STATEWIDE LITERACY INITIATIVES.

SEC. 702. STATEWIDE LITERACY INITIATIVES. (a) General Authority.— The Secretary of Education shall make grants to State educational agencies to enable each such agency to develop a plan and implement a program of literacy training and basic skills remediation for adult homeless individuals within the State, which shall— (1) include a program of outreach activities; and (2) be coordinated with existing resources such as community-based organizations, VISTA recipients, adult basic education program recipients, and nonprofit literacy-action organizations. (b) Application.— Each State educational agency desiring to receive its allocation under this section shall submit to the Secretary of Education an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. (c) Authorization of Appropriations; Allocation.— (1) There are authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1987 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1988, for the adult literacy and basic skills remediation programs authorized by this section. (2) The Secretary of Education shall distribute funds to States on the basis of the assessments of the homeless population in the States made in the comprehensive plans submitted under this Act, except that no State shall receive less than $75,000 under this section. (d) Definition.— As used in this section, the term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.