(B) Individuals who are representatives of
organized labor who have expertise and interest
in workforce development and are selected from
among nominees submitted by national labor
organizations.
(C) Individuals who are experts in the
fields of education and job training who are rec-
ognized for their specialization and interest in
workforce development.
(2) ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.—In making
appointments under paragraph (1), the Secretaries
shall—
(A) appoint a majority of the members
from among representatives of business and in-
dustry under paragraph (1)(A);
(B) to the extent practicable, include win-
ners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award among such representatives; and
(C) include individuals from a broad cross-
section of industries and occupations.
(c) TERMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Advi-
sory Group shall be appointed for a term of 5 years.
(2) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Advisory
Group shall be filled in the manner in which the
original appointment was made.
(d) COMPENSATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), each member of the Advisory Group shall
serve without compensation.
(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the
Advisory Group shall receive travel expenses, includ-
ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance
with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United
States Code.
(e) CHAIRPERSON.—The Advisory Group shall elect
a chairperson from among members who are representa-
tives of business and industry under paragraph (1)(A).
(f) STAFF.—The Secretaries shall provide the Advi-
sory Group with any staff, office facilities, and other as-
sistance, and any data prepared by their respective De-
partments, required by the Advisory Group to carry out
its duties under subsection (h).
(g) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Group shall meet at
the call of the Compact.
(h) DUTIES.—The Advisory Group shall—
(1) provide advice and recommendations to the
Compact on—
(A) the identification of workplace readi-
ness competencies which employers agree that
all students should possess upon completion of
high school in order to be effective participants
in the workforce; and
(B) the incorporation of such competencies
into the academic and work-based curriculum in
grades K–12, as well as other appropriate edu-
cation and training programs, taking into ac-
count the previous work of the Secretary’s
Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills;
(2) provide advice and recommendations to the
Compact on the identification of industries or clus-
ters of industries (where appropriate) for which vol-
untary national industry-recognized skill standards
might be developed and utilized successfully;
(3) provide advice and recommendations to the
Compact on how to facilitate the establishment of in-
dustry partnerships for the development and imple-
mentation of such skill standards, through the provi-
sion of grants, in each major industry or cluster of
industries where it is determined that the develop-
ment of such standards would be in the best interest
of the industry and its workers;
(4) provide advice and recommendations to the
Compact leading to approval and subsequent imple-
mentation and maintenance of voluntary national in-
dustry-recognized skill standards; and
(5) advocate throughout the United States the
importance of identifying and utilizing workplace
readiness competencies and voluntary national in-
dustry-recognized skill standards as they relate to
the United States education and training system, as
well as to United States industry and its workers.
(i) TERMINATION.—Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating to the
termination of advisory committees) shall not apply with
respect to the Advisory Group.
SEC. 203. ASSISTANCE IN FORMATION OF INDUSTRY PART-
NERSHIPS.
The Compact, based upon the recommendations of
the Advisory Group, shall identify industries for which vol-
untary national industry-recognized skill standards might
be developed and utilized successfully, and provide tech-
nical assistance, staffing, research capabilities, and any
other form of assistance determined to be appropriate, to
assist individuals to establish partnerships in such indus-
tries that would be eligible to receive grants under section
204(a).
SEC. 204. GRANTS TO INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Compact shall provide
grants to eligible industry partnerships described in
subsection (b) for the purpose of developing vol-
untary national industry-recognized skill standards.
(2) PERIOD OF GRANTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant received under
paragraph (1) may extend for a period of not
more than 3 fiscal years. The payments under
such grant shall be subject to annual approval
by the Compact and subject to the availability
of appropriations for each fiscal year.
(B) EXTENSION GRANTS.— The Compact
may provide 2-year extension grants to those el-
igible industry partnerships that, following the
initial 3-year grant period, demonstrate sub-
stantial progress in developing voluntary na-
tional industry-recognized skill standards.
(b) ELIGIBLE INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS.—An indus-
try partnership shall be eligible to receive a grant under
subsection (a) if the partnership consists of—
(1) a majority of individuals who are represent-
atives of a majority of businesses within an industry
or within a cluster of industries, where appropriate;
(2)(A) individuals who are representatives of or-
ganized labor, selected from among nominees sub-
mitted by recognized national labor organizations
representing employees in such industry or industry
cluster; or
(B) representatives of employees of an industry
where organized labor does not broadly represent
employees in such industry or industry cluster; and
(3) individuals who are experts in the fields of
education and job training with expertise in such in-
dustry or industry cluster.
