PUBLIC LAW 99-551-OCT. 27, 1986
100 STAT. 3073
"(D) projects and programs operating in areeis with the highest concentration of individuals and families living at or below the poverty level; "(E) projects and programs providing literacy services to parents of disadvantaged children between the ages of two and eight, who may be ^ucationally at risk; and "(F) Statewide programs and projects that encourage the creation of new literacy efforts, encourage the coordination of intrastate literacy efforts and provide technical assistance to local literacy efforts. "(d)(1) The Director shall assign volunteers under this subsection to projects and programs that primarily utilize volunteers to tutor illiterate individuals. "(2) Programs and projects under this subsection may be administered by local public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations including local literacy councils and organizations, communitybased nonprofit organizations, local educational agencies, local agencies administering adult basic education programs, local educational institutions, libraries, antipoverty organizations, local and municipal governmental entities, and administrative entities designated to administer job training plans under the Job Training Partnership Act. "(3) In the assignment of volunteers under this subsection the Director shall give priority consideration to local programs and projects that assist illiterate individuals in greatest need of assistance residing in unserved or underserved areas with the highest concentrations of illiteracy and of low income individuals and families. "(e) The Director shall ensure an equitable distribution of volunteers under this section in accordance with the equitable distribution requirement of section 414 of this Act. "(f) The VISTA Literacy Corps shall consist of all volunteers serving under part A working on literacy projects and programs. "(g)(1) Funds made available under section 501(a) for the purposes of this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant the level of services provided under part A in fiscal year 1986 to address the problem of illiteracy. "(2) In any fiscal year in which the services provided under part A are reduced, the services provided under this section shall be proportionately reduced.". (b) (INFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of the Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 108 the following:
Children and youth.
Libraries. Employment and unemployment.
29 USC 1501 note.
42 USC 5054. 42 USC 5081.
42 USC 4958.
"Sec. 109. VISTA Literacy Corps.". SEC. 5. SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAMS.
Section 111 of the Act is amended— 42 USC 4971. (1) by inserting "(a)" after the section designation; f (2) by striking out the second and third sentences of such
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(3) by adding the following new subsection: "(b) This part provides for the University Year for ACTION (UYA) Education. program of full-time volunteer service by students enrolled in Schools and institutions of higher education. The purpose of the UYA program is colleges. to strengthen and supplement efforts to eliminate poverty and poverty-related human, social, and environmental problems by enabling students at cooperating institutions to perform meaningful
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