under subsection (h) to 16
365	365	make programs, activities, and services available 17
366	366	through a public library to the extent such library 18
367	367	demonstrates to the local board— 19
368	368	‘‘(A) that the library provides or will pro-20
369	369	vide career services or other workforce develop-21
370	370	ment activities to address unmet need for such 22
371	371	services or activities, such as by providing ca-23
372	372	reer services and other workforce development 24
373	373	activities to individuals at days or times, and lo-25
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377	377	cations, at which the services or activities are 1
378	378	not otherwise made available through the cor-2
379	379	responding one-stop partners; 3
380	380	‘‘(B) that the library will provide a phys-4
381	381	ical location within the library, which may in-5
382	382	clude a mobile library site, in which to serve in-6
383	383	dividuals seeking services provided by a college 7
384	384	and career navigator; and 8
385	385	‘‘(C) the library’s ability to leverage addi-9
386	386	tional resources, such as staff, facilities, com-10
387	387	puter access, or learning materials, in order to 11
388	388	extend the level of services otherwise provided 12
389	389	through the local one-stop delivery system, par-13
390	390	ticularly to geographically distant communities, 14
391	391	communities for which physical one-stop centers 15
392	392	are not easily accessible through public trans-16
393	393	portation, or communities in which there is in-17
394	394	adequate access for the level of services need-18
395	395	ed.’’. 19
396	396	(j) D
397	397	IGITALLITERACYSKILLS; INFORMATIONLIT-20
398	398	ERACYSKILLS.—Section 134(c) (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)) is 21
399	399	amended— 22
400	400	(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 23
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404	404	(A) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘digital lit-1
405	405	eracy, information literacy,’’ after ‘‘(including 2
406	406	literacy,’’; and 3
407	407	(B) in clause (xii)(VI), by inserting ‘‘dig-4
408	408	ital literacy skills, information literacy skills,’’ 5
409	409	after ‘‘learning skills,’’; and 6
410	410	(2) in paragraph (3)(D)— 7
411	411	(A) by redesignating clauses (x) and (xi) 8
412	412	as clauses (xii) and (xiii), respectively; and 9
413	413	(B) by inserting after clause (ix) the fol-10
414	414	lowing: 11
415	415	‘‘(x) digital literacy skills training; 12
416	416	‘‘(xi) information literacy skills train-13
417	417	ing;’’. 14
418	418	(k) L
419	419	IBRARY-BASED ANDCOMMUNITY-BASEDCOL-15
420	420	LEGE ANDCAREERNAVIGATORS.—Subtitle D of title I 16
421	421	is amended by inserting after section 171 (29 U.S.C. 17
422	422	3226) the following: 18
423	423	‘‘SEC. 171A. LIBRARY-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED COL-19
424	424	LEGE AND CAREER NAVIGATORS. 20
425	425	‘‘(a) P
426	426	URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to ex-21
427	427	pand the capacity of State and local workforce develop-22
428	428	ment systems by leveraging the facilities and staff of li-23
429	429	braries and community-based organizations to provide ca-24
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433	433	reer navigation services to individuals through library- 1
434	434	based and community-based college and career navigators. 2
435	435	‘‘(b) E
436	436	LIGIBLEENTITY.—In this section, the term 3
437	437	‘eligible entity’ means a partnership between a State board 4
438	438	or local board and 1 or more of the following: 5
439	439	‘‘(1) A community-based organization. 6
440	440	‘‘(2) A library (as defined in section 213 of the 7
441	441	Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 8
442	442	9122)) that offers workforce development activities 9
443	443	at no cost to individuals. 10
444	444	‘‘(c) G
445	445	RANTSAUTHORIZED.—From funds made 11
446	446	available under section 172(g), the Secretary is authorized 12
447	447	to make grants to eligible entities to carry out the purpose 13
448	448	of this section. 14
449	449	‘‘(d) A
450	450	PPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 15
451	451	under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli-16
452	452	cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 17
453	453	containing such information as the Secretary may require. 18
454	454	‘‘(e) U
455	455	SES OFFUNDS.— 19
456	456	‘‘(1) I
457	457	N GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-20
458	458	ceives a grant under this section shall use funds 21
459	459	made available through the grant to establish a col-22
460	460	lege and career navigator program within the li-23
461	461	brary, community-based organization, or agency that 24
462	462	is a partner of such eligible entity. 25
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465	465	•HR 2789 IH
466	466	‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES OF PROGRAM .—A college and 1
467	467	career navigator program established under para-2
