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monitor the progress of the School-to-Work Opportunities pro-
gram of the student.
(19) SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.—The term
‘‘School-to-Work Opportunities program’’ means a program that
meets the requirements of this Act, other than a program
described in section 401(a).
(20) SECONDARY
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘secondary school’’
means—
(A) a nonprofit day or residential school that provides
secondary education, as determined under State law, except
that it does not include any education provided beyond
grade 12; and
(B) a Job Corps center under part B of title IV of
the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.).
(21) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ means the Sec-
retary of Education and the Secretary of Labor.
(22) SKILL CERTIFICATE.—The term ‘‘skill certificate’’ means
a portable, industry-recognized credential issued by a School-
to-Work Opportunities program under an approved State plan,
that certifies that a student has mastered skills at levels that
are at least as challenging as skill standards endorsed by
the National Skill Standards Board established under the
National Skill Standards Act of 1994, except that until such
skill standards are developed, the term ‘‘skill certificate’’ means
a credential issued under a process described in the approved
State plan.
(23) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
and the Republic of Palau.
(24) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State edu-
cational agency’’ means the officer or agency primarily
responsible for the State supervision of public elementary and
secondary schools.
(25) WORKPLACE MENTOR.—The term ‘‘workplace mentor’’
means an employee or other individual, approved by the
employer at a workplace, who possesses the skills and knowl-
edge to be mastered by a student, and who instructs the stu-
dent, critiques the performance of the student, challenges the
student to perform well, and works in consultation with class-
room teachers and the employer of the student.
SEC. 5. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
(a) JOINT ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.), the General
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.), the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act To Create a Department of Labor’’, approved
March 4, 1913 (29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.), and section 166 of
the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1576), the Secretar-
ies shall jointly provide for, and shall exercise final authority
over, the administration of this Act, and shall have final author-
ity to jointly issue whatever procedures, guidelines, and regula-
tions, in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States
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Code, the Secretaries consider necessary and appropriate to
administer and enforce the provisions of this Act.
(2) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—Not later than 120 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall prepare
a plan for the joint administration of this Act and submit
such plan to Congress for review and comment.
(b) ACCEPTANCE
OF GIFTS.—The Secretaries are authorized,
in carrying out this Act, to accept, purchase, or lease in the name
of the Department of Labor or the Department of Education, and
employ or dispose of in furtherance of the purposes of this Act,
any money or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangi-
ble, received by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise.
(c) USE OF VOLUNTARY AND UNCOMPENSATED SERVICES.—Not-
withstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the
Secretaries are authorized to accept voluntary and uncompensated
services in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
TITLE I—SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTU-
NITIES 
BASIC 
PROGRAM 
COMPO-
NENTS
SEC. 101. GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
A School-to-Work Opportunities program under this Act shall—
(1) integrate school-based learning and work-based learn-
ing, as provided for in sections 102 and 103, integrate academic
and occupational learning, and establish effective linkages
between secondary and postsecondary education;
(2) provide participating students with the opportunity to
complete career majors;
(3) incorporate the program components provided in sec-
tions 102 through 104;
(4) provide participating students, to the extent practicable,
with strong experience in and understanding of all aspects
of the industry the students are preparing to enter; and
(5) provide all students with equal access to the full range
of such program components (including both school-based and
work-based learning components) and related activities, such
as recruitment, enrollment, and placement activities, except
that nothing in this Act shall be construed to provide any
individual with an entitlement to services under this Act.
SEC. 102. SCHOOL-BASED LEARNING COMPONENT.
