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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1400
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	APRIL9, 2025
9	9	Mr. R
10	10	EED(for himself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which
11	11	was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education,
12	12	Labor, and Pensions
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
15	15	and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to
16	16	strengthen adult education.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adult Education Work-4
21	21	force Opportunity and Reskilling for Knowledge and Suc-5
22	22	cess Act’’ or the ‘‘Adult Education WORKS Act’’. 6
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26	26	TITLE I—WORKFORCE 1
27	27	DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 2
28	28	SEC. 101. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 3
29	29	(a) A
30	30	MENDMENT TO WIOA.—Except as otherwise ex-4
31	31	pressly provided, whenever in this section an amendment 5
32	32	or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or 6
33	33	repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 7
34	34	be considered to be made to a section or other provision 8
35	35	of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 9
36	36	U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 10
37	37	(b) D
38	38	EFINITIONS.— 11
39	39	(1) I
40	40	N GENERAL.—Section 3 (29 U.S.C. 3102) 12
41	41	is amended— 13
42	42	(A) by striking paragraph (5); 14
43	43	(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 15
44	44	through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (8), re-16
45	45	spectively; 17
46	46	(C) by inserting after paragraph (8), as re-18
47	47	designated by subparagraph (B), the following: 19
48	48	‘‘(9) C
49	49	OLLEGE AND CAREER NAVIGATOR .—The 20
50	50	term ‘college and career navigator’ means an indi-21
51	51	vidual who— 22
52	52	‘‘(A) has extensive knowledge of workforce 23
53	53	development programs and services, postsec-24
54	54	ondary programs and services, Federal and 25
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58	58	other student financial aid for postsecondary 1
59	59	education, and case management techniques; 2
60	60	‘‘(B) supports persons who are accessing 3
61	61	services under this Act, by gathering work his-4
62	62	tory and skills information, providing tailored 5
63	63	college and career guidance and labor market 6
64	64	information, helping jobseekers identify training 7
65	65	and educational options to best fit their needs, 8
66	66	including Federal student aid and other assist-9
67	67	ance available to pay the costs of attendance at 10
68	68	an institution of higher education or for partici-11
69	69	pation in training, facilitating access to serv-12
70	70	ices, and facilitating co-enrollment of individ-13
71	71	uals in programs carried out under title I and 14
72	72	title II; 15
73	73	‘‘(C) provides or organizes provision of 16
74	74	services to promote job readiness, digital lit-17
75	75	eracy skills, information literacy skills, and the 18
76	76	skills needed for success in postsecondary edu-19
77	77	cation, facilitates the successful transition of in-20
78	78	dividuals to postsecondary education, coordi-21
79	79	nates activities with employers and with entities 22
80	80	and individuals involved in the one-stop delivery 23
81	81	system in the local area, and conducts commu-24
82	82	nity outreach; and 25
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86	86	‘‘(D) as determined appropriate by the 1
87	87	one-stop operator or eligible provider of adult 2
88	88	education and literacy activities involved, is re-3
89	89	sponsible for recruitment of students in adult 4
90	90	education and literacy activities and partici-5
91	91	pants in workforce investment activities, provi-6
92	92	sion of intensive case management, provision of 7
93	93	career exploration services, and data collection 8
94	94	associated with an activity specified in this sub-9
95	95	paragraph.’’; 10
96	96	(D) by redesignating paragraphs (12) 11
97	97	through (14), (15) through (21), (22) through 12
98	98	(26), and (27) through (71), as paragraphs 13
99	99	(13) through (15), (17) through (23), (25) 14
100	100	through (29), and (31) through (75), respec-15
101	101	tively; 16
102	102	(E) by inserting after paragraph (11) the 17
103	103	following: 18
104	104	‘‘(12) C
105	105	ONCURRENT ENROLLMENT .—The term 19
106	106	‘concurrent enrollment’ has the meaning given the 20
107	107	term in section 203.’’; 21
108	108	(F) by inserting after paragraph (15), as 22
109	109	redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-23
110	110	lowing: 24
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114	114	‘‘(16) DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS .—The term 1
115	115	‘digital literacy skills’ has the meaning given the 2
116	116	term in section 203.’’; 3
117	117	(G) by inserting after paragraph (23), as 4
118	118	redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-5
119	119	lowing: 6
120	120	‘‘(24) F
121	121	OUNDATIONAL SKILL NEEDS .—The 7
122	122	term ‘foundational skill needs’, used with respect to 8
123	123	an individual, means— 9
124	124	‘‘(A) in the case of an individual who is a 10
125	125	youth, an individual who has English reading, 11
126	126	writing, or computing skills at or below the 8th 12
127	127	grade level on a generally accepted standardized 13
128	128	test; or 14
129	129	‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who is a 15
130	130	youth or adult, an individual who is unable to 16
131	131	compute or solve problems, or read, write, or 17
132	132	speak English, at a level necessary to function 18
133	133	on the job, in the individual’s family, or in soci-19