468	468	graph (1) may hire, train, support, or retain 1 or 3
469	469	more college and career navigators to provide career 4
470	470	navigation services in coordination with a State or 5
471	471	local workforce development system.’’. 6
472	472	(l) A
473	473	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 7
474	474	172 (20 U.S.C. 3227) is amended by adding at the end 8
475	475	the following: 9
476	476	‘‘(g) L
477	477	IBRARY-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED 10
478	478	N
479	479	AVIGATORS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 11
480	480	carry out section 171A, $135,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 12
481	481	and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 13
482	482	TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION 14
483	483	AND LITERACY 15
484	484	SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 16
485	485	Section 202(1) of the Adult Education and Family 17
486	486	Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271(1)) is amended— 18
487	487	(1) by inserting ‘‘(including digital literacy 19
488	488	skills and information literacy skills)’’ after ‘‘skills’’; 20
489	489	and 21
490	490	(2) by striking ‘‘and economic self-sufficiency’’ 22
491	491	and inserting ‘‘, economic self-sufficiency, and full 23
492	492	participation in all aspects of adult life’’. 24
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495	495	•HR 2789 IH
496	496	SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 1
497	497	Section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-2
498	498	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3272) is amended— 3
499	499	(1) in paragraph (1)— 4
500	500	(A) by striking ‘‘postsecondary level’’ and 5
501	501	inserting ‘‘college placement level’’; 6
502	502	(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 7
503	503	‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 8
504	504	(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 9
505	505	subparagraph (E); and 10
506	506	(D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 11
507	507	the following: 12
508	508	‘‘(C) develop and use digital literacy skills; 13
509	509	‘‘(D) develop and use information literacy 14
510	510	skills; and’’; 15
511	511	(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 16
512	512	(9) and (10) through (17) as paragraphs (6) 17
513	513	through (12) and (14) through (21), respectively; 18
514	514	(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-19
515	515	lowing: 20
516	516	‘‘(3) C
517	517	OLLEGE PLACEMENT LEVEL .—The term 21
518	518	‘college placement level’ means the level required for 22
519	519	placement in college-level course work, rather than 23
520	520	placement in developmental education, as dem-24
521	521	onstrated by achievement of a designated score on a 25
522	522	placement test or other college-identified measure. 26
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525	525	•HR 2789 IH
526	526	‘‘(4) CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT .—The term 1
527	527	‘concurrent enrollment’ means intentional, simulta-2
528	528	neous enrollment in more than 1 one-stop partner 3
529	529	program, as a strategy for leveraging resources and 4
530	530	eliminating duplication of services while achieving 5
531	531	the best possible outcomes. 6
532	532	‘‘(5) D
533	533	IGITAL LITERACY SKILLS .—The term 7
534	534	‘digital literacy skills’ means the skills associated 8
535	535	with— 9
536	536	‘‘(A) using technology to enable users to 10
537	537	find, evaluate, organize, create, and commu-11
538	538	nicate information; and 12
539	539	‘‘(B) developing digital citizenship and the 13
540	540	responsible use of technology.’’; 14
541	541	(4) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by para-15
542	542	graph (2), in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘is 16
543	543	basic skills deficient’’ and inserting ‘‘has 17
544	544	foundational skills needs’’; 18
545	545	(5) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by para-19
546	546	graph (2), in subparagraph (B)(i)— 20
547	547	(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 21
548	548	after the semicolon; 22
549	549	(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘or’’ and 23
550	550	inserting ‘‘and’’; and 24
551	551	(C) by adding at the end the following: 25
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554	554	•HR 2789 IH
555	555	‘‘(III) development of digital lit-1
556	556	eracy skills and information literacy 2
557	557	skills; or’’; 3
558	558	(6) in paragraph (12), as redesignated by para-4
559	559	graph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph 5
560	560	(A), by inserting ‘‘and educational’’ after ‘‘in the 6
561	561	economic’’; 7
562	562	(7) by inserting after paragraph (12), as redes-8
563	563	ignated by paragraph (2), the following: 9
564	564	‘‘(13) I
565	565	NFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS .—The 10
566	566	term ‘information literacy skills’ means the set of 11
