Section 3035.210  Definitions

"Adult" means an individual in Illinois who has exceeded the maximum age for compulsory schooling (16) and is not currently enrolled in school (see 105 ILCS 5/Art. 26).

"Applicant" means the eligible education agency or public or private employer.

"Application" means the written request for a literacy grant submitted to the LAB pursuant to this Subpart.  Applications shall be submitted by the legal entity responsible for the disbursement of public funds.

"Coalition" means a structured cooperative effort among a library system, libraries, education agencies, and community-based organizations, or any combination of these entities, at the local or regional level.

"Community" means any county or municipality in Illinois.

"Community-based Organization" means a private or public not-for-profit organization, including volunteer organizations, located in an Illinois community, that provides services to citizens within that community and the surrounding area.

"Educational Agencies" means those entities eligible to apply that are public libraries and are members of an Illinois regional library system; community colleges, school districts and regional offices of education that are certified by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Illinois State Board of Education or the Illinois Community College Board; community based organizations, volunteer agencies or a coalition of those entities that have been granted 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service; and public and private employers.

"Educational Skills Assessment" means testing methods that measure the educational skills possessed by adults, including reading, writing, comprehension and computation skills in English.

"Family Literacy" means reading, writing and computing instruction for parents and children together, including academic and parenting instruction for adults, developmentally appropriate activities for children, and structured reciprocal time for both to learn together.

"Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of the State of Illinois.

"Instructional Materials" means written materials and computer software programs that are used in teaching adults basic reading, writing, comprehension, computation or English language skills.

"LAB" means the Literacy Advisory Board established by Section 7.2 of the State Library Act [15 ILCS 320/7.2].

"Library" means the main facility for a tax-supported public library within an Illinois library system.

"Literacy" means the ability of an individual to read, write, compute and comprehend above the 8.9 grade level as measured by an educational skills assessment.

"Literacy Program" means a structured project or program that provides direct instructional services in literacy to adult students.

"Math Student" means an adult whose math skills are below the 9.0 grade level and who is enrolled in the literacy program for math instruction.

"Participating Agency" means those agencies who will receive part of the grant funds or who will actively participate in the literacy project as an essential component of that project, without whose participation the project would fail or be radically changed.

"Secretary of State" means the Illinois Secretary of State, who is the State Librarian.

"Site Visit" means a scheduled visit by a literacy grant monitor to a literacy grant recipient to determine whether the project meets or maintains the criteria of the grant program. The site visit may be made in person, by phone or by electronic means, at the discretion of the Illinois State Library Literacy Office. 

"State Library" means the Illinois State Library, a department of the Illinois Secretary of State established pursuant to the State Library Act [15 ILCS 320].

"Workplace Literacy Program" means a structured program that provides direct instructional services in reading, writing, comprehension, computation or English language skills to adult employees or prospective employees at their place of employment.

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 18366, effective October 18, 2011)