Interagency Coordinating Council
The Interagency Coordinating Council's mission is to provide a broad-based Commonwealth council to advise in coordinating a statewide system of adult and family literacy education services and to develop communications strategies to promote public awareness of literacy challenges and solutions.
Blueprint for Change (January 2007) Lifelong Learning
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Blueprint for Change (November 2002) Adult Basic and Literacy Education Service for Pennsylvania
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A Report on Health Literacy (July 2002) Adult Basic and Literacy Education Interagency Coordinating Council
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Blueprint for Change (July 1999) Adult Basic and Literacy Education Services in Pennsylvania
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The Pennsylvania Adult Basic and Family Literacy Education Act 143-1986, amended June 22, 2001, P.L. 209, No.44§ 6406. Interagency Coordinating Council(a) MEMBERSHIP.--The Interagency Coordinating Council is hereby established and shall be composed of, at a minimum, 23 voting members but shall not exceed 35 voting members appointed by the Governor, except for the four members of the General Assembly who shall be appointed and replaced under the provisions of subsection (b). The term of office of the voting members shall be three years, except for the cabinet officers or their designees, who shall serve as long as they are in office. The membership of the Interagency Coordinating Council shall consist of the following:(1) The Secretary of Community and Economic Development or a designee.(2) The Secretary of Education or a designee.(3) The Secretary of Labor and Industry or a designee.(4) The Secretary of Public Welfare or a designee.(4.1) The Secretary of Aging or a designee.(4.2) The Physician General or a designee.(5) Five providers of adult literacy services representing school districts, intermediate units, area vocational-technical schools, colleges, literacy councils, local libraries and community-based organizations.(6) Two representatives of the media, both print and electronic.(7) Three representatives of business, industry and unions.(8) One representative of a local coalition.(9) One representative of the Statewide adult education professional association.(10) Members at large, not to exceed four, chosen to represent diverse interests, who have knowledge of or experience with the establishment, funding or operation of adult basic education programs, including a Statewide association.The designees of the cabinet officers must be deputy secretaries, commissioners or bureau directors. The Interagency Coordinating Council is established to provide a broad-based Commonwealth council to advise in coordinating a Statewide system of adult and family literacy education services and to develop communications strategies to promote public awareness of literacy challenges and solutions.
