Ky. Rev. Stat. § 151B.404

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225

Section 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.

KRS 151B.404

Effective: June 27, 2019
Repealed, reenacted as KRS 151B.404, and amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 41, effective 6/27/2019. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 36, effective 6/25/2013. -- Repealed and reenacted 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 168, effective 7/12/2006. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 526, sec. 9, effective 7/14/2000. --Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 487, sec. 2, effective 7/15/1994.