§ 6402. Findings and purpose
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: June 22, 2001
Effective: June 22, 2001
24 P.S. § 6402
§ 6402. Findings and purpose
(2) This Commonwealth has 4,000,000 adults in need of adult literacy services, based on the State Adult Literacy Survey, demonstrating they lack the skills and knowledge essential to cope with daily demands and without the educational background to participate in occupational training or employment.
(4) In this Commonwealth, a system needs to exist to coordinate the hundreds of existing adult and family literacy education programs, State agencies funding programs with adult and family literacy education components, independent adult and family literacy data systems for each funding stream and training, technical assistance and information/research dissemination.
(b) Purpose.--It is the intent of this act to provide coordination and broaden the scope of educational activities to uneducated and undereducated adults in this Commonwealth and their families, including those who speak other languages, and to provide programs to those individuals who have previously been unserved. By providing for the coordination of funding streams and programs across State departments, increased and improved services will be provided to adult learners and their families. By encouraging and expanding the availability of adult and family literacy education programs in this Commonwealth, these adults and their families will be able to function more effectively in their personal lives and as citizens and be better prepared for work force training and employment that they may become more responsible and productive members of society.
Credits
1986, Oct. 22, P.L. 1452, No. 143, § 2, imd. effective. Amended 1996, May 16, P.L. 227, No. 42, § 1, imd. effective; 2001, June 22, P.L. 380, No. 26, § 1, imd. effective.
24 P.S. § 6402, PA ST 24 P.S. § 6402
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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