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PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1079 (ii) the extent to which the adult education and Hteracy activities, including family literacy services, increase the literacy skills of adults (and of children, in the case of family literacy services), lead the participants in such activities to involvement in further education and training, enhance the employment and earnings of such participants, and, if applicable, lead to other positive outcomes, such as reductions in recidivism in the case of prison-based adult education and literacy activities; (iii) the extent to which the provision of support services to adults enrolled in adult education and family literacy programs increase the rate of enrollment in, and successful completion of, such programs; and (iv) the extent to which eligible agencies have distributed funds under section 231 to meet the needs of adults through community-based organizations; (F) supporting efforts aimed at capacity building at the State and local levels, such as technical assistance in program planning, assessment, evaluation, and monitoring of activities carried out under this subtitle; (G) collecting data, such as data regarding the improvement of both local and State data systems, through technical assistance and development of model performance data collection systems; and (H) other activities designed to enhance the quality of adult education and literacy activities nationwide. Subtitle B—Repeals SEC. 251. REPEALS. (a) REPEALS.— (1) ADULT EDUCATION ACT.—The Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) is repealed. (2) NATIONAL LITERACY ACT OF 1991. —The National Literacy Act of 1991 (20 U.S.C. 1201 note) is repealed. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) REFUGEE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT. —Subsection (b) of section 402 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note) is repealed. (2) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. — (A) SECTION 1202 OF ESEA. —Section 1202(c)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6362(c)(1)) is amended by striking "Adult Education Act" and inserting "Adult Education and Family Literacy Act". (B) SECTION 1205 OF ESEA. —Section 1205(8)(B) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6365(8)(B)) is amended by striking "Adult Education Act" and inserting "Adult Education and Family Literacy Act". (C) SECTION 1206 OF ESEA. —Section 1206(a)(1)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6366(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking "an adult basic education program under the Adult Education Act" and inserting "adult education and literacy activities under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act".