134	134	ety.’’; and 20
135	135	(H) by inserting after paragraph (29), as 21
136	136	redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-22
137	137	lowing: 23
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141	141	‘‘(30) INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS .—The 1
142	142	term ‘information literacy skills’ has the meaning 2
143	143	given the term in section 203.’’. 3
144	144	(2) C
145	145	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 4
146	146	(A) Section 121(h)(2)(C)(ii) (29 U.S.C. 5
147	147	3151(h)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-6
148	148	tion 3(13)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7
149	149	3(14)(D)’’. 8
150	150	(B) Section 134(c)(3)(H)(i) (29 U.S.C. 9
151	151	3174(c)(3)(H)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-10
152	152	tion 3(44)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(48)’’. 11
153	153	(C) Section 170(b)(1)(D)(i) (29 U.S.C. 12
154	154	3225(b)(1)(D)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-13
155	155	tion 3(15)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 14
156	156	3(17)(E)’’. 15
157	157	(D) Section 211(e)(3) (29 U.S.C. 16
158	158	3291(e)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 17
159	159	3(45)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(49)’’. 18
160	160	(c) S
161	161	TATEWORKFORCEDEVELOPMENT BOARDS.— 19
162	162	Section 101 (29 U.S.C. 3111) is amended— 20
163	163	(1) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(ii)(IV), by inserting 21
164	164	‘‘, and representatives of organizations that provide 22
165	165	adult education’’ after ‘‘out-of-school youth’’; and 23
166	166	(2) in subsection (d)— 24
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170	170	(A) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘(as 1
171	171	defined in section 202 of the Museum and Li-2
172	172	brary Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9101); referred 3
173	173	to in this Act as ‘digital literacy skills’)’’; 4
174	174	(B) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ 5
175	175	at the end; 6
176	176	(C) by redesignating paragraph (12) as 7
177	177	paragraph (13); and 8
178	178	(D) by inserting after paragraph (11) the 9
179	179	following: 10
180	180	‘‘(12) in collaboration with providers of adult 11
181	181	education and literacy activities, the promotion of 12
182	182	the employment of college and career navigators by 13
183	183	the one-stop centers in the State; and’’. 14
184	184	(d) P
185	185	ROGRAMSPECIFICS FORSTATEPLANS.—Sec-15
186	186	tion 102(b)(2) (29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(2)) is amended— 16
187	187	(1) in subparagraph (D)(ii)— 17
188	188	(A) in subclause (II), by striking item (dd) 18
189	189	and inserting the following: 19
190	190	‘‘(dd) integrated education 20
191	191	and training, including how costs 21
192	192	for such activities will be shared 22
193	193	among relevant core programs;’’; 23
194	194	(B) in subclause (V), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 24
195	195	the end; and 25
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199	199	(C) by adding at the end the following: 1
200	200	‘‘(VI) how the eligible agency will 2
201	201	promote, through funding priority or 3
202	202	other means, professionalization of 4
203	203	adult education and literacy activities 5
204	204	through the adoption of staffing mod-6
205	205	els that include requirements and sup-7
206	206	port for teacher credentialing, stand-8
207	207	ards, and support for ongoing in-serv-9
208	208	ice professional development, and ca-10
209	209	reer ladders for professional growth, 11
210	210	which may include more opportunities 12
211	211	for full-time teaching positions;’’; and 13
212	212	(2) in subparagraph (E)(iii)(II), by inserting 14
213	213	‘‘providers of adult education and literacy activities,’’ 15
214	214	after ‘‘institutions of higher education,’’. 16
215	215	(e) L
216	216	OCALBOARDS.—Section 107 (29 U.S.C. 3122) 17
217	217	is amended— 18
218	218	(1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 19
219	219	the following: 20
220	220	‘‘(D) I
221	221	NFORMATION ON MEMBERSHIP .— 21
222	222	The chief elected officials appointing the local 22
223	223	board for a local area shall make publicly avail-23
224	224	able information on the membership of the 24
225	225	board (including information identifying how 25
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229	229	the membership composition requirements of 1
230	230	subsection (b) have been met), including by 2
231	231	posting that information on the website of each 3
232	232	unit of general local government included in the 4
233	233	local area.’’; and 5
234	234	(2) in subsection (d)— 6
235	235	(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘sec-7
236	236	ondary and postsecondary education’’ and in-8
237	237	serting ‘‘secondary, postsecondary, and adult 9
238	238	education’’; 10
239	239	(B) in paragraph (7)(C)— 11
240	240	(i) by inserting ‘‘, in consultation with 12
241	241	providers of public access to technology,’’ 13
242	242	after ‘‘identifying strategies’’; 14
243	243	(ii) by inserting ‘‘, including deliveries 15
244	244	through public libraries,’’ after ‘‘traditional 16
245	245	service delivery’’; and 17
246	246	(iii) by inserting ‘‘and information lit-18
247	247	eracy skills’’ after ‘‘digital literacy skills’’; 19
248	248	and 20
249	249	(C) by adding at the end the following: 21
250	250	‘‘(14) C
251	251	OLLEGE AND CAREER NAVIGATORS .— 22
252	252	The local board, in collaboration with providers of 23
253	253	adult education and literacy activities in the local 24
254	254	area, shall promote the employment of college and 25
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258	258	career navigators by the one-stop centers and eligible 1
