34 C.F.R. Subpart A—General
Title 34 - Education
The National Workplace Literacy Program provides assistance for demonstration projects that teach literacy skills needed in the workplace through exemplary education partnerships between business, industry, or labor organizations and educational organizations. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a)(1)) (a) Awards are provided to exemplary partnerships between— (1) A business, industry, or labor organization, or private industry council; and (2) A State educational agency (SEA), local educational agency (LEA), institution of higher education, or school (including an area vocational school, an employment and training agency, or a community-based organization). (b) A partnership shall include as partners at least one entity from paragraph (a)(1) of this section and at least one entity from paragraph (a)(2) of this section, and may include more than one entity from each group. (c)(1) The partners shall apply jointly to the Secretary for funds. (2) The partners shall enter into an agreement, in the form of a single document signed by all partners, designating one member of the partnership as the applicant and the grantee. The agreement must also detail the role each partner plans to perform, and must bind each partner to every statement and assurance made in the application. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a)(4)(A)) The Secretary provides grants or cooperative agreements to projects designed to improve the productivity of the workforce through improvement of literacy skills in the workplace by— (a) Providing adult literacy and other basic skills services and activities; (b) Providing adult secondary education services and activities that may lead to the completion of a high school diploma or its equivalent; (c) Meeting the literacy needs of adults with limited English proficiency; (d) Upgrading or updating basic skills of adult workers in accordance with changes in workplace requirements, technology, products, or processes; (e) Improving the competency of adult workers in speaking, listening, reasoning, and problem solving; or (f) Providing educational counseling, transportation, and child care services for adult workers during nonworking hours while the workers participate in the project. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a)(3)) The following regulations apply to the National Workplace Literacy Program: (a) The regulations in this part 472. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR part 425. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a)) (a) The definitions in 34 CFR 460.4 apply to this part. (b) The following definitions also apply to this part: Adult worker means an individual who has attained 16 years of age or who is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance under State law, and whose receipt of project services is expected to result in new employment, enhanced skills related to continued employment, career advancement, or increased productivity. Area vocational school means— (1) A specialized high school used exclusively or principally for the provision of vocational education to individuals who are available for study in preparation for entering the labor market; (2) The department of a high school exclusively or principally used for providing vocational education in no less than five different occupational fields to individuals who are available for study in preparation for entering the labor market; (3) A technical institute or vocational school used exclusively or principally for the provision of vocational education to individuals who have completed or left high school and who are available for study in preparation for entering the labor market; or (4) The department or division of a junior college or community college or university operating under the policies of the State board and that provides vocational education in no less than five different occupational fields leading to immediate employment but not necessarily leading to a baccalaureate degree, if, in the case of a school, department, or division described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this definition it admits as regular students both individuals who have completed high school and individuals who have left high school. Business and industry organizations include, but are not limited to— (1) For-profit businesses or industrial concerns; (2) Nonprofit businesses or industrial concerns, such as hospitals and nursing homes; (3) Associations of business and industry organizations, such as local or State Chambers of Commerce; (4) Associations of private industry councils; and (5) Educational associations—such as the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, the American Council on Education, the National Association for Bilingual Education, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, or the National Association of Technical and Trade Schools. Contractor means an individual or organization other than a partner that provides specific and limited services, equipment, or supplies to a partnership under a contractual agreement. Employment and training agency includes any nonprofit agency that provides—as a substantial portion of its activity—employment and training services, either directly or through contract. Helping organization means an entity other than a partner that voluntarily assists a partnership by providing services, technical assistance, or cash or in-kind contributions to the project. Helping organizations may not be recipients of funds from partners or serve as contractors. Partner means an entity included in the list of entities in §472.2(a) (1) or (2). Private industry council means the private industry council established under section 102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512). Project director means the person with day-to-day operational responsibility for the project. Site means an entity other than a partner that participates in a project by providing adult workers to be trained and, at the site's option, space for this training. A site may not be a recipient of funds from partners or serve as a contractor. Small business means a business entity that— (1) Is organized for profit, with a place of business located in the United States and that makes a significant contribution to the U.S. economy through payment of taxes or use of American products, materials, or labor, or both; and (2) May be in the legal form of an individual proprietorship, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, trust or a cooperative, except that if the form is a joint venture, there can be no more than 49 percent participation by foreign business entities in the joint venture; and (3) Meets the requirements found in 13 CFR part 121 concerning Standard Industrial Classification codes and size standards. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a)) [54 FR 34418, Aug. 18, 1989. Redesignated at 57 FR 24091, June 5, 1992, and amended at 59 FR 1443, Jan. 10, 1994]
Title 34: Education
PART 472—NATIONAL WORKPLACE LITERACY PROGRAM
Subpart A—General
§ 472.1 What is the National Workplace Literacy Program?
§ 472.2 Who is eligible for an award?
§ 472.3 What activities may the Secretary fund?
§ 472.4 What regulations apply?
§ 472.5 What definitions apply?
