KRS 151B.406: Office of Adult Education -- Educational strategy and responsibilities --

Organization -- Sole agency for developing and approving state plans.

(1) The Office of Adult Education is created within the Department of Workforce

Development in the Education and Labor Cabinet to carry out the statewide adult

education mission. The office shall implement a twenty (20) year state strategy to

reduce the number of adults who are at the lowest levels of literacy and most in

need of adult education a nd literacy services. The office shall have responsibility

for all functions related to adult education and literacy. The office shall:

(a) Promote coordination of programs and responsibilities linked to the issue of

adult education with other agencies and institutions;

(b) Facilitate the development of strategies to increase the knowledge and skills

of adults in all counties by promoting the efficient and effective coordination

of all available education and training resources;

(c) Lead a statewide public information and marketing campaign to convey the

critical nature of Kentucky's adult literacy challenge and to reach adults and

employers with practical information about available education and training

opportunities;

(d) Establish standards for adult lit eracy and monitor progress in achieving the

state's adult literacy goals, including existing standards that may have been

developed to meet requirements of federal law in conjunction with the

statewide reading research center established under KRS 164.0207; and

(e) Administer the adult education and literacy initiative fund created under KRS

151B.409.

(2) The Office of Adult Education shall be organized in a manner as directed by the

secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet. The office shall be headed b y an

executive director appointed by the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet.

(3) The Office of Adult Education shall be the agency solely designated for the purpose

of developing and approving state plans required by state or federal laws or

regulations.