Located in:
- Program-specific Requirements for Adult Education and Family Literacy Act ProgramsThe Unified or Combined State Plan must include a description of the following as it pertains to Adult Education and Literacy programs under title II, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA).
Section 427 of the General Education Provisions Act (gepa )
In the text box below, describe the steps the applicant proposes to take to ensure equitable access to, and participation in, its Federally-assisted program for students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries with special needs provide the information to meet the requirements of Section 427 of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), consistent with the instructions posted at https://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/gepa427.doc.
Current Narrative:
Alabama Adult Education, administered through the Alabama Community College System, serves an educationally, culturally, and socio economically diverse population of adults. The state office is strongly committed to equal access and treatment for all adults served through their programs, or employed by the system. It is the official policy of the Alabama Community College System that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, gender, religion, creed, national origin, age, or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment. The Alabama Community College System 800 Policy Series on Non-Discrimination states: “no student shall be discriminated against on the basis of any impermissible criterion or characteristic including, but not limited to, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, gender, age, or any other protected class as defined by federal and state law”. An example of how this provision is enacted— the Human Resource Department for the Alabama Community College System places the following statement at the end of every position announcement:
THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
The Alabama Community College System is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Alabama Community College System, including all postsecondary community and technical colleges under the control of the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees, that no employee or applicant for employment or promotion, on the basis of any impermissible criterion or characteristic including, without limitation, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, sex, age, or any other protected class as defined by federal and state law, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment.
New grant applicants that apply for Title II Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) are required to address GEPA section 427 during the competitive Request for Funding Proposal (RFP) application process which was released on February 16, 2018 and due on April 2, 2018. This entire document was embedded in the RFP application and must be completed by each applicant.