Section 151B.407 - Foundation for Adult Education(1) There is hereby established a nonprofit foundation to be known as the "Foundation for Adult Education." The purpose of the foundation shall be to supplement public funding for adult training in order to expand existing basic skills training programs.(2) Funding for the foundation shall be obtained through contributions by the private sector. The foundation shall be empowered to solicit and accept funds from the private sector to be used for grants to local education agencies to fund adult basic education programs especially designed for business and industry. Contributors may specify that contributed funds be used to improve the educational level of their employees as it relates to the High School Equivalency Diploma program.(3) The foundation shall be governed by a board of trustees to be appointed by the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet with responsibility for adult education programs based on recommendations from business, industry, labor, education, and interested citizens. Staff for the board of trustees shall be provided by the cabinet.(4) The foundation shall be attached to the office of the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet for administrative purposes.Amended by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 236,§ 37, eff. 7/1/2022.Effective: June 27, 2019
Repealed, reenacted as KRS 151B.407, and amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 46, effective 6/27/2019. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 20, effective 6/29/2017. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 4, effective 6/25/2013; and repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 34, effective 6/25/2013. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 19, effective 6/25/2009. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 38, effective 7/12/2006. --Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 14, effective 6/24/2003. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 217, sec. 3, effective 7/15/1996. -- Repealed, reenacted and amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 24, effective 7/1/1990; repealed and reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, sec. 371. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1986.