259	259	providers (as defined in section 203) in the local 2
260	260	area.’’. 3
261	261	(f) L
262	262	OCALPLANS.—Section 108 (29 U.S.C. 3123) is 4
263	263	amended— 5
264	264	(1) in subsection (b)(13), by inserting ‘‘, includ-6
265	265	ing, in all local plans after the first such plan, a de-7
266	266	scription of how the local board carried out such co-8
267	267	ordination and completed such review during the 9
268	268	previous 4-year period’’ after ‘‘submitted under title 10
269	269	II’’; and 11
270	270	(2) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting ‘‘, along 12
271	271	with a description of the actions the local board took 13
272	272	in response to such comments’’ after ‘‘disagreement 14
273	273	with the plan’’. 15
274	274	(g) I
275	275	NDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.—Section 16
276	276	116(b)(2)(A) (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 17
277	277	(1) in clause (i), by striking subclauses (IV) 18
278	278	and (V) and inserting the following: 19
279	279	‘‘(IV) the percentages of program 20
280	280	participants who, during participation 21
281	281	in the program— 22
282	282	‘‘(aa) obtain a recognized 23
283	283	postsecondary credential or a sec-24
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287	287	ondary school diploma or its rec-1
288	288	ognized equivalent; and 2
289	289	‘‘(bb) are in an education or 3
290	290	training program that leads to a 4
291	291	recognized postsecondary creden-5
292	292	tial or employment and who are 6
293	293	achieving measurable skill gains 7
294	294	toward such a credential or em-8
295	295	ployment; 9
296	296	‘‘(V) the percentages of program 10
297	297	participants who, within 1 year after 11
298	298	exit from the program— 12
299	299	‘‘(aa) obtain a secondary 13
300	300	school diploma or its recognized 14
301	301	equivalent; 15
302	302	‘‘(bb) have obtained or re-16
303	303	tained employment; and 17
304	304	‘‘(cc) are in an education or 18
305	305	training program leading to a 19
306	306	recognized postsecondary creden-20
307	307	tial; and’’; 21
308	308	(2) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the fol-22
309	309	lowing: 23
310	310	‘‘(iii) I
311	311	NTERIM INDICATORS FOR 24
312	312	ADULT EDUCATION.—A State may develop 25
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316	316	interim indicators for measuring the per-1
317	317	centage of program participants on track 2
318	318	to meet the indicators described in sub-3
319	319	clauses (IV) and (V) of clause (i) for adult 4
320	320	education and literacy activities authorized 5
321	321	under title II.’’; and 6
322	322	(3) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘clauses (i)(VI)’’ 7
323	323	and inserting ‘‘clause (i)(VI)’’. 8
324	324	(h) C
325	325	OMMONPARTICIPANTINDIVIDUALRECORD 9
326	326	L
327	327	AYOUT.—Section 116 (29 U.S.C. 3141) is amended by 10
328	328	adding at the end the following: 11
329	329	‘‘(j) C
330	330	OMMONPARTICIPANTINDIVIDUALRECORD 12
331	331	L
332	332	AYOUT.—The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 13
333	333	Education shall establish a common reporting system that 14
334	334	covers, and that accommodates, the core programs, relat-15
335	335	ing to participant records and the performance account-16
336	336	ability measures described in subsection (b).’’. 17
337	337	(i) O
338	338	NE-STOPDELIVERYSYSTEMS.—Section 121 (29 18
339	339	U.S.C. 3151) is amended— 19
340	340	(1) in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 20
341	341	(A) by redesignating clauses (ii) through 21
342	342	(vi) as clauses (iii) through (vii), respectively; 22
343	343	and 23
344	344	(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-24
345	345	lowing: 25
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349	349	‘‘(ii) a public library;’’; and 1
350	350	(2) in subsection (e)— 2
351	351	(A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 3
352	352	(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 4
353	353	the end; 5
354	354	(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the semi-6
355	355	colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7
356	356	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-8
357	357	lowing: 9
358	358	‘‘(iii) through one or more public li-10
359	359	braries in accordance with paragraph 11
360	360	(5);’’; and 12
361	361	(B) by adding at the end the following: 13
362	362	‘‘(5) I
363	363	NFORMATION AND SERVICES PROVIDED 14
364	364	THROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARIES .—A local board may 15
365	365	use funds made available under subsection (h) to 16
366	366	make programs, activities, and services available 17
367	367	through a public library to the extent such library 18
368	368	demonstrates to the local board— 19
369	369	‘‘(A) that the library provides or will pro-20
370	370	vide career services or other workforce develop-21
371	371	ment activities to address unmet need for such 22
372	372	services or activities, such as by providing ca-23
373	373	reer services and other workforce development 24
374	374	activities to individuals at days or times, and lo-25
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378	378	cations, at which the services or activities are 1
379	379	not otherwise made available through the cor-2
380	380	responding one-stop partners; 3
381	381	‘‘(B) that the library will provide a phys-4
382	382	ical location within the library, which may in-5
383	383	clude a mobile library site, in which to serve in-6
384	384	dividuals seeking services provided by a college 7
385	385	and career navigator; and 8
386	386	‘‘(C) the library’s ability to leverage addi-9
387	387	tional resources, such as staff, facilities, com-10
388	388	puter access, or learning materials, in order to 11
