Number: RL32867
Title: Adult Education and Literacy: Overview and Reauthorization Proposals of the 109th Congress
Authors: Paul M. Irwin, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: The 109th Congress considered - but did not complete - the reauthorization of federal adult education and literacy programs. The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) authorized these programs through FY2003. The General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) provided a one-year extension of authorization through FY2004, and annual appropriations have continued AEFLA programs since. The primary AEFLA activity is a state grant program that supports education and literacy services for educationally disadvantaged adults. The AEFLA also authorizes national leadership activities in adult education and literacy, and the National Institute for Literacy. The FY2006 AEFLA appropriation was $580 million; the FY2007 budget request was $580 million, as well. The AEFLA was enacted as Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), P.L. 105-220, on August 7, 1998.
Pages: 23
Date: January 23, 2007