Nearly 24% of adults in Alabama read at the lowest literacy level and more than half a million Alabamians between the ages of 16 and 74 don’t have a high school diploma or GED.

As a result, Central Alabama Community College interim president Jeff Lynn proclaimed Adult Education and Family Literacy Week for Sept. 20 to Sept. 26 to promote the work done in CACC’s adult education program.

Amy Passaretti is a staff writer with the Alexander City Outlook.