389	389	extend the level of services otherwise provided 12
390	390	through the local one-stop delivery system, par-13
391	391	ticularly to geographically distant communities, 14
392	392	communities for which physical one-stop centers 15
393	393	are not easily accessible through public trans-16
394	394	portation, or communities in which there is in-17
395	395	adequate access for the level of services need-18
396	396	ed.’’. 19
397	397	(j) D
398	398	IGITALLITERACYSKILLS; INFORMATIONLIT-20
399	399	ERACYSKILLS.—Section 134(c) (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)) is 21
400	400	amended— 22
401	401	(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 23
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405	405	(A) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘digital lit-1
406	406	eracy, information literacy,’’ after ‘‘(including 2
407	407	literacy,’’; and 3
408	408	(B) in clause (xii)(VI), by inserting ‘‘dig-4
409	409	ital literacy skills, information literacy skills,’’ 5
410	410	after ‘‘learning skills,’’; and 6
411	411	(2) in paragraph (3)(D)— 7
412	412	(A) by redesignating clauses (x) and (xi) 8
413	413	as clauses (xii) and (xiii), respectively; and 9
414	414	(B) by inserting after clause (ix) the fol-10
415	415	lowing: 11
416	416	‘‘(x) digital literacy skills training; 12
417	417	and 13
418	418	‘‘(xi) information literacy skills train-14
419	419	ing;’’. 15
420	420	(k) L
421	421	IBRARY-BASED ANDCOMMUNITY-BASEDCOL-16
422	422	LEGE ANDCAREERNAVIGATORS.—Subtitle D of title I 17
423	423	is amended by inserting after section 171 (29 U.S.C. 18
424	424	3226) the following: 19
425	425	‘‘SEC. 171A. LIBRARY-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED COL-20
426	426	LEGE AND CAREER NAVIGATORS. 21
427	427	‘‘(a) P
428	428	URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to ex-22
429	429	pand the capacity of State and local workforce develop-23
430	430	ment systems by leveraging the facilities and staff of li-24
431	431	braries and community-based organizations to provide ca-25
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435	435	reer navigation services to individuals through library- 1
436	436	based and community-based college and career navigators. 2
437	437	‘‘(b) E
438	438	LIGIBLEENTITY.—In this section, the term 3
439	439	‘eligible entity’ means a partnership between a State board 4
440	440	or local board and 1 or more of the following: 5
441	441	‘‘(1) A community-based organization. 6
442	442	‘‘(2) A library (as defined in section 213 of the 7
443	443	Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 8
444	444	9122)) that offers workforce development activities 9
445	445	at no cost to individuals. 10
446	446	‘‘(c) G
447	447	RANTSAUTHORIZED.—From funds made 11
448	448	available under section 172(g), the Secretary is authorized 12
449	449	to make grants to eligible entities to carry out the purpose 13
450	450	of this section. 14
451	451	‘‘(d) A
452	452	PPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 15
453	453	under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli-16
454	454	cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 17
455	455	containing such information as the Secretary may require. 18
456	456	‘‘(e) U
457	457	SES OFFUNDS.— 19
458	458	‘‘(1) I
459	459	N GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-20
460	460	ceives a grant under this section shall use funds 21
461	461	made available through the grant to establish a col-22
462	462	lege and career navigator program within the li-23
463	463	brary, community-based organization, or agency that 24
464	464	is a partner of such eligible entity. 25
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467	467	•S 1400 IS
468	468	‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES OF PROGRAM .—A college and 1
469	469	career navigator program established under para-2
470	470	graph (1) may hire, train, support, or retain 1 or 3
471	471	more college and career navigators to provide career 4
472	472	navigation services in coordination with a State or 5
473	473	local workforce development system.’’. 6
474	474	(l) A
475	475	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 7
476	476	172 (20 U.S.C. 3227) is amended by adding at the end 8
477	477	the following: 9
478	478	‘‘(g) L
479	479	IBRARY-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED 10
480	480	N
481	481	AVIGATORS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 11
482	482	carry out section 171A, $135,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 12
483	483	and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 13
484	484	TITLE II—ADULT EDUCATION 14
485	485	AND LITERACY 15
486	486	SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 16
487	487	Section 202(1) of the Adult Education and Family 17
488	488	Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271(1)) is amended— 18
489	489	(1) by inserting ‘‘(including digital literacy 19
490	490	skills and information literacy skills)’’ after ‘‘skills’’; 20
491	491	and 21
492	492	(2) by striking ‘‘and economic self-sufficiency’’ 22
493	493	and inserting ‘‘, economic self-sufficiency, and full 23
494	494	participation in all aspects of adult life’’. 24
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497	497	•S 1400 IS
498	498	SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 1
499	499	Section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-2
500	500	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3272) is amended— 3
501	501	(1) in paragraph (1)— 4
502	502	(A) by striking ‘‘postsecondary level’’ and 5
503	503	inserting ‘‘college placement level’’; 6
504	504	(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 7
505	505	‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 8
506	506	(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 9
