PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976 u SCOPK OF LIFELONG
90 STAT. 2087
LEARNING
"SEC. 132. Lifelong learning includes, but is not limited to, adult 20 USC 1015a. basic education, continuing education, independent study, agricultural education, business education and labor education, occupational education and job training programs, jiarent 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 occupational and professional skills, to assist business, public agencies, and other organizations in the use or innovation and research results, and to serve family needs and personal development. ii
LIFELONG LEARNING ACTIVITIES
"SEC. 133. (a) The Assistant Secretary shall carry out, from funds 20 USC lOlSh. appropriated pursuant to section 1 0 1 (D), a program of planning, 20 USC 1001. assessing, and coordinating projects related to lifelong learning. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Assistant Secretary shall— "(1) foster improved coordination of Federal support for lifelong learning programs; "(2) act as a clearinghouse for information regarding lifelong Information learning, including the identification, collection, and dissemina- clearinghouse. tion to educators and the public of existing and new information regarding lifelong learning programs which are or may be carried out and supported by any department or agency of the Federal Government; "(3) review present and proposed methods of financing and administering lifelong learning, to determine— " (A) the extent to which each promotes lifelong learning, "(B) program and administrative features of each that contribute to serving lifelong learning, "(C) the need for additional Federal support for lifelong learning, and "(D) procedures by which Federal assistance to lifelong learning may be better applied and coordinated to achieve the purposes of this title; "(4) review the lifelong learning opportunities provided through employers, unions, the media, libraries and museums, secondary schools and postsecondary educational institutions, and other public and private organizations to determine means by which the enhancement of their effectiveness and coordination may be facilitated; " (5) review existing major foreign lifelong learning programs and related programs in order to determine the applicability of such programs in this country; "(6) identify existing barriers to lifelong learning and evaluate programs designed to eliminate such barriers; and " (7) to the extent practicable, seek the advice and assistance of the agencies of the Education Division (including the Office of Education, the National Institute of Education, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, and the National Center for Education Statistics), other agencies of the Federal Government, public advisory groups (including the National Advisory Councils on Extension and Continuing Education, Adult Education, Career Education, Community Education, and Vocational Education), Commissions (including the National Commission
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