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State Allocations

History of OVAE's funding to eligible state agencies under AEFLA.

Estimated Allocation will be awarded for FY 2012 PDF (360KB) under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Investment Act. These funds will become available July 1, 2012.

Legislation

The Adult Basic Education State Grant is authorized under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Investment Act.

OVAE Program Guidance

• Section 212 of AEFLA authorizes a performance accountability system for adult education. OVAE has operationalized this requirement through issuance of the NRS Implementation Guidelines.

• OVAE issued several policy memoranda and Federal Register notices to eligible states concerning implementation of AEFLA, program administration issues, and English Literacy and Civics Education (EL/Civics) funding.

Incentive Grants

Section 503 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award incentive grants to states that exceed performance levels for programs authorized by title I of WIA, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act (Perkins Act). The grants are used for a variety of purposes, including adult education and literacy.

Regulations

• New Assessment Regulations PDF (4.21M) issued on January 14, 2008 specify requirements for statewide assessment policies for the NRS that must contain certain elements and be submitted to and approved by OVAE each year. The regulations also describe how tests must be administered locally in order to accurately measure education gains.

• Education Department General Administrative Regulations

• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Grants Circulars