507	507	subparagraph (E); and 10
508	508	(D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 11
509	509	the following: 12
510	510	‘‘(C) develop and use digital literacy skills; 13
511	511	‘‘(D) develop and use information literacy 14
512	512	skills; and’’; 15
513	513	(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 16
514	514	(9) and (10) through (17) as paragraphs (6) 17
515	515	through (12) and (14) through (21), respectively; 18
516	516	(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-19
517	517	lowing: 20
518	518	‘‘(3) C
519	519	OLLEGE PLACEMENT LEVEL .—The term 21
520	520	‘college placement level’ means the level required for 22
521	521	placement in college-level course work, rather than 23
522	522	placement in developmental education, as dem-24
523	523	onstrated by achievement of a designated score on a 25
524	524	placement test or other college-identified measure. 26
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527	527	•S 1400 IS
528	528	‘‘(4) CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT .—The term 1
529	529	‘concurrent enrollment’ means intentional, simulta-2
530	530	neous enrollment in more than 1 one-stop partner 3
531	531	program, as a strategy for leveraging resources and 4
532	532	eliminating duplication of services while achieving 5
533	533	the best possible outcomes. 6
534	534	‘‘(5) D
535	535	IGITAL LITERACY SKILLS .—The term 7
536	536	‘digital literacy skills’ means the skills associated 8
537	537	with— 9
538	538	‘‘(A) using technology to enable users to 10
539	539	find, evaluate, organize, create, and commu-11
540	540	nicate information; and 12
541	541	‘‘(B) developing digital citizenship and the 13
542	542	responsible use of technology.’’; 14
543	543	(4) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by para-15
544	544	graph (2), in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘is 16
545	545	basic skills deficient’’ and inserting ‘‘has 17
546	546	foundational skills needs’’; 18
547	547	(5) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by para-19
548	548	graph (2), in subparagraph (B)(i)— 20
549	549	(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 21
550	550	after the semicolon; 22
551	551	(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘or’’ and 23
552	552	inserting ‘‘and’’; and 24
553	553	(C) by adding at the end the following: 25
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556	556	•S 1400 IS
557	557	‘‘(III) development of digital lit-1
558	558	eracy skills and information literacy 2
559	559	skills; or’’; 3
560	560	(6) in paragraph (12), as redesignated by para-4
561	561	graph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph 5
562	562	(A), by inserting ‘‘and educational’’ after ‘‘in the 6
563	563	economic’’; 7
564	564	(7) by inserting after paragraph (12), as redes-8
565	565	ignated by paragraph (2), the following: 9
566	566	‘‘(13) I
567	567	NFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS .—The 10
568	568	term ‘information literacy skills’ means the set of 11
569	569	skills needed to find, retrieve, understand, evaluate, 12
570	570	analyze, discern the reliability and accuracy of, and 13
571	571	effectively use information (which encompasses spo-14
572	572	ken and broadcast words and videos, printed mate-15
573	573	rials, and digital content, data, and images).’’; 16
574	574	(8) in paragraph (15), as redesignated by para-17
575	575	graph (2), by inserting ‘‘(and may be provided con-18
576	576	currently with other activities and services, such as 19
577	577	adult basic education)’’ after ‘‘workforce training’’; 20
578	578	(9) in paragraph (17), as redesignated by para-21
579	579	graph (2), by striking ‘‘and solve problems, at levels 22
580	580	of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in 23
581	581	the family of the individual, and in society’’ and in-24
582	582	serting ‘‘solve problems, and use digital literacy 25
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585	585	•S 1400 IS
586	586	skills and information literacy skills at levels of pro-1
587	587	ficiency necessary to function effectively as an em-2
588	588	ployee, a parent or family member, and a member 3
589	589	of society’’; and 4
590	590	(10) in paragraph (21), as redesignated by 5
591	591	paragraph (2)— 6
592	592	(A) by inserting ‘‘information literacy 7
593	593	skills,’’ after ‘‘digital literacy skills,’’; and 8
594	594	(B) by striking ‘‘and completion of’’. 9
595	595	SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 10
596	596	Section 206 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-11
597	597	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3275) is amended by striking ‘‘this 12
598	598	title’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 13
599	599	and inserting ‘‘this title $810,000,000 for fiscal year 14
600	600	2026, $945,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, $1,080,000,000 15
601	601	for fiscal year 2028, $1,215,000,000 for fiscal year 2029, 16
602	602	and $1,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.’’. 17
603	603	SEC. 204. RESERVATION OF FUNDS. 18
604	604	Section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-19
605	605	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3291) is amended in subsection 20
606	606	(a)(1), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting 21
607	607	‘‘$25,000,000’’. 22
608	608	SEC. 205. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 23
609	609	Section 212 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-24
610	610	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3292) is amended to read as follows: 25
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613	613	•S 1400 IS
614	614	‘‘SEC. 212. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. 1
615	615	‘‘(a) I
