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TITLE II—SCHOOL-TO-WORK OP-
PORTUNITIES 
SYSTEM 
DE-
VELOPMENT AND IMPLEMEN-
TATION GRANTS TO STATES
Subtitle A—State Development
Grants
SEC. 201. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this subtitle is to assist States and
the territories in planning and developing comprehensive,
statewide systems for school-to-work opportunities.
SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may provide de-
velopment grants to States in such amounts as the Sec-
retaries determine is necessary to enable such States to
complete development of comprehensive, statewide School-
to-Work Opportunities systems that may have begun with
funds provided under the Job Training Partnership Act
(29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and the Carl D. Perkins Voca-
tional and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C.
2301 et seq.).
(b) GRANTS TO TERRITORIES.—From amounts re-
served under section 6(b)(1), the Secretaries shall provide
grants in accordance with this subtitle to the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States
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of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and
Palau, to complete development of comprehensive School-
to-Work Opportunities systems in those territories.
SEC. 203. APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may not provide
a development grant under section 202 to a State unless
the State submits to the Secretaries an application in such
form and containing such information as the Secretaries
may reasonably require.
(b) COORDINATION WITH GOALS 2000: EDUCATE
AMERICA ACT.—A State seeking assistance under both
this Act and the Goals 2000: Educate America Act may—
(1) submit a single application containing plans
that meet the requirements of both Acts and ensure
that both plans are coordinated and not duplicative;
or
(2) if such State has already submitted its ap-
plication for funds under the Goals 2000: Educate
America Act, submit its application under this Act
as an amendment to the Goals 2000: Educate Amer-
ica Act application so long as such amendment
meets the requirements of this Act and is coordi-
nated with and not duplicative of the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act application.
(c) CONTENTS.—Such application shall include—
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(1) a timetable and an estimate of the amount
of funding needed to complete the planning and de-
velopment necessary to implement a comprehensive,
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system for
all students;
(2) a description of how the Governor, the State
educational agency, the State agency officials re-
sponsible for vocational education, job training, and
employment, economic development, and postsecond-
ary education, the State sex equity coordinator as-
signed under section 111(b)(1) of the Carl D. Per-
kins Vocational and Applied Technology Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 2321(b)(1)), and other appropriate
officials will collaborate in the planning and develop-
ment of the State School-to-Work Opportunities sys-
tem;
(3) a description of how the State has enlisted
and will continue to enlist the active and continued
participation in the planning and development of the
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system of
employers and other interested parties such as lo-
cally elected officials, secondary and postsecondary
educational institutions or agencies, business asso-
ciations, industrial extension centers, employees, or-
ganized labor, teachers, related services personnel,
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students, parents, community-based organizations,
Indian tribes, rehabilitation agencies and organiza-
tions, registered apprenticeship agencies, and voca-
tional educational agencies;
(4) a description of how the State will coordi-
nate its planning activities with each local partner-
ship within the State that has received a grant
under title III, if any;
(5) a designation of a fiscal agent to receive
and be accountable for funds provided from a grant
under section 202; and
(6) a description of how the State will provide
opportunities for students from low-income families,
low achieving students, students with limited Eng-
lish proficiency, and school dropouts to participate in
school-to-work programs.
SEC. 204. USE OF AMOUNTS.
The Secretaries may not provide a development grant
under section 202 to a State unless the State agrees that
it will use all amounts received from such grant to develop
a statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system, which
may include—
(1) identifying or establishing an appropriate
State structure to administer the School-to-Work
Opportunities system;
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(2) identifying existing secondary and post-
secondary school-to-work programs which might be
incorporated into the State system;
(3) identifying or establishing broad-based part-
nerships among employers, labor, education, govern-
ment, and other community-based organizations and
parent organizations to participate in the design, de-
velopment, and administration of School-to-Work
Opportunities programs;
(4) developing a marketing plan to build con-
sensus and support for School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties programs;
(5) promoting the active involvement of busi-
ness (including small and medium sized businesses)
in planning, developing, and implementing local
School-to-Work Opportunities programs, and in es-
tablishing partnerships with elementary, middle, and
secondary schools;
(6) identifying ways that existing local school-
to-work programs could be coordinated with the
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;
(7) supporting local School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties planning and development activities to provide
guidance, training and technical assistance for
teachers, employers, mentors, counselors, adminis-
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trators, and others, in the development of School-to-
Work Opportunities programs;
(8) developing training programs for teachers,
counselors, mentors, and others on counseling and
training women, minorities, and individuals with dis-
abilities for high-skill, high-wage careers in non-tra-
ditional occupations;
(9) initiating pilot programs for testing key
components of State program design;
(10) developing a State process for issuing skill
certificates that is consistent with the work of the
National Skill Standards Board and the criteria es-
tablished under Goals 2000: Educate America Act;
(11) designing challenging curricula in coopera-
tion with representatives of local partnerships;
(12) developing a system for labor market anal-
ysis and strategic planning for local targeting of in-
dustry sectors or broad occupational clusters;
(13) analyzing the post high school employment
experiences of recent high school graduates and
dropouts;
(14) preparing the plan required for submission
of an application for an implementation grant under
subtitle B;
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(15) working with localities to develop strate-
gies to recruit and retain all students in programs
under this Act, including those from a broad range
of backgrounds and circumstances, through collabo-
rations with community-based organizations, where
appropriate, and other entities with expertise in
working with these students; and
(16) coordinating recruitment of out-of-school,
at-risk, and disadvantaged youths with those organi-
zations and institutions who have a successful his-
tory of working with such youths.