(c) APPLICATION.—The Compact may not make a
grant under subsection (a) to an eligible industry partner-
ship unless the partnership submits to the Compact an
application in such form and containing such information
as the Compact may require.
(d) USE OF AMOUNTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Compact may not make
a grant under subsection (a) to an eligible industry
partnership unless the partnership agrees that it will
use all amounts received from such grant to estab-
lish and carry out a program to develop rec-
ommendations for voluntary national industry-recog-
nized skill standards and other related recommenda-
tions for occupations within the industry or industry
cluster in which such partnership is established.
(2) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—In carrying out a
program established under paragraph (1), an eligible
industry or industry cluster partnership shall—
(A) identify broadly-based occupations
within the industry or industry cluster in which
such partnership is established and develop rec-
ommendations for voluntary national industry-
recognized skill standards for such occupations
within such industry or industries;
(B) develop recommendations on methods
of performance assessment, validation, and cer-
tification to measure competencies for such oc-
cupations;
(C) develop recommendations for curricula
and training delivery mechanisms for achieving
such competencies that include structured work
experiences and related study programs leading
to certificates of mastery or associate degrees;
(D) develop recommendations for the
maintenance of voluntary national industry-rec-
ognized skill standards ensuring the responsive-
ness of such standards to advances in tech-
nology, education, job training, changes in the
organization of work, and other appropriate fac-
tors;
(E) develop recommendations for strategies
to promote the adoption and implementation of
voluntary national industry-recognized skill
standards and certifications of such standards;
and
(F) ensure, to the extent practicable, that
such standards can—
(i) be used for the purpose of promot-
ing a highly skilled and flexible workforce;
(ii) be applied to a wide variety of
education and training service providers,
both work-based and school-based; and
(iii) be used in qualifying individuals
for employment and upgrading the skills of
existing employees.
(e) SELECTION.—In selecting eligible industry part-
nerships to receive grants under subsection (a), the Com-
pact shall select partnerships from only those industries
for which voluntary national industry-recognized skill
standards do not exist.
(f) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Compact may not make
a grant under subsection (a) to an eligible industry
partnership unless the partnership agrees that it will
submit to the Compact a report containing—
(A) the occupations identified and rec-
ommendations for voluntary national industry-
recognized skill standards developed under sub-
section (d)(2)(A);
(B) the recommendations for performance
assessments, validation, and certification of skill
standards 
developed 
under 
subsection
(d)(2)(B);
(C) the recommendations for curricula and
training delivery mechanisms developed under
subsection (d)(2)(C);
(D) the recommendations for the mainte-
nance of skill standards developed under sub-
section (d)(2)(D);
(E) the recommendations for strategies de-
scribed in subsection (d)(2)(E); and
(F) any other information the Compact de-
termines to be appropriate.
(2) TIME LIMIT.—The eligible industry part-
nership shall submit to the Compact the report de-
scribed in paragraph (1) not later than—
(A) 3 years after the date on which the
partnership first receives payments under such
grant; or
(B) in the case of a partnership that re-
ceives a 2-year extension grant under sub-
section (a)(2)(B), 2 years after the date on
which the partnership receives payments under
such extension grant.
SEC. 
205. 
ENDORSEMENT 
OF 
COMPETENCIES, 
SKILL
STANDARDS, AND RELATED RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.
(a) COMPETENCIES.—The Compact shall review and
endorse the recommendations for workplace readiness
competencies identified under section 202(h)(1) by the
Advisory Group, unless such recommendations are clearly
inconsistent with or inadequate to achieve the require-
ments of this title.
(b) SKILL STANDARDS.—The Compact, in consulta-
tion with the Advisory Group, shall review and endorse
the recommendations for voluntary national industry-rec-
ognized skill standards, performance assessments, curric-
ula and training delivery mechanisms, and certifications
of voluntary national industry-recognized skill standards,
submitted by industry partnerships under section 204(f),
unless such recommendations are clearly inconsistent with
or inadequate to achieve the requirements of this title.
(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) TIME LIMIT.—The Compact shall act upon
each recommendation described in subsections (a)
and (b) not later than 60 days after receiving each
such recommendation.