616	616	NGENERAL.— 2
617	617	‘‘(1) I
618	618	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-3
619	619	section (b), programs and activities authorized under 4
620	620	this title are subject to all of the performance ac-5
621	621	countability provisions described in section 116. 6
622	622	‘‘(2) A
623	623	DDITIONAL MEASURABLE SKILL GAINS .— 7
624	624	With respect to the application to programs and ac-8
625	625	tivities authorized under this title of the indicator of 9
626	626	measurable skill gains under section 10
627	627	116(b)(2)(A)(i)(IV), such measurable skill gains 11
628	628	may include those relating to the purpose described 12
629	629	in section 202. 13
630	630	‘‘(b) P
631	631	ILOT FORINNOVATIVEPERFORMANCE AC-14
632	632	COUNTABILITYSYSTEMS.— 15
633	633	‘‘(1) I
634	634	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-16
635	635	prove an application from an eligible agency to pilot, 17
636	636	for a subset of eligible providers within its State and 18
637	637	as an alternative to the performance accountability 19
638	638	system described in section 116, an innovative per-20
639	639	formance accountability system that uses alternative 21
640	640	indicators of performance that have the potential to 22
641	641	more accurately reflect the objectives and adult edu-23
642	642	cation and literacy activities of the eligible providers’ 24
643	643	programs if the Secretary determines that an appli-25
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646	646	•S 1400 IS
647	647	cation from such an eligible agency meets the re-1
648	648	quirements of this subsection. 2
649	649	‘‘(2) P
650	650	ILOT PERIOD.—An eligible agency apply-3
651	651	ing to pilot an innovative performance accountability 4
652	652	system under this subsection shall propose in its ap-5
653	653	plication the period of time that the agency desires 6
654	654	to implement such system, except that the period 7
655	655	shall not exceed 5 years. 8
656	656	‘‘(3) E
657	657	XTENSION OF A PILOT PERIOD .—The 9
658	658	Secretary shall approve an eligible agency’s request 10
659	659	to extend the period of a pilot under this subsection 11
660	660	if the Secretary determines that the innovative per-12
661	661	formance system is meeting the objectives of this 13
662	662	subsection. 14
663	663	‘‘(4) A
664	664	PPLICATION.— 15
665	665	‘‘(A) I
666	666	N GENERAL.—An eligible agency de-16
667	667	siring to undertake a pilot under this subsection 17
668	668	shall submit an application at such time and in 18
669	669	such manner as the Secretary may require. 19
670	670	‘‘(B) C
671	671	ONTENTS.—An application de-20
672	672	scribed in subparagraph (A) shall include— 21
673	673	‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 22
674	674	agency engaged in an outreach process 23
675	675	with eligible providers within its State to— 24
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678	678	•S 1400 IS
679	679	‘‘(I) inform the eligible providers 1
680	680	of the opportunity to implement a 2
681	681	pilot under this subsection; and 3
682	682	‘‘(II) engage with the eligible 4
683	683	providers in the development of alter-5
684	684	native indicators of performance; 6
685	685	‘‘(ii) an explanation of whether and 7
686	686	how the eligible agency established any 8
687	687	standards or criteria for the alternative 9
688	688	measures of performance that participating 10
689	689	eligible providers could elect to use; 11
690	690	‘‘(iii) a listing of the eligible providers 12
691	691	that will participate in the proposed pilot 13
692	692	and a description of the indicators of per-14
693	693	formance that each such provider will 15
694	694	make use of through the pilot; 16
695	695	‘‘(iv) a description of why the eligible 17
696	696	agency and the participating eligible pro-18
697	697	viders believe the proposed indicators of 19
698	698	performance would more accurately meas-20
699	699	ure the attainment of the objectives of 21
700	700	such providers’ adult education and lit-22
701	701	eracy activities than would the indicators 23
702	702	of performance described in section 24
703	703	116(b)(2); 25
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706	706	•S 1400 IS
707	707	‘‘(v) an explanation of how the pro-1
708	708	posed indicators of performance will be 2
709	709	valid and reliable measures of education 3
710	710	and employment consistent with purposes 4
711	711	of this title; 5
712	712	‘‘(vi) a description of how the eligible 6
713	713	agency will collect, report to the Secretary, 7
714	714	and make publicly available the proposed 8
715	715	indicators of performance from each par-9
716	716	ticipating eligible provider on a timely 10
717	717	basis; and 11
718	718	‘‘(vii) an assurance that the eligible 12
719	719	agency will, at the end of the pilot period, 13
720	720	report to the Secretary on the outcomes of 14
721	721	the pilot, including on whether the eligible 15
722	722	agency met the objectives of the pilot. 16
723	723	‘‘(C) S
724	724	ECRETARIAL REVIEW AND AP -17
725	725	PROVAL.—The Secretary shall determine wheth-18
726	726	er to approve an application under this sub-19
727	727	section by not later than 90 days of receiving 20
728	728	the application. 21
729	729	‘‘(D) D
730	730	ISAPPROVAL.—The Secretary shall 22
731	731	not disapprove an application under this sub-23
732	732	section without giving the applicant the oppor-24
733	733	tunity to revise and resubmit the application. 25
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736	736	•S 1400 IS
737	737	‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBIL -1
738	738	ITIES.—The Secretary shall— 2
739	739	‘‘(A) through the Director of the Institute 3
740	740	of Education Sciences, carry out national eval-4
741	741	uations of the implementation and outcomes of 5
