It is the purpose to create a partnership among the Federal Government, States, and localities to provide, on a voluntary basis, adult education and literacy services, in order to--
1. assist adults to become literate and obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and self-sufficiency;
2. assist adults who are parents to obtain the educational skills necessary to become full partners in the educational development of their children; and
3. assist adults in the completion of a secondary school education.