(2) ASSISTANCE
AND
RESUBMISSION.—If the
Compact fails to endorse recommendations for work-
place readiness competencies under subsection (a),
or recommendations for skill standards or related
recommendations under subsection (b), the Compact
shall provide assistance to the Advisory Group or the
industry partnership, as the case may be, for the
purpose of improving such recommendations so that
the Advisory Group or industry partnership may re-
submit such recommendation to the Compact for en-
dorsement.
SEC. 206. AVAILABILITY OF COMPETENCIES, SKILL STAND-
ARDS, AND RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Compact shall make avail-
able, for voluntary use by the entities described in sub-
section (b), the recommendations for—
(1) workplace readiness competencies endorsed
under section 205(a); and
(2) voluntary national industry-recognized skill
standards and related performance assessments, cur-
ricula and training delivery mechanisms, and certifi-
cations of voluntary national industry-recognized
skill standards endorsed under section 205(b).
(b) ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—The entities described in
this subsection are postsecondary educational institutions
offering professional and technical education, State and
local educational agencies and institutions (including voca-
tional educational institutions), job training systems, labor
organizations, trade and technical associations, individual
employers and national business organizations, and any
other entities likely to benefit from such recommendations.
SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this title such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1998. Of
the amount appropriated for each fiscal year—
(1) not less than 80 percent of such amount
shall be made available to carry out section 204; and
(2) not more than 20 percent of such amount
shall be made available to carry out sections 202,
203, 205, and 206.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
TITLE 
III—STATE 
SCHOOL-TO-
WORK 
TRANSITION 
CHAL-
LENGE GRANTS
SEC. 301. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to provide grants to States
to develop and implement State plans that result in pro-
grams and services that provide youths with the education,
competencies, and skills necessary to made a successful
transition from school to work and into further education
and training activities which are directly related to an oc-
cupation.
Subtitle A—Planning Grants
SEC. 311. AUTHORIZATION.
The Compact may award 1-year nonrenewable plan-
ning grants to States for the purpose of developing State
plans to establish school-to-work transition systems in
such States.
SEC. 312. APPLICATION.
The Compact may not make a grant under section
311 to a State unless the State submits to the Compact
an application in such form and containing such informa-
tion as the Compact may reasonably require.
SEC. 313. USE OF AMOUNTS.
The Compact may not provide a grant under section
311 to a State unless the State agrees that it will use
amounts received from such grant to—
(1) prepare a State plan, developed coopera-
tively by the State agencies responsible for second-
ary education, vocational education, postsecondary
education, labor, employment and training, and
where appropriate, youth apprenticeship, for the
purpose of establishing a comprehensive school-to-
work transition system in the State as described in
section 323; and
(2) submit such plan to the Compact for ap-
proval under section 331.
Subtitle B—Implementation Grants
SEC. 321. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Compact shall provide grants
to States for the purpose of implementing State plans that
have been approved under section 332 to establish school-
to-work transition systems in such States.
(b) PERIOD OF GRANTS.—A grant received under
subsection (a) may extend for a period of not more than
3 fiscal years. The payments under such grant shall be
subject to annual approval by the Compact based upon
demonstrated progress in carrying out the activities de-
scribed in section 323 and subject to the availability of
appropriations for each fiscal year.
SEC. 322. APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Compact may not make a
grant under section 321(a) to a State unless the State
submits to the Compact an application in such form and
containing such information as the Compact may reason-
ably require.
(b) CONTENTS.—Such application shall include—
(1) an assurance that the State agencies de-
scribed in section 313(1) will cooperatively carry out
the activities described in section 323;
(2) a description of any State legislation that
has been enacted, or which the Governor of the
State intends to propose, to carry out the State
plan;
(3) a description of any existing school-to-work
transition infrastructure and activities in the State;
(4) an identification of the funding sources that
will be used to satisfy the State share requirements
under section 324(b), including a description of how
funds under the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational
and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C.
2301 et seq.), and other appropriate Federal pro-
grams may be used to carry out the activities under
section 323;
(5) an assurance that amounts received from a
grant under section 321 will be used to supplement,
not supplant, non-Federal funds that would other-
wise be available for the use of amounts described
in section 323;
(6) an assurance that amounts received from a
grant under section 321 will be used to improve and
expand school-to-work transition services in the
State, utilizing to the extent practicable, the work-
place readiness competencies and the voluntary na-
tional industry-recognized skill standards approved
under section 205;
(7) assurances that the State will maintain data
and information regarding the use of amounts under
section 323, including the number of students
served;
(8) assurances that the State will use not more
than 5 percent of amounts received from a grant
under section 321 for administrative purposes;
(9) a description of how the activities under
section 323 will be coordinated with programs and
services provided under the Carl D. Perkins Voca-
tional and Applied Technology Education Act (20
U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), the
Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.), the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.),
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, and other appropriate
Federal programs; and
(10) a description of how the activities under
section 323 will be coordinated with programs and
services provided by State and local educational and
job training agencies, State rehabilitation agencies,
such other agencies and programs as the State de-
termines to have a direct interest in school-to-work
transition programs, postsecondary educational insti-
tutions, and with employers, business associations,
and organized labor within the State.