The school-based learning component of a School-to-Work
Opportunities program shall include—
(1) career awareness and career exploration and counseling
(beginning at the earliest possible age, but not later than the
7th grade) in order to help students who may be interested
to identify, and select or reconsider, their interests, goals, and
career majors, including those options that may not be tradi-
tional for their gender, race, or ethnicity;
(2) initial selection by interested students of a career major
not later than the beginning of the 11th grade;
(3) a program of study designed to meet the same academic
content standards the State has established for all students,
including, where applicable, standards established under the
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Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and to meet the requirements
necessary to prepare a student for postsecondary education
and the requirements necessary for a student to earn a skill
certificate;
(4) a program of instruction and curriculum that integrates
academic and vocational learning (including applied methodolo-
gies and team-teaching strategies), and incorporates instruc-
tion, to the extent practicable, in all aspects of an industry,
appropriately tied to the career major of a participant;
(5) regularly scheduled evaluations involving ongoing con-
sultation and problem solving with students and school drop-
outs to identify their academic strengths and weaknesses,
academic progress, workplace knowledge, goals, and the need
for additional learning opportunities to master core academic
and vocational skills; and
(6) procedures to facilitate the entry of students participat-
ing in a School-to-Work Opportunities program into additional
training or postsecondary education programs, as well as to
facilitate the transfer of the students between education and
training programs.
SEC. 103. WORK-BASED LEARNING COMPONENT.
(a) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—The work-based learning compo-
nent of a School-to-Work Opportunities program shall include—
(1) work experience;
(2) a planned program of job training and work experiences
(including training related to preemployment and employment
skills to be mastered at progressively higher levels) that are
coordinated with learning in the school-based learning compo-
nent described in section 102 and are relevant to the career
majors of students and lead to the award of skill certificates;
(3) workplace mentoring;
(4) instruction in general workplace competencies, including
instruction and activities related to developing positive work
attitudes, and employability and participative skills; and
(5) broad instruction, to the extent practicable, in all
aspects of the industry.
(b) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Such component may include
such activities as paid work experience, job shadowing, school-
sponsored enterprises, or on-the-job training.
SEC. 104. CONNECTING ACTIVITIES COMPONENT.
The connecting activities component of a School-to-Work
Opportunities program shall include—
(1) matching students with the work-based learning
opportunities of employers;
(2) providing, with respect to each student, a school site
mentor to act as a liaison among the student and the employer,
school, teacher, school administrator, and parent of the student,
and, if appropriate, other community partners;
(3) providing technical assistance and services to employers,
including small- and medium-sized businesses, and other par-
ties in—
(A) 
designing 
school-based 
learning 
components
described in section 102, work-based learning components
described in section 103, and counseling and case manage-
ment services; and
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(B) training teachers, workplace mentors, school site
mentors, and counselors;
(4) providing assistance to schools and employers to
integrate school-based and work-based learning and integrate
academic and occupational learning into the program;
(5) encouraging the active participation of employers, in
cooperation with local education officials, in the implementation
of local activities described in section 102, section 103, or this
section;
(6)(A) providing assistance to participants who have com-
pleted the program in finding an appropriate job, continuing
their education, or entering into an additional training program;
and
(B) linking the participants with other community services
that may be necessary to assure a successful transition from
school to work;
(7) collecting and analyzing information regarding post-
program outcomes of participants in the School-to-Work
Opportunities program, to the extent practicable, on the basis
of socioeconomic status, race, gender, ethnicity, culture, and
disability, and on the basis of whether the participants are
students with limited-English proficiency, school dropouts, dis-
advantaged students, or academically talented students; and
(8) linking youth development activities under this Act
with employer and industry strategies for upgrading the skills
of their workers.
TITLE II—SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTU-
NITIES SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION 
GRANTS 
TO
STATES
Subtitle A—State Development Grants
SEC. 201. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this subtitle is to assist States in planning
and developing comprehensive statewide School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties systems.
SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) GRANTS TO STATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—On the application of the Governor on
behalf of a State in accordance with section 203, the Secretaries
may provide a development grant to the State in such amounts
as the Secretaries determine to be necessary to enable such
State to complete planning and development of a comprehensive
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system.
(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a development grant under
this section may not exceed $1,000,000 for any fiscal year.
(3) COMPLETION.—The Secretaries may provide such grant
to complete development of a statewide School-to-Work
Opportunities systems initiated with funds received under the
Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or the