Terms, Definitions, Organizations and Councils Associated with Adult LearningThe Council, 1980 - 49 pages |
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Page 14 - local educational agency" means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or such combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools.
Page 18 - State educational agency" means the State board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary and secondary schools, or, if there Is no such officer or agency, an officer or agency designated by the Governor or by State law...
Page 18 - State" includes, in addition to the several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam. American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (h) The term "State educational agency...
Page 19 - political subdivision'' or "local government'' means a local unit of government, including specifically a county, municipality, city, town, township, or a school or other special district created by or pursuant to State law. UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT SEC.
Page 20 - Equipment" means tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $300 or more per unit except...
Page 14 - adult basic education" means adult education for adults whose inability to speak, read, or write the English language constitutes a substantial impairment of their ability to get or retain employment commensurate with their real ability, which is designed to help eliminate such inability and raise the level of education of such individuals with a view to making them less likely to become dependent on others, to improving their ability to benefit from occupational training and otherwise increasing...
Page 10 - Includes, but is not limited to, adult basic education, continuing education, independent study, agricultural education, business education and labor education, occupational education and job training programs, parent education, postsecondary education, preretirement and education for older and retired people, remedial education, special educational programs for groups or for individuals with special needs, and also educational activities designed to upgrade...
Page 5 - For purposes of this title, the term "community service program" means an educational program, activity, or service, including a research program and a university extension or continuing education offering, which is designed to assist in the solution of community problems in rural, urban, or suburban areas, with particular emphasis on urban and suburban problems, where the institution offering such program, activity, or service determines — (1) that the proposed program, activity; or service is...