SEC. 323. USE OF AMOUNTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements in
subsection (b), the Compact may not provide a grant
under section 321 to a State unless the State agrees that
it will use amounts received from such grant to implement
a State plan that has been approved under section 332
to establish a school-to-work transition system in such
State.
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The State shall
agree that, in implementing the State plan, it will meet
the following requirements:
(1) All population groups, including women, mi-
nority groups, and individuals with disabilities, and
to the extent practicable, special populations as de-
fined under section 521(31) of the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act,
will have the opportunity to participate in the
school-to-work transition system, including youth ap-
prenticeships, where applicable.
(2) Business and industry, organized labor, and
experts in the fields of education and training will
be involved in all aspects of development of such sys-
tem.
(3) The State will provide expanded training
and work-based opportunities for teachers, coun-
selors, and school officials in such system.
(4) The State will develop and implement such
system in the elementary and secondary grades, with
goals that include—
(A) adoption or development of curricula
and innovative instructional methods which
combine experiential learning with conventional
academic programs;
(B) integration of academic and vocational
instruction, including the development of pro-
grams that combine school-based and work-
based learning;
(C) adoption or development of curricula
and instructional materials promoting career
awareness and exploration programs;
(D) improved and expanded career and
academic counseling, including linkages to ca-
reer counseling services outside of the school
system;
(E) development and expansion of support-
ive services and a supportive environment for
alternative school-to-work programs;
(F) development of programs that incor-
porate recognized workplace readiness com-
petencies and voluntary national industry-recog-
nized skill standards, where available, as an in-
tegral part of their curricula; and
(G) integration of secondary and post-
secondary opportunities for youths.
(5) The State will conduct an annual evaluation
of the school-to-work transition system in the State
in which it will outline its progress toward the goals
described in this section and make available such
evaluation to the Compact.
(c) DISCRETIONARY USE
OF AMOUNTS.—A State
may use amounts received from a grant under section 321
to—
(1) develop alternative learning programs, flexi-
ble school hours and attendance policies (for both
students and teachers), postsecondary education op-
tions, and flexibility in graduation requirements,
while maintaining high academic achievement stand-
ards; and
(2) assess labor market information systems in
the State to determine availability of a uniform sys-
tem of information for use by schools on employ-
ment options available to high school youths.
SEC. 324. FEDERAL AND STATE SHARE.
(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share for grants
provided under section 321 may not exceed—
(1) 90 percent of the total cost of the activities
carried out under section 323 for the 1st year for
which a State receives amounts from a grant pro-
vided under section 321;
(2) 75 percent of the total cost of the activities
carried out under section 323 for the 2nd year for
which a State receives amounts from a grant pro-
vided under section 321; and
(3) 60 percent of the total cost of the activities
carried out under section 323 for the 3rd year for
which a State receives amounts from a grant pro-
vided under section 321.
(b) STATE SHARE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may obtain funds to
pay the State share of costs of the school-to-work
transition system from other Federal funding
sources, including Federal funds made available
under—
(A) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C.
2301); and
(B) the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(2) LIMITATION.—Funds obtained from other
Federal funding sources under paragraph (1) shall
not exceed 50 percent of the State share of costs.
(3) CASH
OR
IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTION.—The
State share under this title may be in cash or in
kind fairly evaluated, including equipment and serv-
ices, and may include contributions from private
funding sources.
SEC. 325. REPORTS.
(a) STATE REPORTS.—The Compact may not make
a grant under section 321 to a State unless the State
agrees to submit to the Compact, in each fiscal year in
which the Compact makes payments under such grant to
such State, a report containing—
(1) data from local educational agencies and
educational institutions, as appropriate, regarding
the types of services and programs provided, number
of individuals served, graduation rates, and matricu-
lation rates to postsecondary schools, training insti-
tutions, registered apprenticeship programs, and the
military;
(2) job placement rates of such individuals,
where applicable; and
(3) such other information as may be required
by the Compact that measures the performance and
success of activities under section 323.
