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Provide for a comprehensive program of literacy, career, occupational,
and technical education for adults and out-of-school youths
- Promote economic
well-being of Georgia citizens
- Provide high quality
training, retraining, or upgrade training
- Easily accessible
- Basic, general,
and specialized literacy
- Full partner in
economic development and expansion of state's economic base
- Significant asset
in attracting new business and industry and expansion of existing business
and industry
Establish and promulgate
standards, rules, regulations, and policies:
- For the operation
of the Department and of postsecondary technical schools, programs,
and institutions (including those operated by local and area boards
of education)
- For the provision
of adult literacy education programs
Select and employ
a Commissioner and fix his compensation, duties, and responsibilities
Establish an Adult Literacy Advisory Committee
- Advise and assist
the State Board in developing goals, objectives, policies, methods,
and standards
- Communicate and
facilitate the adoption of the goals, objectives, policies, methods,
and standards by the organizations and groups which the members represent
Establish local boards of directors for postsecondary technical colleges
which the State Board operates to facilitate delivery of programs, services,
and activities as directed by State Board
- State Board shall
establish number of members of each local board and terms
- Members shall
represent the area the technial college serves
- Members shall
represent business, industry, or economic development
- State Board shall
establish and approve all bylaws and actions of all local boards of
directors
- Local boards shall
meet at least eight times per year
Establish service
delivery areas for adult literacy education
Establish a local
adult literacy advisory committee for each service delivery area
- Identify and recommend
goals, objectives, target groups, programs, curricula, and delivery
methods
- Develop and recommend
associated short and long-range plans
- Recommend a fiscal
agent
- Establish number
of members and terms of office
- Ensure that members
represent their service delivery area and are local civic leaders and
representatives of adult literacy providers, businesses, and industries
- Establish and
approve all bylaws and actions of local committees
- Meet at least
four times per year
Establish
a plan for employees to make voluntary contributions to the Georgia Fund
for Technical and Adult Education, Inc. through payroll deductions
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