SEC. 205. ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT.
The Secretaries may not provide a development grant
under section 202 to any State in an amount exceeding
$1,000,000 in any fiscal year.
SEC. 206. REPORTS.
The Secretaries may not provide a development grant
under section 202 to a State unless the State agrees that
it will submit to the Secretaries such periodic reports as
the Secretaries may reasonably require relating to the use
of amounts from such grant.
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nated with and not duplicative of the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act application.
(c) CONTENTS.—Such application shall include—
(1) a plan for a comprehensive, statewide
School-to-Work Opportunities system under a State
plan that meets the requirements described in sub-
section (d);
(2) a description of how the State will allocate
funds under this Act to local partnerships; and
(3) a request, if the State decides to submit
such a request, for 1 or more waivers of certain stat-
utory or regulatory requirements, as provided for
under title V.
(d) STATE PLAN.—A State plan shall—
(1) designate the geographical areas to be
served by local partnerships, which shall, to the ex-
tent feasible, reflect local labor market areas;
(2) describe how the State will stimulate and
support local School-to-Work Opportunities pro-
grams that meet the requirements of this Act, and
how the State’s system will be expanded over time
to cover all geographic areas in the State, including
urban and rural areas;
(3) describe the procedure by which the Gov-
ernor, the State educational agency, the State agen-
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cy officials responsible for vocational education, job
training and employment, economic development,
and postsecondary education, the State sex equity
coordinator assigned under section 111(b)(1) of the
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2321(b)(1)), and other
appropriate officials will collaborate in the imple-
mentation of the School-to-Work Opportunities sys-
tem;
(4) describe how the State has obtained and
will continue to obtain the active involvement in the
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system of
employers and other interested parties such as lo-
cally elected officials, secondary and postsecondary
educational institutions or agencies, business asso-
ciations, industrial extension centers, employees, or-
ganized labor, teachers, related services personnel,
students, parents, community-based organizations,
rehabilitation agencies and organizations, registered
apprenticeship agencies, local vocational educational
agencies, vocational student organizations, and State
or regional cooperative education associations;
(5) describe how the School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties system will coordinate with or integrate existing
local school-to-work programs and other appropriate
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programs, including those financed from State and
private sources, with funds available from related
programs under other provisions of Federal law,
such as—
(A) the Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1201 et seq.);
(B) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C.
2301 et seq.);
(C) the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
(D) the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
(E) the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
Training Program authorized under part F of
title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
681 et seq.);
(F) the Goals 2000: Educate America Act;
(G) the Individuals With Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.);
(H) the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.);
(I) the National Apprenticeship Act (29
U.S.C. 50 et seq.);
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(J) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 701 et seq.); and
(K) the National and Community Service
Trust Act of 1993;
(6) describe the State’s strategy for providing
training for teachers, employers, mentors, coun-
selors, and others, including programs which focus
on the counseling and training of women, minorities,
and individuals with disabilities for high-skill, high-
wage careers in non-traditional occupations, and
provide assurance of coordination with such activi-
ties in other Acts;
(7) describe how the State will adopt, develop,
or assist local partnerships in the development of
model curricula and innovative instructional meth-
odologies, to be used in the secondary, and where
possible, the elementary grades, that integrate aca-
demic and vocational learning and promote career
awareness, and that are consistent with academic
and skill standards established pursuant to the
Goals 2000: Educate America Act;
(8) describe how the State will expand and im-
prove career and academic counseling in the elemen-
tary and secondary grades, which may include link-
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ages to career counseling and labor market informa-
tion services outside of the school system;
(9) describe the resources, including private sec-
tor resources, the State intends to employ in main-
taining the School-to-Work Opportunities system
when funds under this Act are no longer available;
(10) describe how the State will ensure effective
and meaningful opportunities for all students to par-
ticipate in School-to-Work Opportunities programs;
(11) describe the State’s goals and the methods
it will use, such as awareness and outreach, to en-
sure opportunities for young women to participate in
School-to-Work Opportunities programs in a manner
that leads to employment in high-performance, high-
paying jobs, including non-traditional employment,
and goals to ensure an environment free from racial
and sexual harassment;
(12) describe how the State will ensure oppor-
tunities for low achieving students, students with
disabilities, and school dropouts to participate in
School-to-Work Opportunities programs;
(13) describe the State’s process for assessing
the skills and knowledge required in career majors
and awarding skill certificates that is consistent with
the work of the National Skill Standards Board and
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the criteria established under Goals 2000: Educate
America Act;
(14) describe the manner in which the State
will, to the extent feasible, continue programs fund-
ed under title III in the State School-to-Work Op-
portunities system;
(15) describe how local school-to-work pro-
grams, including those funded under title III, if any,
will be integrated into the State School-to-Work Op-
portunities system;
(16) describe the performance standards that
the State intends to meet in establishing and carry-
ing out the School-to-Work Opportunities system, in-
cluding how the standards developed under section
115 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.)
