151B.410 Adult education learning system -- Services -- Duties and responsibilities of the Kentucky Adult Education Program. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 2 151B.410 Adult education learning system -- Services -- Duties and responsibilities of the Kentucky Adult Education Program. (1) The Kentucky Adult Education Program shall promulgate necessary administrative regulations and administer a statewide adult education and literacy system
throughout the state. The adult education and literacy system shall include diverse
educational services provided by credentialed professionals, based on the learners'
current needs and a commitment to lifelong learning.
(a) Services shall be provided at multiple sites appropriate for adult learning, including vocational and technical colleges, community colleges,
comprehensive universities, adult education centers, public schools, libraries,
family resource centers, adult correctional facilities, other institutions, and
through the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University. Services shall be
targeted to communities with the greatest need based on the number of adults
at literacy levels I and II as defined by the 1997 Kentucky Adult Literacy
Survey and other indicators of need. (b) Access and referral services shall be initiated at multiple points including businesses, educational institutions, labor organizations, employment offices,
and government offices. (c) Multiple funding sources, program support, and partnerships to administer the adult education and literacy system may include student scholarship and
grants; fees for services rendered; and other general, agency, local, state,
federal, and private funds. (2) Services included as part of the adult education and literacy system shall include but not be limited to functionally-contexted workplace essential skills training based on
employers' needs, leading to a competency-based certificate indicating proficiency
in critical thinking, computating, reading, writing, communicating, problem-
solving, team-building, and use of technology at various worksites regarding basic
skills. (3) In administering an adult education and literacy system, the Kentucky Adult Education Program shall:
(a) Assist providers with the development of quality job-specific and workplace essential skills instruction for workers in business and industry, literacy and
adult basic education, adult secondary education, including high school
equivalency diploma preparation, the external diploma program, English as a
second language, and family literacy programs, in cooperation with local
business, labor, economic development, educational, employment, and service
support entities; (b) Provide assessments of each student's skill and competency level allowing assessments to be shared with other educational and employment entities
when necessary for providing additional educational programs, taking into
consideration student confidentiality; (c) Assist adult educators to meet professional standards; Page 2 of 2 (d) Create an awareness program in cooperation with the Administrative Office of the Courts to ensure that District and Circuit Court Judges are aware of the
provisions of KRS 533.200 and the methods to access adult education and
literacy programs for persons sentenced under the statute; (e) Develop administrative regulations including those for business and industry service participation and mechanisms for service funding through all
appropriate federal, state, local, and private resources; (f) Require and monitor compliance with the program's administrative regulations and policies; and (g) Develop and implement performance measures and benchmarks. Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 55, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts
ch. 526, sec. 10, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts
ch. 1, sec. 54, effective May 30, 1997. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 143, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 487, sec. 3, effective July 15,
1994.