(b) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—The Compact shall
submit to the Congress on a biennial basis a report re-
garding grants provided under section 321.
SEC. 326. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
Of the amount appropriated under section 341(a) for
any fiscal year, not more than 2 percent of such amount
shall be made available to the Compact for administrative
expenses in providing grants under subsection 321.
Subtitle C—Approval and
Disapproval of State Plans
SEC. 331. SUBMISSION OF STATE PLAN.
A State that desires to have the Compact approve its
State plan to establish a school-to-work transition system
in such State shall submit such plan to the Compact in
accordance with requirements developed by the Compact.
SEC. 332. APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL.
The Compact shall review each State plan submitted
by a State under section 331, and shall approve or dis-
approve each such plan as soon as possible after receiving
such plan.
Subtitle D—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 341. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to to carry out this title such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1998.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
TITLE 
IV—STATE 
YOUTH 
AP-
PRENTICESHIP 
PROGRAM
GRANTS
SEC. 401. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are—
(1) to improve the career and educational op-
portunities of the Nation’s youth, by establishing a
nationally recognized system for the youth appren-
ticeship approach to learning, while allowing States
to customize the model to economic, demographic,
and other local conditions;
(2) to establish a formal process that engages
the business community in partnerships with edu-
cation to develop the capacity of workplaces to serve
as learning sites and to link academic curriculum
with work-based learning in order to ensure that
youth apprentices acquire academic and work-based
competencies and become skilled, flexible, entry-level
workers;
(3) to motivate the Nation’s young people to re-
main in school, improve their basic skills, and be-
come productive citizens by providing the oppor-
tunity to gain marketable skills while establishing a
relationship with a prospective employer; and
(4) to prepare the youth of the United States
for employment in high-wage, high-skilled occupa-
tions.
Subtitle A—Grants to States
SEC. 411. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Compact shall provide grants
to States for the purpose of establishing youth apprentice-
ship programs in such States.
(b) PERIOD OF GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant received under sub-
section (a) may extend for a period of not more than
3 fiscal years. The payments under such grant shall
be subject to annual approval by the Compact and
subject to the availability of appropriations for each
fiscal year.
(2) EXTENSION
GRANTS.—The Compact may
provide, upon reapplication, 3-year extension grants
to those States that, following the initial 3-year
grant period, demonstrate substantial progress in
developing youth apprenticeship programs in such
States.
SEC. 412. APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Compact may not make a
grant under section 411 to a State unless the State sub-
mits to the Compact an application in such form and con-
taining such information as the Compact may reasonably
require.
(b) CONTENTS.—Such application shall include—
(1) a State plan (developed cooperatively by the
State agencies responsible for secondary education,
vocational education, postsecondary education, labor,
employment and training, and where appropriate,
youth apprenticeship (in this subtitle referred to as
the ‘‘State agencies’’)) describing the youth appren-
ticeship programs to be established in the State, in-
cluding assurances that in carrying out such plan,
the State agencies will cooperatively—
(A) not later than October 1, 1994, and
each subsequent year thereafter in which the
State receives amounts from a grant under sec-
tion 411, provide grants to local consortia for
the purpose of establishing such programs at
the local level in such State;
(B) ensure that such grants will be of suf-
ficient size, scope, and quality to assure the de-
velopment of high quality youth apprenticeship
programs in such State;
(C) provide such grants to achieve the
widest possible participation among interested
11th and 12th grade students;
(D) develop guidelines for the submission
of applications by local consortia;
(E) develop guidelines for the selection of
local consortia consisting of those industries,
occupations, and employers offering likelihood
of long-term employment, as well as new and
emerging industries offering new youth appren-
ticeship opportunities and industries where
youth apprenticeship opportunities do not cur-
rently exist, to the extent practicable;
(F) certify that programs established by
local consortia meet the national criteria for
youth apprenticeship programs described in sec-
tion 421 and meet safeguards described in sec-
tion 422;
(G) provide technical assistance and other
supportive services to local consortia and em-
ployers as is necessary to carry out such pro-
grams;
(H) collect and maintain data on participa-
tion in such programs; and
(I) monitor such programs;
(2) a description of any State legislation the
Governor intends to propose to carry out the State
plan;
(3) a description of on-going State activities in
the broader area of school-to-work transition, such
as those activities described in section 323, and in
the event the State is also receiving amounts from
a grant under section 311 or 321, a description of
how the State will coordinate activities described in
section 323 with activities required under section
413;
(4) a description of the Federal, State, local,
and other resources the State intends to utilize to
implement the State plan; and
(5) the timetable to be followed in implementing
youth apprenticeship programs in the State.