have been incorporated into such performance stand-
ards or are used in coordination with such stand-
ards;
(17) designate a fiscal agent to receive and be
accountable for funds provided from a grant under
section 212; and
(18) describe the means by which students who
are involved in a school-to-work program may trans-
fer to a post-secondary program.
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(d) USE
OF FUNDS
FOR REVIEW
OF APPLICA-
TIONS.—The Secretaries may use amounts reserved under
section 6(b)(4) for the review of applications submitted
under subsection (a).
SEC. 215. USE OF AMOUNTS.
The Secretaries may not provide an implementation
grant under section 212 to a State unless the State agrees
that it will use all amounts received from such grant to
implement the State’s School-to-Work Opportunities sys-
tem in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS.—
(A) AUTHORITY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided
in clause (ii), the State shall provide
subgrants to local partnerships, according
to criteria established by the State, for the
purpose of carrying out School-to-Work
Opportunities programs described in title
I.
(ii) 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 part-
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nerships that are located in high poverty
areas, as such term is defined in such title.
(B) APPLICATION
BY
LOCAL
PARTNER-
SHIP.—The State may not provide a subgrant
under subparagraph (A) to a local partnership
unless the partnership submits to the State an
application that—
(i) describes how the program will in-
clude the basic program components and
otherwise meet the requirements of this
Act;
(ii) sets forth measurable program
goals and outcomes;
(iii) describes the local strategies and
timetables to provide School-to-Work Op-
portunities program opportunities for all
students as appropriate for the specific lo-
cality;
(iv) provides assurances that, to the
extent practicable, school-to-work opportu-
nities provided to students will be in indus-
tries and occupations offering high-skill,
high-wage employment opportunities; and
(v) provides such other information as
the State may require.
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(C) DISAPPROVAL
OF
APPLICATION.—If
the State determines that an application sub-
mitted by a local partnership does not meet the
criteria under subparagraph (B), or that the
application is incomplete or otherwise unsatis-
factory, the State shall—
(i) notify the local partnership of the
reasons for the failure to approve the ap-
plication; and
(ii) if the application is incomplete or
otherwise unsatisfactory, permit the local
partnership to resubmit a corrected or
amended application.
