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(1) shall approve only those applications submitted under
section 213 that demonstrate the highest levels of collaboration
by the individuals and entities described in section 213(b)(4)
in the development and implementation of the statewide School-
to-Work system;
(2) shall approve an application submitted under section
213 only if the State provides the assurances described in
section 206(a) (relating to maintenance of effort) in accordance
with such section, except that this requirement may be waived
in accordance with section 206(b); and
(3) may approve an application submitted under section
213 only if the State demonstrates in the application—
(A) that other Federal, State, and local resources will
be used to implement the proposed State plan;
(B) the extent to which such plan would limit adminis-
trative costs and increase amounts spent on delivery of
services to students enrolled in programs under this Act;
(C) that the State, where appropriate, will ensure the
establishment of a partnership in at least 1 urban and
1 rural area in the State; and
(D) that the State plan contained in such application
is consistent with the State improvement plan for the State,
if any, under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.
(c) ACTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In reviewing each application submitted
under section 213, the Secretaries shall determine whether
the application and the plan described in such application meet
the approval criteria in subsection (b).
(2) ACTIONS AFTER AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION.—If the
determination under paragraph (1) is affirmative, the Secretar-
ies may take 1 or more of the following actions:
(A) Provide an implementation grant under section
212 to the State submitting the application.
(B) Approve the request of the State, if any, for a
waiver in accordance with the procedures set forth in title
V.
(3) ACTION AFTER NONAFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION.—If the
determination under paragraph (1) is not affirmative, the Sec-
retaries shall inform the State of the opportunity to apply
for development funds under subtitle A in accordance with
such subtitle.
(d) USE OF FUNDS FOR REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—The Secretar-
ies may use amounts reserved under section 605(b)(4) for the review
of applications submitted under section 213.
SEC. 215. USE OF AMOUNTS.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretaries may not provide an
implementation grant under section 212 to a State unless the
State agrees that the State will use all amounts received from
such grant to implement the statewide School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties system in accordance with this section.
(b) SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS.—
(1) AUTHORITY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the State shall provide subgrants to local partnerships,
according to criteria established by the State, for the pur-
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pose of carrying out School-to-Work Opportunities pro-
grams.
(B) 
PROHIBITION.—The 
State 
shall 
not 
provide
subgrants to local partnerships that have received
implementation grants under title III, except that this
prohibition shall not apply with respect to local partner-
ships that are located in high poverty areas, as such term
is defined in section 307.
(2) APPLICATION.—A local partnership that seeks a
subgrant to carry out a local School-to-Work Opportunities
program, including a program initiated under section 302, shall
submit an application to the State that—
(A) describes how the program will include the program
components described in sections 102, 103, and 104 and
otherwise meet the requirements of this Act;
(B) sets forth measurable program goals and outcomes;
(C) describes the local strategies and timetables of
the local partnership to provide opportunities for all stu-
dents in the area served to participate in a School-to-
Work Opportunities program;
(D) describes the extent to which the program will
require paid high-quality, work-based learning experiences,
and the steps the local partnerships will take to generate
such paid experiences;
(E) describes the process that will be used to ensure
employer involvement in the development and implementa-
tion of the local School-to-Work Opportunities program;
(F) provides assurances that, to the extent practicable,
opportunities provided to students to participate in a
School-to-Work Opportunities program will be in industries
and occupations offering high-skill, high-wage employment
opportunities;
(G) provides such other information as the State may
require; and
(H) is submitted at such time and in such form as
the State may require.
(3) DISAPPROVAL OF APPLICATION.—If the State determines
that an application submitted by a local partnership does not
meet the criteria under paragraph (2), or that the application
is incomplete or otherwise unsatisfactory, the State shall—
(A) notify the local partnership of the reasons for the
failure to approve the application; and
(B) permit the local partnership to resubmit a corrected
or amended application.
