TITLE 16
Education
CHAPTER 16-63
Adult Education [See Title 16 Chapter 97 The Rhode Island Board of
Education Act]
SECTION 16-63-5
§ 16-63-5 Categories of adult education
programs and service.
Programs and services constituting adult education, as defined in §
16-58-2, shall be categorized and defined as follows:
(1) Category 1. Basic education, which shall consist
of efforts to alleviate illiteracy and provide opportunities for academic
achievement up to grade twelve (12) and which shall include instruction in
reading, writing, arithmetic, literature, social studies, science,
pre-vocational subjects, and other knowledge and skills necessary to cope in
contemporary life; courses in Americanization and citizenship for immigrants;
teaching English to persons with no or limited ability with the language; and
preparation for the demonstration of competencies to qualify for the adult high
school diploma or for examinations to earn the general educational development
or high school equivalency diploma.
(2) Category 2. Vocational training, which shall
consist of the imparting of knowledge and skills necessary to become gainfully
employed, at least at entry level, in a recognized occupation, and thus attain
economic self-sufficiency, and which shall be conveyed by classroom
instruction, on the job training, apprenticeships, and other appropriate
methods.
(3) Category 3. Higher education, consisting of
opportunities for adults to enter or re-enter universities and colleges,
whether matriculating or nonmatriculating, at undergraduate and graduate
levels, and whether part-time or full-time.
(4) Category 4. Continuing education in professional
and technological occupations, which shall consist of efforts to insure that
minimum competencies are maintained by persons who are employed in occupations
which bear on the public health, safety, or general welfare, and for which
there are licensing, certification, or other credentialing provisions in the
general laws, and in which those persons shall participate, individually or in
groups, by periodic reviews of fundamental and up to date knowledge and skills,
in-service experience, performance assessment, or other systematic and ongoing
methods, and which may involve earning continuing education units.
(5) Category 5. General personal development, which
shall consist of any formal or informal activity in the pursuit and development
of avocational, social, cultural, artistic, enrichment, recreational, or other
interests.
(6) Category 6. Public service education, consisting
of efforts, through mass media and by other methods, to inform, educate, and
motivate residents of the state on vital and timely subjects, such as health,
safety, civic affairs, and social concerns and behavior.
(7) Category 7. Supportive services, which shall
consist of various accommodations intended to facilitate the pursuit of adult
education in any of these specified categories, and which shall include
information, counseling, and other guidance services, financial aid, care of
children and other dependent persons, transportation, and other services.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1981, ch. 416, § 1.)