(D) USE OF AMOUNTS BY LOCAL PART-
NERSHIP.—The State may not provide a
subgrant under subparagraph (A) to a local
partnership unless the partnership agrees that
it will use all amounts received from such
subgrant to carry out activities to implement
School-to-Work Opportunities programs de-
scribed in title I, and such activities may in-
clude—
(i) recruiting and providing assistance
to employers, including small- and me-
dium-sized businesses, to provide the work-
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based learning components in the School-
to-Work Opportunities program;
(ii) establishing consortia of employers
to support the School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties program and provide access to jobs re-
lated to students’ career majors;
(iii) 
supporting 
or 
establishing
intermediaries to perform the activities de-
scribed in section 104 and to provide as-
sistance to students and school dropouts in
obtaining jobs and further education and
training;
(iv) designing or adapting school cur-
ricula that can be used to integrate aca-
demic and vocational learning, school-based
and work-based learning, and secondary
and postsecondary education;
(v) providing training to work-based
and school-based staff on new curricula,
student assessments, student guidance,
and feedback to the school regarding stu-
dent performance;
(vi) designing or expanding and im-
proving career awareness, exploration, and
counseling activities, beginning at the earli-
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est possible age, but beginning no later
than the middle school grades;
(vii) establishing in schools participat-
ing in a School-to-Work Opportunities pro-
gram a graduation assistance program to
assist at-risk students, low-achieving stu-
dents, and students with disabilities in
graduating from high school, enrolling in
postsecondary education or training, and
finding or advancing in jobs;
(viii) providing supplementary and
support services, including child care and
transportation;
(ix) 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;
(x) integrating work-based and school-
based learning into existing job training
programs for school dropouts;
(xi) establishing or expanding school-
to-apprenticeship programs in cooperation
with registered apprenticeship agencies and
apprenticeship sponsors;
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(xii) assisting participating employers,
including small- and medium-size busi-
nesses, to identify and train workplace
mentors and to develop work-based learn-
ing components;
(xiii) promoting the formation of part-
nerships between elementary, middle, and
secondary schools and local businesses as
an investment in future workplace produc-
tivity and competitiveness;
(xiv) designing local strategies to pro-
vide adequate planning time and staff de-
velopment activities for teachers, school
counselors, and school site mentors, includ-
ing opportunities outside the classroom
which are in the worksite;
(xv) enhancing linkages between exist-
ing after-school, weekend, and summer
jobs, career exploration and school-based
learning; and
(xvi) 
coordinating 
recruitment 
of
dropouts and at-risk and disadvantaged
youths by the local partnership with re-
cruitment of these individuals by organiza-
tions and institutions which have a history
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of success in working with these targeted
individuals.
(E) PARTNERSHIP
COMPACT.—The State
may not provide a subgrant under subpara-
graph (A) to a local partnership unless the
partnership agrees that it will establish a proc-
ess 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 ca-
reer major program of study.
(F) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—The local
partnership may not use more than 5 percent
of amounts received from a subgrant under
subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year for admin-
istrative costs associated with activities in car-
rying out, but not including, activities under
subparagraphs (D) and (E) for such fiscal year.
(G) ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS.—
(i) 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 part-
nerships under subparagraph (A).
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(ii) 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 part-
nerships under subparagraph (A).
(iii) 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 per-
cent of such amounts to provide subgrants
to local partnerships under subparagraph
(A).
(2) ADDITIONAL STATE ACTIVITIES.—The State
may also—
(A) recruit and provide assistance to em-
ployers to provide work-based learning for all
students;
(B) conduct outreach activities to promote
and support collaboration in School-to-Work
Opportunities programs by businesses, orga-
nized labor, and other organizations;
(C) provide training for teachers, employ-
ers, workplace mentors, counselors, and others;
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(D) provide labor market information to
local partnerships that is useful in determining
which high-skill, high-wage occupations are in
demand;
(E) design or adapt model curricula that
can be used to integrate academic and voca-
tional learning, school-based and work-based
learning, and secondary and postsecondary edu-
cation;
(F) design or adapt model work-based
learning programs and identifying best prac-
tices;
(G) conduct outreach activities and provid-
ing technical assistance to other States that are
developing or implementing School-to-Work Op-
portunities systems;
(H) reorganize and streamline State sys-
tems to facilitate the development of a com-
prehensive School-to-Work Opportunities sys-
tem;
(I) identify ways that existing local school-
to-work programs could be integrated with the
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;
(J) design career awareness and explo-
ration activities (that may begin as early as the
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elementary grades, but beginning no later than
middle school grades) such as job shadowing,
job site visits, school visits by individuals in var-
ious occupations, and mentoring;
(K) design and implement school-spon-
sored work experiences, such as school-spon-
sored enterprises and community development
projects;
(L) encourage the formation of partner-
ships between elementary, middle, and second-
ary schools and local businesses as an invest-
ment in future workplace productivity and com-
petitiveness;
(M) coordinate recruitment of out-of-
school, at-risk, and disadvantaged youths with
those organizations and institutions who have a
successful history of working with such youths;
and
(N) conduct outreach to all students in a
manner that most appropriately meets their
need and the needs of their communities.
SEC. 216. ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT.
The Secretaries shall establish the minimum and
maximum amounts available for an implementation grant
under section 212, and shall determine the actual amount
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granted to any State based on such criteria as the scope
and quality of the plan and the number of projected pro-
gram participants.
SEC. 217. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
The State may not use more than 5 percent of
amounts received from an implementation grant under
section 212 for any fiscal year for administrative costs as-
sociated with activities in carrying out, but not including,
activities under section 215 for such fiscal year.
SEC. 218. REPORTS.
The Secretaries may not provide an implementation
grant under section 212 to a State unless the State agrees
that it will submit to the Secretaries such periodic reports
as the Secretaries may reasonably require relating to the
use of amounts from such grant.
