Expanding the program year under adult basic education programs and increasing the state total ABE aid formula, requiring aid not paid to programs due to certain program aid limits to be added to the state total ABE aid for the next fiscal year or reallocated among programs by adjusting the rate per contact hour; establishing an adult literacy grant program for recent immigrants to the state to meet the English language needs of unanticipated refugees and immigrants, requiring the commissioner of education to consult ABE service providers in establishing the form and manner of the grant program; appropriating money to the commissioner for ABE aid and for the grants
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