(a) Approved not-for-profit educational agency means a school district, board of cooperative educational services, postsecondary institution, community-based organization or private school that operates on a not-for-profit basis and has been approved by the commissioner as a provider of adult basic education.

(b) Eligible agency means labor organizations, their federations or organizations of employers acting in consortium with labor organizations, that have been approved by the commissioner, upon application therefor, to conduct workplace literacy and basic skills education programs.