[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR472.20]

[Page 142]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 472--NATIONAL WORKPLACE LITERACY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--How Does the Secretary Make an Award?
 
Sec. 472.20  What priorities may the Secretary establish?


    (a) The Secretary may announce through one or more notices published 
in the Federal Register the priorities for this program, if any, from 
the types of projects described in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Priority may be given to projects training adult workers who 
have inadequate basic skills and who--
    (1) Are currently unable to perform their jobs effectively or are 
ineligible for career advancement due to an identified lack of basic 
skills;
    (2) Are employed in industries retooling with high technology and 
for whom training in basic skills is expected to result in continued 
employment;
    (3) Require training in English-as-a-second-language in order to 
increase productivity, to continue employment, or to be eligible for 
career advancement; or
    (4) Are employed in an industry adversely impacted by 
competitiveness in the world economy and for whom training is expected 
to result in the increased competitiveness of that industry in world 
markets.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a))

[54 FR 34418, Aug. 18, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 57 FR 24091, 
24102, June 5, 1992; 59 FR 1443, Jan. 10, 1994]