Family literacy services

(1) The Office of Adult Education shall provide technical assistance to providers to develop family literacy services. The technical assistance shall be evaluated on a regular basis by contracted evaluators outside the program. (2) The services shall: (a) Provide parents with instruction in basic academic skills, life skills which include parenting skills, and employability skills; (b) Provide the children with developmentally appropriate educational activities; (c) Provide planned high-quality educational experiences requiring interaction between parents and their children; (d) Be of sufficient intensity and duration to help move families to self- sufficiency and break the cycle of under education and poverty; and (e) Be designed to reduce duplication with other educational providers to ensure high quality and efficient services.