SEC. 413. USE OF AMOUNTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Compact may not provide a
grant under section 411 to a State unless the State agrees
that it will use amounts received from such grant to estab-
lish and carry out a State plan to provide youth appren-
ticeship programs in such State.
(b) GRANTS TO LOCAL CONSORTIA TO ESTABLISH
LOCAL YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the State
plan established under subsection (a), the State
agencies shall provide grants to local consortia for
the purpose of establishing youth apprenticeship pro-
grams at the local level in such State. The State
agencies shall use not less than 90 percent of the
amount received from a grant under section 411 in
any fiscal year to provide grants to eligible local con-
sortia under this subsection.
(2) ELIGIBLE LOCAL CONSORTIA.—A local con-
sortium shall be eligible to receive a grant under
paragraph (1) if the consortium consists of at least
1 entity described in each of the following subpara-
graphs:
(A) Local educational agencies, individual
schools within a local educational agency, area
vocational education schools serving secondary
students, or any such agencies or schools in
partnership with—
(i) nonprofit institutions of higher
education which offer a 2-year associate
degree program or a certificate program
(including public vocational and technical
schools and institutions and community
colleges), and which are qualified as insti-
tutions of higher education pursuant to
section 481 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965; or
(ii) proprietary institutions of higher
education which offer a 2-year associate
degree program or a certificate program,
and which are qualified as institutions of
higher education pursuant to such section.
(B) Local employers or business associa-
tions, including private industry councils de-
scribed in section 102 of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512).
(3) APPLICATION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The State agencies
may not make a grant under paragraph (1) to
an eligible local consortium unless the consor-
tium submits to such agencies an application in
such form and containing such information as
the agencies may require.
(B) CONTENTS.—Such application shall in-
clude—
(i) a description of program goals;
(ii) a description of activities and
services which will be provided under the
program, including a description of—
(I) the methods by which aca-
demic, and work-based training will be
integrated;
(II) career counseling and career
exploration opportunities that will be
provided both prior to and during par-
ticipation in a youth apprenticeship,
to ensure that students and parents
are made aware of youth apprentice-
ship and other options prior to stu-
dents’ completion of the 10th grade;
(III) the types of youth appren-
ticeship opportunities offered to stu-
dents beginning in the 11th grade, in-
cluding options of pursuing an addi-
tional 1 or 2 years of postsecondary
instruction and training that can re-
sult in a postsecondary degree; and
(IV) training and preparation of
teachers, counselors, and mentors in-
volved in the youth apprenticeship
program;
(iii) assurances, to the extent prac-
ticable, that—
(I) credits obtained during par-
ticipation in a youth apprenticeship
program, will count toward college ap-
plication prerequisites; and
(II) in those youth apprentice-
ships with postsecondary components,
an assurance that a sufficient number
of postsecondary credits earned are
transferable to 4-year college degree
programs;
(iv) a description of the population to
be served;
(v) a description of the collaborative
efforts of education, business, and labor,
including respective contributions of staff,
facilities, and equipment necessary to pro-
vide youth apprentices with adequate work-
site supervision, quality instruction, and
hands-on training on an ongoing basis;
(vi) a description of the methods by
which the consortium will coordinate activi-
ties under paragraph (4) with programs
and services provided under the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech-
nology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et
seq.), the Job Training Partnership Act
(29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), and other appro-
priate Federal programs; and
(vii) assurances that all population
groups, including women, minority groups,
and individuals with disabilities, and to the
extent practicable, special populations as
defined under section 521(31) of the Carl
D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech-
nology Education Act will have the oppor-
tunity to participate in the youth appren-
ticeship programs.