(4) ALLOWABLE
ACTIVITIES.—A local partnership shall
expend funds provided through subgrants under this subsection
only for activities undertaken to carry out local School-to-Work
Opportunities programs, and such activities may include, for
each such program—
(A) recruiting and providing assistance to employers,
including small- and medium-size businesses, to provide
the work-based learning components described in section
103;
(B) establishing consortia of employers to support the
School-to-Work Opportunities program and provide access
to jobs related to the career majors of students;
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(C) supporting or establishing intermediaries (selected
from among the members of the local partnership) to per-
form the activities described in section 104 and to provide
assistance to students or school dropouts in obtaining jobs
and further education and training;
(D) designing or adapting school curricula that can
be used to integrate academic, vocational, and occupational
learning, school-based and work-based learning, and
secondary and postsecondary education for all students
in the area served;
(E) providing training to work-based and school-based
staff on new curricula, student assessments, student guid-
ance, and feedback to the school regarding student
performance;
(F) establishing, in schools participating in the School-
to-Work Opportunities program, a graduation assistance
program to assist at-risk students, low-achieving students,
and students with disabilities, in graduating from high
school, enrolling in postsecondary education or training,
and finding or advancing in jobs;
(G) providing career exploration and awareness serv-
ices, counseling and mentoring services, college awareness
and preparation services, and other services (beginning
at the earliest possible age, but not later than the 7th
grade) to prepare students for the transition from school
to work;
(H) providing supplementary and support services,
including child care and transportation, when such services
are necessary for participation in a local School-to-Work
Opportunities program;
(I) conducting or obtaining an in-depth analysis of the
local labor market and the generic and specific skill needs
of employers to identify high-demand, high-wage careers
to target;
(J) integrating school-based and work-based learning
into job training programs that are for school dropouts
and that are in existence on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act;
(K) establishing or expanding school-to-apprenticeship
programs in cooperation with registered apprenticeship
agencies and apprenticeship sponsors;
(L) assisting participating employers, including small-
and medium-size businesses, to identify and train
workplace mentors and to develop work-based learning
components;
(M) promoting the formation of partnerships between
elementary schools and secondary schools (including middle
schools) and local businesses as an investment in future
workplace productivity and competitiveness;
(N) designing local strategies to provide adequate plan-
ning time and staff development activities for teachers,
school counselors, related services personnel, and school
site mentors, including opportunities outside the classroom
that are at the worksite;
(O) enhancing linkages between after-school, weekend,
and summer jobs, career exploration, and school-based
learning; and
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(P) obtaining the assistance of organizations and
institutions that have a history of success in working with
school dropouts and at-risk and disadvantaged youths in
recruiting such school dropouts and youths to participate
in the local School-to-Work Opportunities program.
(5) LOCAL PARTNERSHIP COMPACT.—The State may not pro-
vide a subgrant under paragraph (1) to a local partnership
unless the partnership agrees that the local partnership will
establish a process by which the responsibilities and expecta-
tions of students, parents, employers, and schools are clearly
established and agreed upon at the point of entry of the student
into a career major program of study.
(6) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The local partnership may not
use more than 10 percent of amounts received from a subgrant
under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year for administrative costs
associated with activities in carrying out, but not including,
activities under paragraphs (4) and (5) for such fiscal year.
(7) ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS.—
(A) FIRST YEAR.—In the 1st fiscal year for which a
State receives amounts from a grant under section 212,
the State shall use not less than 70 percent of such amounts
to provide subgrants to local partnerships under paragraph
(1).
(B) SECOND
YEAR.—In the 2d fiscal year for which
a State receives amounts from a grant under section 212,
the State shall use not less than 80 percent of such amounts
to provide subgrants to local partnerships under paragraph
(1).
(C) THIRD YEAR AND SUCCEEDING YEARS.—In the 3d
fiscal year for which a State receives amounts from a
grant under section 212, and in each succeeding year,
the State shall use not less than 90 percent of such amounts
to provide subgrants to local partnerships under paragraph
(1).
(c) ADDITIONAL STATE ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the state-
wide School-to-Work Opportunities system, the State may also—
(1) recruit and provide assistance to employers to provide
work-based learning for all students;
(2) conduct outreach activities to promote and support
collaboration, in School-to-Work Opportunities programs, by
businesses, labor organizations, and other organizations;
(3) provide training for teachers, employers, workplace
mentors, school site mentors, counselors, related services
personnel, and other parties;
(4) provide labor market information to local partnerships
that is useful in determining which high-skill, high-wage
occupations are in demand;
(5) design or adapt model curricula that can be used to
integrate academic, vocational, and occupational learning,
school-based and work-based learning, and secondary and post-
secondary education, for all students in the State;
(6) design or adapt model work-based learning programs
and identify best practices for such programs;
(7) conduct outreach activities and provide technical assist-
ance to other States that are developing or implementing
School-to-Work Opportunities systems;