742	742	the pilots authorized under this subsection, with 6
743	743	the first such evaluation to be completed not 7
744	744	later than 5 years after the Secretary approves 8
745	745	the first application from an eligible entity; 9
746	746	‘‘(B) in consultation with the Director of 10
747	747	the Institute of Education Sciences, identify 11
748	748	best practices in the development and imple-12
749	749	mentation of innovative performance account-13
750	750	ability systems under this subsection; 14
751	751	‘‘(C) disseminate information on those 15
752	752	practices, including by making the information 16
753	753	available on the website of the Department of 17
754	754	Education; and 18
755	755	‘‘(D) provide a report to the Committee on 19
756	756	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 20
757	757	Senate and the Committee on Education and 21
758	758	Workforce of the House of Representatives on 22
759	759	the results of the pilot program, including a 23
760	760	comparison of the outcomes as measured by the 24
761	761	innovative performance accountability systems 25
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764	764	•S 1400 IS
765	765	implemented under this subsection and the per-1
766	766	formance measures described in section 116.’’. 2
767	767	SEC. 206. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 3
768	768	Section 222(b) of the Adult Education and Family 4
769	769	Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3302(b)) is amended by inserting 5
770	770	after paragraph (2) the following: 6
771	771	‘‘(3) P
772	772	UBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION 7
773	773	ON MATCHING FUNDS .—Each eligible agency shall 8
774	774	maintain, on the website of such agency and in an 9
775	775	easily accessible format, information documenting 10
776	776	the non-Federal contributions made available to 11
777	777	adult education and literacy programs pursuant to 12
778	778	this subsection, including the sources of such con-13
779	779	tributions and, in the case of funds made available 14
780	780	by the State, the distribution of such funds to eligi-15
781	781	ble providers.’’. 16
782	782	SEC. 207. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 17
783	783	Section 223(a) of the Adult Education and Family 18
784	784	Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3303(a)) is amended— 19
785	785	(1) in paragraph (1)(C)— 20
786	786	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘programs,’’ 21
787	787	and inserting ‘‘, family literacy,’’; and 22
788	788	(B) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘and ex-23
789	789	pand options for the education of adults’’ after 24
790	790	‘‘efficiencies’’; and 25
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794	794	(2) in paragraph (2)— 1
795	795	(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 2
796	796	‘‘digital’’ after ‘‘implementation of’’; 3
797	797	(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 4
798	798	through (L) and subparagraph (M), as sub-5
799	799	paragraphs (F) through (M) and subparagraph 6
800	800	(O), respectively; 7
801	801	(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 8
802	802	the following: 9
803	803	‘‘(E) Developing content and models for 10
804	804	family literacy programs.’’; 11
805	805	(D) in subparagraph (J), as redesignated 12
806	806	by subparagraph (B), in clause (i), by striking 13
807	807	‘‘and English language acquisition’’ and insert-14
808	808	ing ‘‘English language acquisition, digital lit-15
809	809	eracy skills, and information literacy skills’’; 16
810	810	(E) in subparagraph (K), as redesignated 17
811	811	by subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, such as 18
812	812	the development and retention of policies for 19
813	813	credentialing of adult educators who dem-20
814	814	onstrate effectiveness’’ after ‘‘retention’’; 21
815	815	(F) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated 22
816	816	by subparagraph (B)— 23
817	817	(i) by striking ‘‘adult learners with 24
818	818	learning disabilities or’’ and inserting ‘‘spe-25
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821	821	•S 1400 IS
822	822	cific groups of adult learners, such as 1
823	823	those with learning disabilities, those at 2
824	824	the lowest levels of literacy, or those who 3
825	825	are’’; and 4
826	826	(ii) by striking ‘‘at the lowest achieve-5
827	827	ment levels’’ and inserting ‘‘in appropriate 6
828	828	and meaningful ways’’; and 7
829	829	(G) by inserting after subparagraph (M), 8
830	830	as redesignated by subparagraph (B), the fol-9
831	831	lowing: 10
832	832	‘‘(N) Strengthening the quality of adult 11
833	833	education and literacy programs in the State 12
834	834	through support for improved credentials, pro-13
835	835	gram quality standards, and certification and 14
836	836	accreditation requirements.’’. 15
837	837	SEC. 208. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR ELIGIBLE PRO-16
838	838	VIDERS. 17
839	839	Section 231 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-18
840	840	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3321) is amended— 19
841	841	(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subpara-20
842	842	graphs (A) and (B) of section 203(4)’’ and inserting 21
843	843	‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 203(8)’’; and 22
844	844	(2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘learning 23
845	845	disabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘learning differences’’. 24
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848	848	•S 1400 IS
849	849	SEC. 209. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITS. 1
850	850	Section 233(a) of the Adult Education and Family 2
851	851	Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3323(a)) is amended— 3