567	567	skills needed to find, retrieve, understand, evaluate, 12
568	568	analyze, discern the reliability and accuracy of, and 13
569	569	effectively use information (which encompasses spo-14
570	570	ken and broadcast words and videos, printed mate-15
571	571	rials, and digital content, data, and images).’’; 16
572	572	(8) in paragraph (15), as redesignated by para-17
573	573	graph (2), by inserting ‘‘(and may be provided con-18
574	574	currently with other activities and services, such as 19
575	575	adult basic education)’’ after ‘‘workforce training’’; 20
576	576	(9) in paragraph (17), as redesignated by para-21
577	577	graph (2), by striking ‘‘and solve problems, at levels 22
578	578	of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in 23
579	579	the family of the individual, and in society’’ and in-24
580	580	serting ‘‘solve problems, and use digital literacy 25
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583	583	•HR 2789 IH
584	584	skills and information literacy skills at levels of pro-1
585	585	ficiency necessary to function effectively as an em-2
586	586	ployee, a parent or family member, and a member 3
587	587	of society’’; and 4
588	588	(10) in paragraph (21), as redesignated by 5
589	589	paragraph (2)— 6
590	590	(A) by inserting ‘‘information literacy 7
591	591	skills,’’ after ‘‘digital literacy skills,’’; and 8
592	592	(B) by striking ‘‘and completion of’’. 9
593	593	SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 10
594	594	Section 206 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-11
595	595	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3275) is amended by striking ‘‘this 12
596	596	title’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 13
597	597	and inserting ‘‘this title $810,000,000 for fiscal year 14
598	598	2026, $945,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, $1,080,000,000 15
599	599	for fiscal year 2028, $1,215,000,000 for fiscal year 2029, 16
600	600	and $1,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.’’. 17
601	601	SEC. 204. RESERVATION OF FUNDS. 18
602	602	Section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-19
603	603	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3291) is amended in subsection 20
604	604	(a)(1), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting 21
605	605	‘‘$25,000,000’’. 22
606	606	SEC. 205. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 23
607	607	Section 212 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-24
608	608	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3292) is amended to read as follows: 25
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611	611	•HR 2789 IH
612	612	‘‘SEC. 212. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 1
613	613	‘‘(a) I
614	614	NGENERAL.— 2
615	615	‘‘(1) I
616	616	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-3
617	617	section (b), programs and activities authorized under 4
618	618	this title are subject to all of the performance ac-5
619	619	countability provisions described in section 116. 6
620	620	‘‘(2) A
621	621	DDITIONAL MEASURABLE SKILL GAINS .— 7
622	622	With respect to the application to programs and ac-8
623	623	tivities authorized under this title of the indicator of 9
624	624	measurable skill gains under section 10
625	625	116(b)(2)(A)(i)(IV), such measurable skill gains 11
626	626	may include those relating to the purpose described 12
627	627	in section 202. 13
628	628	‘‘(b) P
629	629	ILOT FORINNOVATIVEPERFORMANCE AC-14
630	630	COUNTABILITYSYSTEMS.— 15
631	631	‘‘(1) I
632	632	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-16
633	633	prove an application from an eligible agency to pilot, 17
634	634	for a subset of eligible providers within its State and 18
635	635	as an alternative to the performance accountability 19
636	636	system described in section 116, an innovative per-20
637	637	formance accountability system that uses alternative 21
638	638	indicators of performance that have the potential to 22
639	639	more accurately reflect the objectives and adult edu-23
640	640	cation and literacy activities of the eligible providers’ 24
641	641	programs if the Secretary determines that an appli-25
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644	644	•HR 2789 IH
645	645	cation from such an eligible agency meets the re-1
646	646	quirements of this subsection. 2
647	647	‘‘(2) P
648	648	ILOT PERIOD.—An eligible agency apply-3
649	649	ing to pilot an innovative performance accountability 4
650	650	system under this subsection shall propose in its ap-5
651	651	plication the period of time that the agency desires 6
652	652	to implement such system, except that the period 7
653	653	shall not exceed 5 years. 8
654	654	‘‘(3) E
655	655	XTENSION OF A PILOT PERIOD .—The 9
656	656	Secretary shall approve an eligible agency’s request 10
657	657	to extend the period of a pilot under this subsection 11
658	658	if the Secretary determines that the innovative per-12
659	659	formance system is meeting the objectives of this 13
660	660	subsection. 14
