{"identifier":"/us/usc/t29/s3271","title":29,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3271.","heading":"Purpose","text":"\u00a7\u202f3271.\nPurpose\nIt 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 activities, in order to\u2014\n(1) assist adults to become literate and obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and economic self-sufficiency;\n(2) assist adults who are parents or family members to obtain the education and skills that\u2014\n(A) are necessary to becoming full partners in the educational development of their children; and\n(B) lead to sustainable improvements in the economic opportunities for their family;\n(3) assist adults in attaining a secondary school diploma and in the transition to postsecondary education and training, including through career pathways; and\n(4) assist immigrants and other individuals who are English language learners in\u2014\n(A) improving their\u2014\n(i) reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension skills in English; and\n(ii) mathematics skills; and\n(B) acquiring an understanding of the American system of Government, individual freedom, and the responsibilities of citizenship.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t29/s3271.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3271."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purpose","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"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 activities, in order to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" assist adults to become literate and obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and economic self-sufficiency;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" assist adults who are parents or family members to obtain the education and skills that\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" are necessary to becoming full partners in the educational development of their children; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" lead to sustainable improvements in the economic opportunities for their family;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" assist adults in attaining a secondary school diploma and in the transition to postsecondary education and training, including through career pathways; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" assist immigrants and other individuals who are English language learners in\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" improving their\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/4/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension skills in English; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/4/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" mathematics skills; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t29/s3271/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" acquiring an understanding of the American system of Government, individual freedom, and the responsibilities of citizenship.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}