National Literacy Act Seen Gaining New Momentum

By Lonnie Harp

WASHINGTON-Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander's recent appointment of an interim director of the National Institute for Literacy and proposed increases in funding for adult education in the pending fiscal 1992 appropriations bill will soon give life to the National Literacy Act signed by President Bush earlier this year.

Franmarie Kennedy-Keel, recently a consultant to the department and a deputy assistant to the President for policy development, will serve as the interim director of the new national center created by P.L. 102-73, a literacy law that worked its way through the Congress over the past two years.

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