To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to strengthen adult education.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to strengthen adult education., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H2FB994096FCC4CB788306D3C07BFCCFC: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Adult Education Workforce Opportunity and Reskilling for Knowledge and Success Act or the Adult Education WORKS Act.
- Section H400B0E80A5114ED3A4A65763603A95F1: 101. Workforce development activities Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this section an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an...
- Section H3A028E68F2244CF2850B6D00616DB14F: 171A. Library-based and community-based college and career navigators The purpose of this section is to expand the capacity of State and local workforce...
- Section HCD344CFEA01B4579B871EE002DBB6FD8: 201. Purpose Section 202(1) of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271(1)) is amended— by inserting (including digital literacy skills and...
- Section HE19BA88487394D04AC001BDB7E448D7A: 202. Definitions Section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3272) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking postsecondary level and...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to strengthen adult education., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to strengthen adult education., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
Mrs. McBath (for herself, Ms. Manning, and Mr. Mrvan) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an individual who— has extensive knowledge of workforce development programs and services, postsecondary programs and services, Federal and other student financial aid for postsecondary education, and case management techniques
the skills associated with— using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information
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