KRS 151B.404: Definitions.

As used in KRS 151B.402, 151B.403, 151B.407, and 151B.408, unless the context

indicates otherwise:

(1) "Adult education" means, for programs funded under the federal Workforce

Innovation and Opportunity Act, services or instruction below the postsecondary

level for individuals:

(a) Who have attained the age of sixteen (16) years of age;

(b) Who are not enrolled or required to be enrolled in secondary school under

state law; and

(c) Who:

1. Lack sufficient mastery of basic educational skills to enable the

individuals to function effectively in society;

2. Are unable to speak, read, or write the English language; or

3. Do not have a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent,

and have not achieved an equivalent level of education;

(2) "Family literacy services" means services that are of sufficient intensity in terms of

hours, and of sufficient duration, to assist a family to make sustainable increases in

its literacy level, and integrate the activities described in KRS 158.360; and

(3) "Literacy" means an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in English and

compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the

job and in society to achieve one's goals and develop one's knowledge and potential.