(4) USE OF AMOUNTS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The State agencies
may not make a grant under paragraph (1) to
an eligible local consortium unless the consor-
tium agrees that it will use all amounts received
from such grant to—
(i) establish and carry out youth ap-
prenticeship 
programs 
in 
accordance
with—
(I) the academic instruction re-
quirements 
described 
in 
section
421(a);
(II) the work-based learning re-
quirements 
described 
in 
section
421(b);
(III) the worksite learning and
experience requirements described in
section 421(c);
(IV) the youth apprenticeship
agreement requirements described in
section 421(d);
(V) the information and guidance
requirements 
described 
in 
section
421(e);
(VI) the applicable labor stand-
ards and safeguards established under
422; and
(VII) such other requirements as
the State Agencies determine to be
necessary;
(ii) require local employers, in collabo-
ration with labor organizations where ap-
propriate, to—
(I) employ youth apprentices;
(II) assist participating schools
in ensuring that curriculum content,
to the extent appropriate, is relevant
to the workplace; and
(III) take primary responsibility
for ensuring the success of worksite
learning and work experience, and
provide 
information 
to 
the 
local
schools concerning the performance of
each youth apprentice; and
(iii) allow local private industry coun-
cils (described in section 102 of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1512)) to review and comment on local
youth apprenticeship program applications
to ensure that the programs—
(I) meet local labor market de-
mands; and
(II) provide youth apprentices
with broad-based competencies and
transferable skills that facilitate ca-
reer progression within the industries
or trades in which the student is
trained and employed.
(B) ENCOURAGED USE OF AMOUNTS.—In
designing and implementing youth apprentice-
ship programs under subparagraph (A), an eli-
gible local consortium is encouraged to—
(i) establish or designate an appro-
priate local entity, such as the local private
industry council (described under section
102 of the Job Training Partnership Act
(29 U.S.C. 1512), to act as a facilitator or
steering committee comprised of represent-
atives of education, business and industry,
labor, and the community, to assist in en-
couraging employer participation in youth
apprenticeship programs, as well as in the
planning, oversight, and coordination of
youth apprenticeship programs and activi-
ties;
(ii) establish school advisory working
groups whose members include both voca-
tional and academic teachers, worksite
mentors, program coordinators and coun-
selors, and students, to ensure the provi-
sion of appropriate supportive and counsel-
ing services to students who are either en-
gaged in or considering participation in a
youth apprenticeship program;
(iii) use the tech-prep education pro-
gram model, as authorized under part E of
title III of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational
and Applied Technology Education Act (20
U.S.C. 2394 et seq.), as the classroom por-
tion of the academic and work-based learn-
ing components of a youth apprenticeship
program, in order to enhance opportunities
for youth apprentices to enter into pro-
grams leading to an associate degree or a
certificate of mastery in an occupational
field or program; and
(iv) design programs which provide
for formal connections to other school-to-
work transition programs (including tech-
prep 
programs), 
programs 
authorized
under the Job Training Partnership Act,
vocational education programs authorized
under section 235 of the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Applied Technology Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 2342), and to post-
secondary education and training.
(5) SELECTION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the State agencies shall provide grants
to local consortia under paragraph (1) in a
manner which will equitably distribute such
grants among the urban and rural areas of the
State.
(B) PRIORITY.—In selecting local consortia
to receive grants under paragraph (1), a State
shall give priority to those local consortia that
provide assurances in their application submit-
ted under paragraph (3) that they will use
amounts received from such grants to carry out
1 or more of the encouraged use of amounts
under paragraph (4)(B).
(c) DISCRETIONARY USE
OF AMOUNTS.—A State
may use amounts received from a grant under section 411
to designate 1 institution of higher education or post-
secondary vocational-technical institution (or consortia of
such institutions) in such State to serve as a youth ap-
prenticeship research and curriculum center. Such center
should work with appropriate State agencies, local schools,
community colleges, vocational-technical schools, job train-
ing and employment service providers, employers, and
other appropriate organizations or individuals, to—
(1) develop appropriate curricula, innovative in-
structional methods, occupational standards and as-
sessments; and
(2) provide technical assistance, as necessary,
in the development and implementation of youth ap-
prenticeship programs.
SEC. 414. REPORTS.
The Compact may not make a grant under section
411 to a State unless the State agrees that it will submit
to the Compact, for each fiscal year in which the State
receives a grant under section 411, a report containing—
(A) such programs in the 3rd year in
which the State receives amounts from a grant
under section 411; and
(B) the youth apprenticeship programs
under an extension grant in each of the 3 years
under such grant.
(b) STATE AND LOCAL SHARE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or local entity may
obtain funds to pay the State or local share of costs
of youth apprenticeship programs from other Fed-
eral funding sources, including Federal funds made
available under—
(A) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C.
2301); and
(B) the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(2) LIMITATION.—Funds obtained from other
Federal funding sources under paragraph (1) shall
not exceed 50 percent of the State or local share of
costs.
