1. (1) The Office of Adult Education shall provide technical assistance to providers to develop family literacy services. The technical assistance shall be evaluated on a regular basis by contracted evaluators outside the program.

2. (2) The services shall:

   1. (a) Provide parents with instruction in basic academic skills, life skills which include parenting skills, and employability skills;
   2. (b) Provide the children with developmentally appropriate educational activities;
   3. (c) Provide planned high-quality educational experiences requiring interaction between parents and their children;
   4. (d) Be of sufficient intensity and duration to help move families to self- sufficiency and break the cycle of under education and poverty; and
   5. (e) Be designed to reduce duplication with other educational providers to ensure high quality and efficient services.

Effective: June 27, 2019

History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 28, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 87, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 526, secs. 11 and 26, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 145, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 405, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 456, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 25, effective July 1, 1990; and ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 406, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 378, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/13/90). The Act amending this section prevails over the repeal and reenactment in House Bill 940, Acts ch. 476, pursuant to Section 653(1) of Acts ch. 476.