661	661	‘‘(4) A
662	662	PPLICATION.— 15
663	663	‘‘(A) I
664	664	N GENERAL.—An eligible agency de-16
665	665	siring to undertake a pilot under this subsection 17
666	666	shall submit an application at such time and in 18
667	667	such manner as the Secretary may require. 19
668	668	‘‘(B) C
669	669	ONTENTS.—An application de-20
670	670	scribed in subparagraph (A) shall include— 21
671	671	‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 22
672	672	agency engaged in an outreach process 23
673	673	with eligible providers within its State to— 24
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677	677	‘‘(I) inform the eligible providers 1
678	678	of the opportunity to implement a 2
679	679	pilot under this subsection; and 3
680	680	‘‘(II) engage with the eligible 4
681	681	providers in the development of alter-5
682	682	native indicators of performance; 6
683	683	‘‘(ii) an explanation of whether and 7
684	684	how the eligible agency established any 8
685	685	standards or criteria for the alternative 9
686	686	measures of performance that participating 10
687	687	eligible providers could elect to use; 11
688	688	‘‘(iii) a listing of the eligible providers 12
689	689	that will participate in the proposed pilot 13
690	690	and a description of the indicators of per-14
691	691	formance that each such provider will 15
692	692	make use of through the pilot; 16
693	693	‘‘(iv) a description of why the eligible 17
694	694	agency and the participating eligible pro-18
695	695	viders believe the proposed indicators of 19
696	696	performance would more accurately meas-20
697	697	ure the attainment of the objectives of 21
698	698	such providers’ adult education and lit-22
699	699	eracy activities than would the indicators 23
700	700	of performance described in section 24
701	701	116(b)(2); 25
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705	705	‘‘(v) an explanation of how the pro-1
706	706	posed indicators of performance will be 2
707	707	valid and reliable measures of education 3
708	708	and employment consistent with purposes 4
709	709	of this title; 5
710	710	‘‘(vi) a description of how the eligible 6
711	711	agency will collect, report to the Secretary, 7
712	712	and make publicly available the proposed 8
713	713	indicators of performance from each par-9
714	714	ticipating eligible provider on a timely 10
715	715	basis; and 11
716	716	‘‘(vii) an assurance that the eligible 12
717	717	agency will, at the end of the pilot period, 13
718	718	report to the Secretary on the outcomes of 14
719	719	the pilot, including on whether the eligible 15
720	720	agency met the objectives of the pilot. 16
721	721	‘‘(C) S
722	722	ECRETARIAL REVIEW AND AP -17
723	723	PROVAL.—The Secretary shall determine wheth-18
724	724	er to approve an application under this sub-19
725	725	section by not later than 90 days of receiving 20
726	726	the application. 21
727	727	‘‘(D) D
728	728	ISAPPROVAL.—The Secretary shall 22
729	729	not disapprove an application under this sub-23
730	730	section without giving the applicant the oppor-24
731	731	tunity to revise and resubmit the application. 25
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734	734	•HR 2789 IH
735	735	‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBIL -1
736	736	ITIES.—The Secretary shall— 2
737	737	‘‘(A) through the Director of the Institute 3
738	738	of Education Sciences, carry out national eval-4
739	739	uations of the implementation and outcomes of 5
740	740	the pilots authorized under this subsection, with 6
741	741	the first such evaluation to be completed not 7
742	742	later than 5 years after the Secretary approves 8
743	743	the first application from an eligible entity; 9
744	744	‘‘(B) in consultation with the Director of 10
745	745	the Institute of Education Sciences, identify 11
746	746	best practices in the development and imple-12
747	747	mentation of innovative performance account-13
748	748	ability systems under this subsection; 14
749	749	‘‘(C) disseminate information on those 15
750	750	practices, including by making the information 16
751	751	available on the website of the Department of 17
752	752	Education; and 18
753	753	‘‘(D) provide a report to the Committee on 19
754	754	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 20
755	755	Senate and the Committee on Education and 21
756	756	Workforce of the House of Representatives on 22
757	757	the results of the pilot program, including a 23
758	758	comparison of the outcomes as measured by the 24
759	759	innovative performance accountability systems 25
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763	763	implemented under this subsection and the per-1
764	764	formance measures described in section 116.’’. 2
765	765	SEC. 206. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 3
766	766	Section 222(b) of the Adult Education and Family 4
767	767	Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3302(b)) is amended by inserting 5
768	768	after paragraph (2) the following: 6
769	769	‘‘(3) P
