§3331 Administrative Provisions

Summary

Money for adult education must add to, not replace, state or local spending. To get these federal funds for a given year, an eligible agency must show the Secretary that its spending per student or total spending for adult education two years earlier was at least 90% of what it spent three years earlier. If spending fell, the Secretary will figure the percent drop and cut that agency’s payment by the smaller of the percent drops. When counting spending, the Secretary will leave out building costs and one-time project costs. If federal money for the program drops from one year to the next, the required state effort is lowered by the same percent. The Secretary can waive the rule for no more than one year for emergencies, like a natural disaster or a sudden big loss of state money, and that one-year waiver won’t reduce the effort required the following year.