(3) CASH
OR
IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTION.—The
State or local share under this title may be in cash
or in kind fairly evaluated, and may include con-
tributions from private funding sources.
SEC. 416. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.
To the extent practicable, the Compact shall provide
for an equitable distribution of amounts appropriated
under section 418(a) among States receiving grants under
section 411.
SEC. 417. ADMINISTRATIVE AND RELATED COSTS.
Of the amount appropriated under section 418(a) for
a fiscal year, not more than 2 percent of such amount
shall be made available to the Compact for administrative
expenses, technical assistance expenses, and other similar
expenses incurred in providing grants under section 411.
SEC. 418. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out section 411 such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1998.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended.
Subtitle 
B—National 
Youth 
Ap-
prenticeship Criteria and Safe-
guards
SEC. 421. NATIONAL YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP CRITERIA.
(a) ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION.—The academic in-
struction requirements described in this subsection consist
of—
(1) programs of structured, sequenced class-
room instruction (utilizing applied learning tech-
niques) linking academic and work-based learning,
that meets State education standards, and where
possible, meets college entrance prerequisite stand-
ards;
(2) instruction to attain academic proficiency in
at least the five core subjects of English, mathe-
matics, history, science, and geography consistent
with voluntary national education standards, where
available; and
(3) where appropriate, modifications to curricu-
lum components to increase the relevance of instruc-
tion to the workplace.
(b) 
WORK-BASED
LEARNING.—The 
work-based
learning requirements described in this subsection consist
of—
(1) instruction in occupationally specific knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities, based on appropriate na-
tionally accepted industry-based standards, where
available;
(2) planned programs of structured job train-
ing, including tasks to be mastered;
(3) development of sound work habits and be-
haviors; and
(4) instruction in general workplace readiness
competencies, including, where appropriate, the abil-
ity to manage resources, work productively with oth-
ers, acquire and use information, understand and
master systems, and work with technologies.
(c) WORKSITE LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE.—The
worksite learning and experience requirements described
in this subsection consist of worksite learning and experi-
ence offered in a progressive sequence, as determined in
the individual’s youth apprenticeship agreement, and shall
consist of—
(1) helping youth apprentices achieve the aca-
demic requirements in subsection (a);
(2) helping the youth apprentice achieve the
work-based learning requirements in subsection (b);
(3) paid work experience; and
(4) otherwise fulfilling the employer commit-
ments in the agreement in subsection (d).
(d) AGREEMENT.—The youth apprenticeship agree-
ment requirements described in this subsection include—
(1) a commitment by youth apprentices to
achieve stated academic performance standards, to
remain in school, to maintain good attendance to
meet worksite requirements;
(2) a commitment by parents or guardians to
support efforts by the youth apprentice to fulfill aca-
demic and worksite commitments;
(3) a commitment by employers, in collabora-
tion with labor organizations where appropriate, to
help the youth apprentice acquire necessary skills
and knowledge in an orderly sequence, to provide job
progression through normal skill levels, to provide a
workplace mentor, to provide feedback to the school
on individual progress, and to make reasonable ef-
forts to employ the youth apprentice upon successful
completion of the program, subject to the safeguards
provided by section 422;
(4) a commitment by the local education agen-
cy, or other appropriate educational institution, to
provide to the extent feasible, the youth apprentice
with the appropriate support to promote successful
completion of the program, and to ensure close co-
ordination between academic instruction, work-based
learning, and worksite experience;
(5) a provision setting forth the education out-
comes of successfully completing the program
which—
(A) shall include receipt of a high school
diploma and an approved certificate of mastery,
specifying the standards under which such cer-
tificate is awarded; and
(B) may include, as appropriate, receipt of
a postsecondary degree, entry into a post-
secondary program, or entry into a program
registered under the National Apprenticeship
Act;
(6) a provision setting forth the wage scale, and
a schedule of hours of work throughout the program,
including hours of work during school, after school,
and during school breaks; and
(7) a provision for modification and termination
of the agreement.
(e) INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE.—The information
and guidance requirements described in this subsection
consist of formal methods for advising youth apprentices
of—
(1) occupational and career opportunities, work
experience requirements, and any options for post-
secondary education and career-specialization, in-
cluding formal registered apprenticeship programs
under the National Apprenticeship Act;
(2) the methods and frequencies of assessing
achievement of job related competencies and per-
formance in the workplace; and
(3) a description of the work to be performed
in the paid work experience.