770	770	UBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION 7
771	771	ON MATCHING FUNDS .—Each eligible agency shall 8
772	772	maintain, on the website of such agency and in an 9
773	773	easily accessible format, information documenting 10
774	774	the non-Federal contributions made available to 11
775	775	adult education and literacy programs pursuant to 12
776	776	this subsection, including the sources of such con-13
777	777	tributions and, in the case of funds made available 14
778	778	by the State, the distribution of such funds to eligi-15
779	779	ble providers.’’. 16
780	780	SEC. 207. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 17
781	781	Section 223(a) of the Adult Education and Family 18
782	782	Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3303(a)) is amended— 19
783	783	(1) in paragraph (1)(C)— 20
784	784	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘programs,’’ 21
785	785	and inserting ‘‘, family literacy,’’; and 22
786	786	(B) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘and ex-23
787	787	pand options for the education of adults’’ after 24
788	788	‘‘efficiencies’’; and 25
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792	792	(2) in paragraph (2)— 1
793	793	(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 2
794	794	‘‘digital’’ after ‘‘implementation of’’; 3
795	795	(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 4
796	796	through (L) and subparagraph (M), as sub-5
797	797	paragraphs (F) through (M) and subparagraph 6
798	798	(O), respectively; 7
799	799	(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 8
800	800	the following: 9
801	801	‘‘(E) Developing content and models for 10
802	802	family literacy programs.’’; 11
803	803	(D) in subparagraph (J), as redesignated 12
804	804	by subparagraph (B), in clause (i), by striking 13
805	805	‘‘and English language acquisition’’ and insert-14
806	806	ing ‘‘English language acquisition, digital lit-15
807	807	eracy skills, and information literacy skills’’; 16
808	808	(E) in subparagraph (K), as redesignated 17
809	809	by subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, such as 18
810	810	the development and retention of policies for 19
811	811	credentialing of adult educators who dem-20
812	812	onstrate effectiveness’’ after ‘‘retention’’; 21
813	813	(F) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated 22
814	814	by subparagraph (B)— 23
815	815	(i) by striking ‘‘adult learners with 24
816	816	learning disabilities or’’ and inserting ‘‘spe-25
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820	820	cific groups of adult learners, such as 1
821	821	those with learning disabilities, those at 2
822	822	the lowest levels of literacy, or those who 3
823	823	are’’; and 4
824	824	(ii) by striking ‘‘at the lowest achieve-5
825	825	ment levels’’ and inserting ‘‘in appropriate 6
826	826	and meaningful ways’’; and 7
827	827	(G) by inserting after subparagraph (M), 8
828	828	as redesignated by subparagraph (B), the fol-9
829	829	lowing: 10
830	830	‘‘(N) Strengthening the quality of adult 11
831	831	education and literacy programs in the State 12
832	832	through support for improved credentials, pro-13
833	833	gram quality standards, and certification and 14
834	834	accreditation requirements.’’. 15
835	835	SEC. 208. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR ELIGIBLE PRO-16
836	836	VIDERS. 17
837	837	Section 231 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-18
838	838	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3321) is amended— 19
839	839	(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subpara-20
840	840	graphs (A) and (B) of section 203(4)’’ and inserting 21
841	841	‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 203(8)’’; and 22
842	842	(2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘learning 23
843	843	disabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘learning differences’’. 24
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847	847	SEC. 209. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITS. 1
848	848	Section 233(a) of the Adult Education and Family 2
849	849	Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3323(a)) is amended— 3
850	850	(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and for pro-4
851	851	fessional development’’ after ‘‘literacy activities’’; 5
852	852	and 6
853	853	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘professional 7
854	854	development,’’. 8
855	855	SEC. 210. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 9
856	856	Section 242 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-10
857	857	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3332) is amended— 11
858	858	(1) in subsection (b)— 12
859	859	(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-13
860	860	ing the following: 14
861	861	‘‘(1) assistance to help States meet the require-15
862	862	ments of section 116 in order to ensure— 16
863	863	‘‘(A) that the outcomes and other data re-17
864	864	quired pursuant to section 116 are collected 18
