SEC. 113. STATE APPLICATION.
Section 113 of the Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating such section as section
112;
(2) by striking ‘‘PLAN’’ in the section heading
and inserting ‘‘APPLICATION’’;
(3) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(A)’’
and further by striking all that follows after
‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘an application in
such manner and accompanied by such informa-
tion as the Secretary may require but which, at
a minimum, shall be for a 5-year period.’’;
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara-
graph (B);
(C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
‘‘(2) The State board shall conduct public hearings
in the State, after appropriate and sufficient notice, for
the purpose of affording all segments of the public and
interested organizations and groups an opportunity to
present their views and make recommendations regarding
the State application. A summary of such recommenda-
tions and the State board’s response shall be included with
the State application.’’; and
(D) by amending paragraph (3) to read as
follows:
‘‘(3) The State board shall, for secondary vocational-
technical education programs, establish effective activities
and procedures, by which parents, students, teachers, and
area residents concerned will be able to participate in
State and local decisions that influence programs under
this Act, and ensure that such individuals are given access
to the information needed to use such procedures.’’.
(4) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each State application shall—
‘‘(1) describe the vocational-technical education
programs that will be carried out with funds re-
ceived by the State under this Act, including a de-
scription of—
‘‘(A) the secondary and postsecondary vo-
cational-technical education programs to be car-
ried out at the State level pursuant to section
201, including programs that will be carried out
by the State to develop, improve, and expand
access to quality, state-of-the-art technology in
vocational-technical education programs;
ble to a family of the size involved for the fiscal
year for which the determination is made com-
pared to the number of such individuals in all
the local educational agencies in the State.
‘‘(3) FISCAL YEAR 2002.—Each State shall dis-
tribute funds allocated under this Act in fiscal year
2002 for secondary school vocational-technical edu-
cation programs to local educational agencies within
the State as follows:
‘‘(A) 40 percent shall be allocated to such
agencies in proportion to the number of individ-
uals aged 15 to 19, inclusive, who reside in the
school district served by such agency for the
preceding fiscal year compared to the total
number of such individuals who reside in the
school districts served by all local educational
agencies in the State for such preceding year.
‘‘(B) 60 percent shall be allocated to such
agencies in proportion to the number of individ-
uals aged 15 through 19, inclusive, who reside
in the school district served by such agency
from families with incomes below the poverty
line (as defined by the Office of Management
and Budget and revised annually in accordance
with section 673(2) of the Community Services