 
                CHAPTER 73--ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY
 
Sec. 9201. Purpose

    It is the purpose of this subchapter to create a partnership among 
the Federal Government, States, and localities to provide, on a 
voluntary basis, adult education and literacy services, in order to--
        (1) assist adults to become literate and obtain the knowledge 
    and skills necessary for employment and self-sufficiency;
        (2) assist adults who are parents to obtain the educational 
    skills necessary to become full partners in the educational 
    development of their children; and
        (3) assist adults in the completion of a secondary school 
    education.

(Pub. L. 105-220, title II, Sec. 202, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
title'', meaning title II of Pub. L. 105-220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 
1059, known as the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. For complete 
classification of title II to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
below and Tables.


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 105-220, title V, Sec. 507, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1247, 
provided that: ``Except as otherwise provided in this Act [see Tables 
for classification], this Act and the amendments made by this Act, shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 7, 1998].''


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 105-220, Sec. 1(a), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 936, provided 
that: ``This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the 
`Workforce Investment Act of 1998'.''
    Pub. L. 105-220, title II, Sec. 201, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059, 
provided that: ``This title [enacting this subchapter, amending sections 
6362, 6365, 6366, 6813, and 7881 of this title and section 3013 of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare, and repealing sections 1201 to 1213d 
of this title and provisions set out as notes under sections 1201, 
1213c, 2963, and 2966 of this title] may be cited as the `Adult 
Education and Family Literacy Act'.''
