[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR472.20]



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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 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]