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

1. (1) "Adult education" means, for programs funded under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, services or instruction below the postsecondary level for individuals:

   1. (a) Who have attained the age of sixteen (16) years of age;
   2. (b) Who are not enrolled or required to be enrolled in secondary school under state law; and
   3. (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. (2)
3. (3) "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 "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.

Effective: June 27, 2019

History: Repealed, reenacted as KRS 151B.404, and amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 41, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 36, effective June 25, 2013. -- Repealed and reenacted 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 168, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 526, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 487, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. Formerly codified as KRS 151B.405. Formerly codified as KRS 164.007. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). This statute defines terms for a range of statutes, KRS 151B.400 to 151B.410. Under 2006 Ky. Acts ch .211, secs. 167 and 168, two of the three KRS sections within that range were repealed, reenacted, and given new KRS numbers. KRS 151B.400 has been renumbered as KRS 164.006, and KRS 151B.405 has been renumbered as KRS 164.007.