20 U.S.C. § 9201
Section 9201 · Purpose
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case E.R.K. ex rel. R.K. v. Hawaii Department of Education (2013)
Most recently applied in E.R.K. ex rel. R.K. v. Hawaii Department of Education (August 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
It is the purpose of this subchapter to create a partnership among the Federal Government, States, and localities to provide, on a voluntary basis, adult education and literacy services, in order to—
(1) assist adults to become literate and obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and self-sufficiency;
(2) assist adults who are parents to obtain the educational skills necessary to become full partners in the educational development of their children; and
(3) assist adults in the completion of a secondary school education.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 105–220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059, known as the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 105–220, title V, §507, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1247, provided that: “Except as otherwise provided in this Act [see Tables for classification], this Act and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 7, 1998].”
Short Title
Pub. L. 105–220, §1(a), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 936, provided that: “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Workforce Investment Act of 1998’.”
Pub. L. 105–220, title II, §201, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059, provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter, amending sections 6362, 6365, 6366, 6813, and 7881 of this title and section 3013 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and repealing sections 1201 to 1213d of this title and provisions set out as notes under sections 1201, 1213c, 2963, and 2966 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Adult Education and Family Literacy Act’.”