PUBLIC LAW 102-73 —JULY 25, 1991 105 STAT. 343 (ii) by inserting after "local educational agencies" the following: ", and other entities described in paragraph «" (1) that receive grants under this subsection"; and (C) by adding at the end the following: "(5) In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall Small business, give priority to applications from partnerships that include small businesses. "(6) The Secretary is authorized to award grants under this section for a period not to exceed 3 years."; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking "subsection (c)" and inserting "subsection (e)"; (B) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2)— (i) by striking "and" the first place it appears and inserting a comma; and (ii) by inserting after "local educational agencies" the following: ", and other entities described in paragraph (1) that receive grants under this subsection"; and (C) in paragraph (7), by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: "(B) From the sum appropriated for each fiscal year under subsection (c) for any fiscal year in which appropriations equal or exceed $50,000,000, the Secretary shall allot to each State (as defined in section 312(7)) an amount proportionate to the amount such State receives under section 313."; (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: " (c) GRANT FOR NATIONAL WORKFORCE LITERACY STRATEGIES.—(1) In any fiscal year in which amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization contained in subsection (e) equal or exceed $25,000,000, the Secretary shall reserve not more than $5,000,000 to establish a program of grants to facilitate the design and implementation of national strategies to assist unions, unions in collaboration with programs eligible for assistance under this Act and businesses, and small- and medium-sized businesses to effectively provide literacy and basic skills training to workers. "(2) Grants awarded under this subsection shall pay the Federal share of the cost of programs to establish large-scale national strategies in workforce literacy, which may include the following activities: "(A) Basic skills training that is— " (i) cost-effective; "(ii) needed by employees; and "(iii) required by employers to establish a trainable workforce that can take advantage of further job specific training and advance the productivity of the labor force on an individual, industry, or national level. "(B) Specific program offerings, which may include— "(i) English as a second language instruction; "(ii) communications skill building; " (iii) interpersonal skill building; " (iv) reading and writing skill building; and "(v) computation and problem solving. "(C) Appropriate assessments of the literacy and basic skills needs of individual workers and the skill levels required by business.
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