865	865	and reported in a timely and accessible manner; 19
866	866	and 20
867	867	‘‘(B) that such data are reported consist-21
868	868	ently across States and eligible providers and 22
869	869	are reviewed for quality and consistency at the 23
870	870	Federal level.’’; 24
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874	874	(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 1
875	875	through (4) as paragraphs (5) through (7), re-2
876	876	spectively; and 3
877	877	(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 4
878	878	following: 5
879	879	‘‘(2) technical assistance to participating eligi-6
880	880	ble agencies and eligible providers in implementing 7
881	881	innovative performance accountability systems under 8
882	882	section 212(b)(1); 9
883	883	‘‘(3) grants to such agencies and providers to 10
884	884	assist them in implementing such systems; 11
885	885	‘‘(4) carrying out the national evaluations re-12
886	886	quired under section 212(b)(5)(A);’’ and 13
887	887	(2) in subsection (c)— 14
888	888	(A) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting 15
889	889	‘‘skills and information literacy skills’’ after 16
890	890	‘‘digital literacy’’; and 17
891	891	(B) in paragraph (2)— 18
892	892	(i) in subparagraph (C)(vii)— 19
893	893	(I) in the matter preceding sub-20
894	894	clause (I), by striking ‘‘best practices’’ 21
895	895	and inserting ‘‘effective practices’’; 22
896	896	(II) in subclause (I), by striking 23
897	897	‘‘adults with learning disabilities and 24
898	898	with’’ and inserting ‘‘specific popu-25
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901	901	•HR 2789 IH
902	902	lations, such as adults with learning 1
903	903	differences, adults with the lowest lev-2
904	904	els of literacy or numeracy, adults 3
905	905	who are supporting the education of 4
906	906	their children, and’’; 5
907	907	(III) by redesignating subclauses 6
908	908	(III) and (IV) as subclauses (IV) and 7
909	909	(V), respectively; 8
910	910	(IV) by inserting after subclause 9
911	911	(II) the following: 10
912	912	‘‘(III) family literacy programs;’’; 11
913	913	and 12
914	914	(V) in subclause (IV), as redesig-13
915	915	nated by subclause (III), by inserting 14
916	916	‘‘, including digital literacy skills and 15
917	917	information literacy skills develop-16
918	918	ment’’ after ‘‘activities’’; 17
919	919	(ii) in subparagraph (D)— 18
920	920	(I) in clause (ii), by inserting 19
921	921	‘‘for themselves and their children’’ 20
922	922	after ‘‘education and training’’; and 21
923	923	(II) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘, 22
924	924	such as counseling, transportation, 23
925	925	and child care,’’ after ‘‘support serv-24
926	926	ices’’; 25
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929	929	•HR 2789 IH
930	930	(iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 1
931	931	‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 2
932	932	(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 3
933	933	(G) as subparagraph (K); and 4
934	934	(v) by inserting after subparagraph 5
935	935	(F) the following: 6
936	936	‘‘(G) developing and rigorously evaluating 7
937	937	model programs for the preparation of highly 8
938	938	effective adult educators; 9
939	939	‘‘(H) carrying out initiatives to support the 10
940	940	professionalization of adult education through 11
941	941	the creation and implementation of full-time 12
942	942	staffing models; 13
943	943	‘‘(I) providing professional development 14
944	944	and technical assistance to adult educators that 15
945	945	is designed to help ensure that adult education 16
946	946	and family literacy programs build pathways to 17
947	947	future success for all adult learners; 18
948	948	‘‘(J) strengthening the quality of adult 19
949	949	education and literacy programs through sup-20
950	950	port for improved credentials, program quality 21
951	951	standards, and certification and accreditation 22
952	952	requirements that States may adopt on a vol-23
953	953	untary basis; and’’. 24
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956	956	•HR 2789 IH
957	957	SEC. 211. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS 1
958	958	EDUCATION. 2
959	959	Section 243 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-3
960	960	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3333) is amended— 4
961	961	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, in combina-5
962	962	tion with integrated education and training activi-6
963	963	ties’’; and 7
964	964	(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘designed’’ 8
965	965	and all that follows through the period at the end 9
966	966	and inserting the following: ‘‘designed to prepare 10
967	967	adults who are English learners for full participation 11
968	968	in the economic, educational, and civic life of the 12
969	969	community, which may include integration with the 13
970	970	local workforce development system.’’. 14
971	971	Æ
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