Subtitle C—Development and Im-
plementation Grants for School-
to-Work Programs for Indian
Youths
SEC. 221. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts reserved under
section 6(b)(2), the Secretaries shall provide grants to es-
tablish and carry out School-to-Work Opportunities pro-
grams for Indian youths that involve Bureau funded
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schools (as defined in section 1139(3) of the Education
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2019(3))).
(b) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITIES.—The Secretaries
may carry out subsection (a) through such means as they
find appropriate, including—
(1) the transfer of funds to the Secretary of the
Interior; and
(2) the provision of financial assistance to In-
dian tribes and Indian organizations.
SEC. 222. REQUIREMENTS.
In providing grants under section 221, the Secretar-
ies shall require recipients of such grants to comply with
requirements similar to those requirements imposed on
States under subtitles A and B of this title.
TITLE III—FEDERAL IMPLEMEN-
TATION GRANTS TO LOCAL
PARTNERSHIPS
SEC. 301. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are—
(1) to authorize the Secretaries to provide com-
petitive grants directly to local partnerships in order
to provide funding for communities that have built
a sound planning and development base for School-
to-Work Opportunities programs and are ready to
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begin implementing a local School-to-Work Opportu-
nities program; and
(2) to authorize the Secretaries to provide com-
petitive grants to local partnerships to implement
School-to-Work Opportunities programs in high pov-
erty areas of urban and rural communities to pro-
vide support for a comprehensive range of education,
training, and support services for youths residing in
such areas.
SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) GRANTS TO LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the Secretaries may provide implementation grants
directly to local partnerships in States in such
amounts as the Secretaries determine is necessary to
enable such partnerships to implement a School-to-
Work Opportunities program.
(2) RESTRICTIONS.—A local partnership—
(A) shall be eligible to receive only 1 grant
under this subsection;
(B) shall not be eligible to receive a grant
under this subsection if such partnership is lo-
cated in a State that—
(i) has been provided an implementa-
tion grant under section 212; and
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(ii) has received amounts from such
grant for any fiscal year after the 1st fis-
cal year under such grant; and
(C) that receives a grant under this sub-
section shall not be eligible to receive a grant
under subsection (b).
(b) GRANTS TO LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS IN HIGH POV-
ERTY AREAS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2)
and (3), the Secretaries shall, from amounts re-
served under section 6(b)(3), provide grants to local
partnerships which are located in high poverty areas
in States in such amounts as the Secretaries deter-
mine is necessary to enable such partnerships to im-
plement a School-to-Work Opportunities program in
such areas.
(2) RESTRICTIONS.—A local partnership—
(A) shall be eligible to receive only 1 grant
under this subsection; and
(B) that receives a grant under this sub-
section shall not be eligible to receive a grant
under subsection (a).
(3) PRIORITY.—In providing grants under
paragraph (1), the Secretaries shall give priority to
local partnerships that have a demonstrated effec-
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tiveness in the delivery of comprehensive vocational
preparation programs with successful rates in job
placement through cooperative activities among local
educational agencies, local businesses, labor organi-
zations, and other organizations.
(c) PERIOD OF GRANT.—The provision of payments
under a grant under subsection (a) or (b) shall extend over
a period of 5 fiscal years and shall be subject to the annual
approval of the Secretaries and subject to the availability
of appropriations for the fiscal year involved to make the
payments.
SEC. 303. APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may not provide
an implementation grant under section 302 to a local part-
nership unless the partnership—
(1) submits to the State for review and com-
ment an application in such form and containing
such information as the Secretaries may reasonably
require; and
(2) submits such application to the Secretaries.
(b) TIME LIMIT
FOR STATE REVIEW
AND COM-
MENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The State shall provide for
review and comment on the application under sub-
section (a) not later than 30 days after the date on
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which the State receives the application from the
local partnership.
(2) SUBMISSION WITHOUT STATE REVIEW AND
COMMENT.—If the State does not provide review and
comment within the 30-day time period specified in
paragraph (1), the local partnership may submit the
application to the Secretaries without first obtaining
such review and comment.
(c) CONTENTS.—Such application shall include—
(1) the designation of a fiscal agent to receive
and be accountable for amounts received from a
grant under section 302;
(2) the State’s comments regarding such appli-
cation under subsection (a)(1);
(3) information that is consistent with the con-
tent requirements for a State plan that are specified
in paragraphs (4) through (10) of section 213(d);
and
(4) a description of how the partnership will
meet the other requirements of this Act.
(d) USE
OF FUNDS
FOR REVIEW
OF APPLICA-
TIONS.—The Secretaries may use amounts reserved under
section 6(b)(4) for the review of applications submitted
under subsection (a).
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SEC. 304. USE OF AMOUNTS.
