Bill > S3075

This bill, the Adult Education WORKS Act, amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to strengthen adult education. Key provisions include: - Defining new terms like "college and career navigator," "digital literacy skills," and "information literacy skills," and incorporating them into the legislation. - Expanding the membership of state and local workforce development boards to include representatives of adult education providers. - Authorizing grants for library-based and community-based college and career navigators to provide career navigation services. - Increasing funding for adult education and literacy programs from $810 million in FY2025 to $1.35 billion in FY2029. - Allowing states to pilot innovative performance accountability systems as an alternative to the standard measures under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. - Enhancing state and national leadership activities to improve the quality and effectiveness of adult education programs. Overall, the bill aims to better integrate adult education and workforce development systems, expand access to career guidance and support services, and raise the quality and outcomes of adult education programs across the country.