852	852	(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and for pro-4
853	853	fessional development’’ after ‘‘literacy activities’’; 5
854	854	and 6
855	855	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘professional 7
856	856	development,’’. 8
857	857	SEC. 210. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 9
858	858	Section 242 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-10
859	859	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3332) is amended— 11
860	860	(1) in subsection (b)— 12
861	861	(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-13
862	862	ing the following: 14
863	863	‘‘(1) assistance to help States meet the require-15
864	864	ments of section 116 in order to ensure— 16
865	865	‘‘(A) that the outcomes and other data re-17
866	866	quired pursuant to section 116 are collected 18
867	867	and reported in a timely and accessible manner; 19
868	868	and 20
869	869	‘‘(B) that such data are reported consist-21
870	870	ently across States and eligible providers and 22
871	871	are reviewed for quality and consistency at the 23
872	872	Federal level.’’; 24
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876	876	(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 1
877	877	through (4) as paragraphs (5) through (7), re-2
878	878	spectively; and 3
879	879	(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 4
880	880	following: 5
881	881	‘‘(2) technical assistance to participating eligi-6
882	882	ble agencies and eligible providers in implementing 7
883	883	innovative performance accountability systems under 8
884	884	section 212(b)(1); 9
885	885	‘‘(3) grants to such agencies and providers to 10
886	886	assist them in implementing such systems; 11
887	887	‘‘(4) carrying out the national evaluations re-12
888	888	quired under section 212(b)(5)(A);’’ and 13
889	889	(2) in subsection (c)— 14
890	890	(A) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting 15
891	891	‘‘skills and information literacy skills’’ after 16
892	892	‘‘digital literacy’’; and 17
893	893	(B) in paragraph (2)— 18
894	894	(i) in subparagraph (C)(vii)— 19
895	895	(I) in the matter preceding sub-20
896	896	clause (I), by striking ‘‘best practices’’ 21
897	897	and inserting ‘‘effective practices’’; 22
898	898	(II) in subclause (I), by striking 23
899	899	‘‘adults with learning disabilities and 24
900	900	with’’ and inserting ‘‘specific popu-25
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904	904	lations, such as adults with learning 1
905	905	differences, adults with the lowest lev-2
906	906	els of literacy or numeracy, adults 3
907	907	who are supporting the education of 4
908	908	their children, and’’; 5
909	909	(III) by redesignating subclauses 6
910	910	(III) and (IV) as subclauses (IV) and 7
911	911	(V), respectively; 8
912	912	(IV) by inserting after subclause 9
913	913	(II) the following: 10
914	914	‘‘(III) family literacy programs;’’; 11
915	915	and 12
916	916	(V) in subclause (IV), as redesig-13
917	917	nated by subclause (III), by inserting 14
918	918	‘‘, including digital literacy skills and 15
919	919	information literacy skills develop-16
920	920	ment’’ after ‘‘activities’’; 17
921	921	(ii) in subparagraph (D)— 18
922	922	(I) in clause (ii), by inserting 19
923	923	‘‘for themselves and their children’’ 20
924	924	after ‘‘education and training’’; and 21
925	925	(II) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘, 22
926	926	such as counseling, transportation, 23
927	927	and child care,’’ after ‘‘support serv-24
928	928	ices’’; 25
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932	932	(iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 1
933	933	‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 2
934	934	(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 3
935	935	(G) as subparagraph (K); and 4
936	936	(v) by inserting after subparagraph 5
937	937	(F) the following: 6
938	938	‘‘(G) developing and rigorously evaluating 7
939	939	model programs for the preparation of highly 8
940	940	effective adult educators; 9
941	941	‘‘(H) carrying out initiatives to support the 10
942	942	professionalization of adult education through 11
943	943	the creation and implementation of full-time 12
944	944	staffing models; 13
945	945	‘‘(I) providing professional development 14
946	946	and technical assistance to adult educators that 15
947	947	is designed to help ensure that adult education 16
948	948	and family literacy programs build pathways to 17
949	949	future success for all adult learners; and 18
950	950	‘‘(J) strengthening the quality of adult 19
951	951	education and literacy programs through sup-20
952	952	port for improved credentials, program quality 21
953	953	standards, and certification and accreditation 22
954	954	requirements that States may adopt on a vol-23
955	955	untary basis; and’’. 24
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959	959	SEC. 211. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS 1
960	960	EDUCATION. 2
961	961	Section 243 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-3
962	962	eracy Act (29 U.S.C. 3333) is amended— 4
963	963	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, in combina-5
964	964	tion with integrated education and training activi-6
965	965	ties’’; and 7
966	966	(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘designed’’ 8
967	967	and all that follows through the period at the end 9
968	968	and inserting the following: ‘‘designed to prepare 10
969	969	adults who are English learners for full participation 11
970	970	in the economic, educational, and civic life of the 12
971	971	community, which may include integration with the 13
972	972	local workforce development system.’’. 14
973	973	Æ
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