[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: 34CFR472.3]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 472--NATIONAL WORKPLACE LITERACY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 472.3  What activities may the Secretary fund?

    The Secretary provides grants or cooperative agreements to projects 
designed to improve the productivity of the workforce through 
improvement of literacy skills in the workplace by--
    (a) Providing adult literacy and other basic skills services and 
activities;
    (b) Providing adult secondary education services and activities that 
may lead to the completion of a high school diploma or its equivalent;
    (c) Meeting the literacy needs of adults with limited English 
proficiency;

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    (d) Upgrading or updating basic skills of adult workers in 
accordance with changes in workplace requirements, technology, products, 
or processes;
    (e) Improving the competency of adult workers in speaking, 
listening, reasoning, and problem solving; or
    (f) Providing educational counseling, transportation, and child care 
services for adult workers during nonworking hours while the workers 
participate in the project.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a)(3))