TITLE II—BASIC STATE GRANTS
FOR 
VOCATIONAL-TECH-
NICAL EDUCATION
SEC. 201. STATE PROGRAMS.
(a) HEADING.—The heading for title II is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE II—BASIC STATE GRANTS
FOR 
VOCATIONAL-TECH-
NICAL EDUCATION’’.
(b) PROGRAMS.—Section 201 of the Act is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘102(a)(3)’’
and inserting ‘‘102(a)(2)’’;
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—The programs
described in subsection (a) shall include—
‘‘(1) an assessment of the vocational-technical
education programs carried out with funds under
this Act that includes an assessment of how the
needs of special populations are being met and how
such programs will ensure that the benchmarks es-
tablished under section 114 are being met;
‘‘(2) developing, improving, or expanding the
use of technology in vocational-technical education
which may include—
‘‘(A) training of vocational-technical edu-
cation personnel to use state-of-the art tech-
nology, which may include distance learning;
‘‘(B) providing vocational-technical edu-
cation students with the academic and technical
skills that lead to entry into the high technology
and telecommunications field; or
‘‘(C) encouraging schools to work with
high tech industries to offer voluntary intern-
ships and mentoring programs;
‘‘(3) professional development programs, includ-
ing—
‘‘(A) inservice and preservice training in
state-of-the-art vocational-technical education
programs and techniques, effective teaching
skills based on research, and effective practices
to improve parental and community involve-
ment; and
‘‘(B) support of education programs for
teachers of vocational-technical education in
public schools and other public school personnel
who are involved in the direct delivery of edu-
cational services to vocational education stu-
dents to ensure that such teachers stay current
with the needs, expectations, and methods of in-
dustry; and
‘‘(4) support for vocational-technical education
programs that improve the academic and technical
skills of students participating in vocational-tech-
nical education programs by strengthening the aca-
demic and vocational component of such vocational-
technical education programs through the integra-
tion of academics with vocational-technical education
to ensure learning in the core academic and voca-
tional subjects.’’;
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—The programs
under subsection (a) may include—
‘‘(1) technical support for eligible recipients;
‘‘(2) establishing agreements between secondary
and postsecondary vocational-technical education
programs in order to provide postsecondary edu-
cation and training opportunities for students par-
ticipating in such vocational-technical education pro-
grams, such as tech-prep programs;
‘‘(3) support for programs for single parents,
displaced homemakers, single pregnant women, and
individuals in nontraditional occupations that lead to
high skill, high wage careers;
‘‘(4) support for cooperative education;
‘‘(5) support for vocational student organiza-
tions;
‘‘(6) support for public charter schools operat-
ing secondary vocational-technical education pro-
grams;
‘‘(7) support for vocational-technical education
programs that offer experience in, and understand-
ing of, all aspects of the industry for which students
are preparing to enter;
‘‘(8) support for family and consumer sciences
programs;
‘‘(9) support for corrections vocational-technical
education;
‘‘(10) support for education and business part-
nerships; and
‘‘(11) support to improve or develop new voca-
tional-technical education courses.’’; and
(4) by adding after subsection (c) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(d) RESTRICTION ON USES OF FUNDS.—A State
that receives funds under section 102(a)(2) may not use
any of such funds to pay administrative costs.’’.
SEC. 202. SECONDARY, POSTSECONDARY, AND ADULT VO-
CATIONAL-TECHNICAL 
EDUCATION 
PRO-
GRAMS.
Part B of title II of the Act is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘PART B—SECONDARY, POSTSECONDARY, AND
ADULT 
VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL 
EDU-
CATION PROGRAMS
‘‘Subpart 1—Within-State Allocation
‘‘SEC. 221. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO SECONDARY
SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section and section 223, each State shall distribute
the funds received under this Act and available in fiscal
year 1998 for secondary school vocational-technical edu-
cation to local educational agencies within the State as
follows:
‘‘(1) From 70 percent of such funds, each local
educational agency shall be allocated an amount that
bears the same relationship to such 70 percent as
the amount such local educational agency was allo-
cated under section 1124 or such section’s prede-