The Secretaries may not provide an implementation
grant under section 302 to a local partnership unless the
partnership agrees that it will use all amounts from such
grant to carry out activities to implement a School-to-
Work Opportunities program described in title I, including
the activities described in clauses (i) through (xvi) of
section 215(1)(D).
SEC. 305. CONFORMITY WITH APPROVED STATE PLAN.
The Secretaries may not award a grant under section
302 to a local partnership located in a State that has an
approved plan unless the Secretaries determine, after con-
sultation with the State, that the plan submitted by the
partnership is in accord with the approved State plan.
SEC. 306. REPORTS.
The Secretaries may not provide an implementation
grant under section 302 to a local partnership unless the
partnership agrees that it will submit to the Secretaries
such periodic reports as the Secretaries may reasonably
require relating to the use of amounts from such grant.
SEC. 307. HIGH POVERTY AREA DEFINED.
For purposes of this title, the term ‘‘high poverty
area’’ means—
(1) a census tract, a contiguous group of census
tracts, a nonmetropolitan county, a Native American
Indian reservation, or an Alaska Native village, with
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a poverty rate of 30 percent or more, as determined
by the Bureau of the Census; or
(2) an area that has an unemployment rate
greater than the national average unemployment for
the most recent 12 months for which satisfactory
data are available.
TITLE IV—NATIONAL PROGRAMS
AND REPORTS
SEC. 
401. 
RESEARCH, 
DEMONSTRATION, 
AND 
OTHER
PROJECTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts reserved under
section 6(b)(4), the Secretaries shall conduct research and
development and establish a program of experimental and
demonstration projects, to further the purposes of this
Act.
(b) ADDITIONAL USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts re-
served under section 6(b)(4) may also be used for pro-
grams or services authorized under any other provision of
this Act that are most appropriately administered at the
national level and that will operate in, or benefit more
than, one State.
SEC. 402. PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES AND EVALUATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, in collaboration
with the States, shall by grants, contracts, or otherwise,
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establish a system of performance measures for assessing
State and local programs regarding—
(1) progress in the development and implemen-
tation of State plans that include the basic program
components and otherwise meet the requirements of
title I;
(2) participation in School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties programs by employers, schools, students, and
school dropouts, including information on the gen-
der, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, lim-
ited English proficiency, and disability of all partici-
pants;
(3) progress in developing and implementing
strategies for addressing the needs of students and
school dropouts;
(4) progress in meeting the State’s goals to en-
sure opportunities for young women to participate in
School-to-Work Opportunities programs;
(5) outcomes of participating students and
school dropouts, by gender, race, ethnicity, socio-
economic background, limited English proficiency,
and disability of the participants, including informa-
tion on—
(A) academic learning gains;
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(B) staying in school and attaining a high
school diploma, or a General Equivalency Di-
ploma, or alternative diploma or certificate for
those students with disabilities for whom such
alternative diploma or certificate is appropriate,
skill certificate, and college degree;
(C) placement and retention in further
education or training, particularly in the stu-
dent’s career major; and
(D) job placement, retention, and earnings,
particularly in the student’s career major; and
(6) the extent to which the program has met
the needs of employers.
(b) EVALUATION.—The Secretaries shall conduct a
national evaluation of School-to-Work Opportunities pro-
grams funded under this Act by grants, contracts, or oth-
erwise, that will track and assess the progress of imple-
mentation of State and local programs and their effective-
ness based on measures such as those described in sub-
section (a).
(c) REPORTS.—Each State shall provide periodic re-
ports, at such intervals as the Secretaries determine, con-
taining—
(1) information described in paragraphs (1)
through (6) of subsection (a); and
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(2) information on the extent to which current
Federal programs implemented at the State and
local level may be duplicative, outdated, overly re-
strictive, or otherwise counter-productive to the de-
velopment of comprehensive statewide School-to-
Work Opportunities systems.
SEC. 403. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) PURPOSE.—The Secretaries shall work in co-
operation with the States, the State sex equity coordina-
tors assigned under section 111(b)(1) of the Carl D. Per-
kins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 2321(b)(1)), employers and their associations,
secondary and postsecondary schools, student and teacher
organizations, organized labor, and community-based or-
ganizations to increase their capacity to develop and im-
plement effective School-to-Work Opportunities programs.
(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretaries shall
provide, through grants, contracts, or other arrange-
ments—
(1) training, technical assistance, and other ac-
tivities that will—
(A) enhance the skills, knowledge, and ex-
pertise of the personnel involved in planning
and implementing State and local School-to-
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Work Opportunities programs, such as training
of personnel to assist students; and
(B) improve the quality of services pro-
vided to individuals served under this Act;
(2) assistance to States and local partnerships
in order to integrate resources available under this
Act with resources available under other Federal,
State, and local authorities; and
(3) assistance to States and local partnerships
to recruit employers to provide the work-based learn-
ing component of School-to-Work Opportunities pro-
grams.
SEC. 404. AMENDMENT TO JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP
ACT TO PROVIDE SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPOR-
TUNITIES ACTIVITIES FOR CAPACITY BUILD-
ING AND INFORMATION AND DISSEMINATION
NETWORK.
Section 453(b)(2) of the Job Training Partnership
Act (29 U.S.C. 1733(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C)(ii)(V), by striking the
period at the end of such subparagraph and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
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‘‘(D)(i) from the amount appropriated pur-
suant to section 6(a) of the School-to-Work Op-
portunities Act of 1993, collect and disseminate
information—
‘‘(I) on successful school-to-work pro-
grams carried out pursuant to such Act
and innovative school and work-based cur-
riculum;
‘‘(II) on research and evaluation con-
ducted concerning school-to-work opportu-
nities activities;
‘‘(III) that will assist States and part-
nerships in undertaking labor market anal-
ysis, surveys or other activities related to
economic development;
‘‘(IV) on skill certificates, skill stand-
ards and related assessment technologies;
and
‘‘(V) on methods for recruiting and
building the capacity of employers to pro-
vide work-based learning opportunities;
and
‘‘(ii) from such amount, facilitate commu-
nication and the exchange of information and
ideas among States and partnerships carrying
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out school-to-work opportunities programs pur-
suant to such Act.’’.
SEC. 405. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 24 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and every 12 months thereafter, the Sec-
retaries shall submit a report to the Congress on all
School-to-Work Opportunities programs carried out pur-
suant to this Act. The Secretaries shall, at a minimum,
include in each such report—
(1) information concerning the programs that
receive assistance under this Act;
(2) a summary of the information contained in
the State and local partnership reports submitted
under titles II and III and section 402(c); and
(3) information regarding the findings and ac-
tions taken as a result of any evaluation conducted
by the Secretaries.
TITLE 
V—WAIVER 
OF 
STATU-
TORY AND REGULATORY RE-
QUIREMENTS
SEC. 501. STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIP REQUESTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WAIVERS.
(a) STATE REQUEST FOR WAIVER.—A State may
submit, as a part of the State plan (or as an amendment
to the plan) described in section 213(d), a request for a
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waiver of 1 or more statutory or regulatory provisions de-
scribed in section 502 or 503 from the Secretaries in order
to carry out the School-to-work Opportunity system estab-
lished by such State. Such request may include different
waivers with respect to different areas within the State.
(b) LOCAL PARTNERSHIP REQUEST FOR WAIVER.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A local partnership that
seeks a waiver of any of the laws specified in section
502 or 503 shall submit an application for such
waiver to the State and the State shall determine
whether to submit the application for such waiver to
the Secretaries.
(2) TIME LIMIT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall make a
determination to submit the application under
paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after the
date on which the State receives the application
from the local partnership.
(B) DIRECT
SUBMISSION.—If the State
does not make a determination to submit the
application within the 30-day time period speci-
fied in subparagraph (A), the local partnership
may submit the application to the Secretaries
without first obtaining such review and com-
ment.
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(c) WAIVER CRITERIA.—The request by the State
shall meet the criteria contained in section 502 or section
503 and shall specify the laws or regulations referred to
in those sections that the State wants waived.
SEC. 502. WAIVER AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF EDU-
CATION.
(a) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), the Secretary of Education may waive
any requirement under any provision of law referred
to in subsection (b), or any regulation issued under
such provision, for a State that requests such a
waiver and has an approved State plan under section
214—
(A) if, and only to the extent that, the Sec-
retary of Education determines that such re-
quirement impedes the ability of the State or a
local partnership to carry out the purposes of
this Act;
(B) if the State provides the Secretary
with documentation of the necessity for the
waiver, including—
(i) the specific requirement that will
be waived;
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(ii) the specific positive outcomes ex-
pected from the waiver and why those out-
comes cannot be achieved while complying
with the requirement;
(iii) the process which will be used to
monitor the progress in implementing the
waiver; and
(iv) such other information as the
Secretary may require;
(C) if the State waives, or agrees to waive,
similar requirements of State law; and
(D) if the State—
(i) has provided all local partnerships
in the State, and local educational agencies
participating in a local partnership in the
State, with notice and an opportunity to
comment on the State’s proposal to seek a
waiver;
(ii) provides, to the extent feasible,
students, parents, and advocacy and civil
rights groups an opportunity to comment
on the State’s proposal to seek a waiver;
and
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(iii) has submitted the comments of
the local partnerships and local educational
agencies to the Secretary of Education.
(2) APPROVAL
OR
DISAPPROVAL.—The Sec-
retary of Education shall promptly approve or dis-
approve any request submitted pursuant to para-
graph (1) and shall issue a decision that shall—
(A) include the reasons for approving or
disapproving the request, including a response
to comments; and
(B) be disseminated by the State seeking
the waiver to interested parties, including edu-
cators, parents, students, advocacy and civil
rights organizations, and the public.
(3) APPROVAL CRITERIA.—In approving a re-
quest under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Edu-
cation shall consider the amount of State resources
that will be used to implement the State plan.
(4) TIME PERIOD FOR WAIVER.—Each waiver
approved under paragraph (2) shall be for a period
not to exceed 5 years, except that the Secretary of
Education may extend such period if the Secretary
determines that the waiver has been effective in ena-
bling the State or local partnership to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
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(b) APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The applica-
ble provisions of law referred to in this subsection are the
following:
(1) Chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, including the
Even Start Act.
(2) Part A of chapter 2 of title I of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(3) The Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics
and Science Education Act (part A of title II of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965).
(4) The Emergency Immigrant Education Act
of 1984 (part D of title IV of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965).
(5) The Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Act of 1986 (title V of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965).
(6) The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Act.
(c) WAIVERS NOT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
Education may not waive any requirement under any pro-
vision of law referred to in subsection (b), or any regula-
tion issued under such provision, relating to—
(1) the basic purposes or goals of such provi-
sion of law;
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(2) maintenance of effort;
(3) comparability of services;
(4) the equitable participation of students at-
tending private schools;
(5) parental participation and involvement;
(6) the distribution of funds to State or to local
educational agencies;
(7) the eligibility of individuals for participation
in a program under such provision of law;
(8) public health or safety, labor standards,
civil rights, occupational safety and health, or envi-
ronmental protection; or
(9) prohibitions or restrictions relating to the
construction of buildings or facilities.
(d) TERMINATION OF WAIVERS.—The Secretary of
Education shall periodically review the performance of any
State or local partnership for which the Secretary has
granted a waiver under subsection (a) and shall terminate
the waiver if—
(1) the Secretary determines that the perform-
ance of the State, local partnership, or local edu-
cational agency affected by the waiver, as the case
may be, has been inadequate to justify a continu-
ation of the waiver; or
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(2) the State fails to waive similar requirements
of State law as required or agreed to in accordance
with subsection (a)(1)(B).
SEC. 503. WAIVER AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF LABOR.
(a) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), the Secretary of Labor may waive any
requirement under any provision of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), or any
regulation issued under such provision, for a State
that requests such a waiver and has an approved
State plan under section 214—
(A) if, and only to the extent that, the Sec-
retary of Labor determines that such require-
ment impedes the ability of the State or a local
partnership to carry out the purposes of this
Act;
(B) if the State provides the Secretary
with documentation of the necessity for the
waiver, including—
(i) the specific requirement that will
be waived;
(ii) the specific positive outcomes ex-
pected from the waiver and why those out-
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comes cannot be achieved while complying
with the requirement;
(iii) the process which will be used to
monitor the progress in implementing the
waiver; and
(iv) such other information as the
Secretary may require;
(C) if the State waives, or agrees to waive,
similar requirements of State or territory law;
and
(D) if the State—
(i) has provided all local partnerships
in the State with notice and an oppor-
tunity to comment on the State’s proposal
to seek a waiver;
(ii) provides, to the extent feasible,
students, parents, and advocacy and civil
rights groups an opportunity to comment
on the State’s proposal to seek a waiver;
and
(iii) has submitted the comments of
the local partnerships to the Secretary of
Labor.
(2) APPROVAL
OR
DISAPPROVAL.—The Sec-
retary of Labor shall promptly approve or dis-
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approve any request submitted pursuant to para-
graph (1) and shall issue a decision that shall—
(A) include the reasons for approving or
disapproving the request, including a response
to comments; and
(B) be disseminated by the State seeking
the waiver to interested parties, including edu-
cators, parents, students, advocacy and civil
rights organizations, and the public.
(3) APPROVAL CRITERIA.—In approving a re-
quest under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Labor
shall consider the amount of State resources that
will be used to implement the State plan.
(4) TIME PERIOD FOR WAIVER.—Each waiver
approved under paragraph (2) shall be for a period
not to exceed 5 years, except that the Secretary of
Labor may extend such period if the Secretary de-
termines that the waiver has been effective in ena-
bling the State or local partnership to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
(b) WAIVERS NOT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
Labor may not waive any requirement under any provision
of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.), or any regulation issued under such provision, relat-
ing to—