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Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).
(b) GRANTS TO TERRITORIES.—In providing grants under this
section to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States
of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic
of Palau, the Secretaries shall use amounts reserved under section
605(b)(1).
SEC. 203. APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may not provide a develop-
ment grant under section 202 to a State unless the Governor
of the State, on behalf of the State, submits to the Secretaries
an application, at such time, in such form, and containing such
information as the Secretaries may reasonably require.
(b) CONTENTS.—Such application shall include—
(1) a timetable and an estimate of the amount of funding
needed to complete the planning and development necessary
to implement a comprehensive statewide School-to-Work
Opportunities system for all students;
(2) a description of how—
(A) the Governor;
(B) the State educational agency;
(C) the State agency officials responsible for economic
development;
(D) the State agency officials responsible for employ-
ment;
(E) the State agency officials responsible for job
training;
(F) the State agency officials responsible for post-
secondary education;
(G) the State agency officials responsible for vocational
education;
(H) the State agency officials responsible for vocational
rehabilitation;
(I) the individual assigned by the State under section
111(b)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2321(b)(1));
(J) other appropriate officials, including the State
human resource investment council established in accord-
ance with title VII of the Job Training Partnership Act
(29 U.S.C. 1792 et seq.), if the State has established such
a council; and
(K) representatives of the private sector;
will collaborate in the planning and development of the state-
wide School-to-Work Opportunities system;
(3) a description of the manner in which the State has
obtained and will continue to obtain 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 locally elected officials, secondary
schools and postsecondary educational institutions (or related
agencies), business associations, industrial extension centers,
employees, labor organizations or associations of such organiza-
tions, teachers, related services personnel, students, parents,
community-based organizations, rehabilitation agencies and
organizations, Indian tribes, registered apprenticeship agencies,
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vocational educational agencies, vocational student organiza-
tions, and human service agencies;
(4) a description of the manner in which the State will
coordinate planning activities with any local school-to-work pro-
grams, including programs funded under title III, if any;
(5) a designation of a fiscal agent to receive and be account-
able 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-English proficiency, students with disabil-
ities, students living in rural communities with low population
densities, school dropouts, and academically talented students
to participate in School-to-Work Opportunities programs.
(c) COORDINATION WITH GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT.—
A State seeking assistance under both this subtitle and the Goals
2000: Educate America Act may—
(1) submit a single application containing plans that meet
the requirements of such subtitle and such Act and ensure
that the plans are coordinated and not duplicative; or
(2) if such State has already submitted its application
for funds under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, submit
its application under this subtitle as an amendment to the
Goals 2000: Educate America Act application if such amend-
ment meets the requirements of this subtitle and is coordinated
with and not duplicative of the Goals 2000: Educate America
Act application.
SEC. 204. APPROVAL OF APPLICATION.
The Secretaries may approve an application submitted by a
State under section 203 only if the State demonstrates in such
application that the activities proposed to be undertaken by the
State to develop a statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system
are consistent with the State improvement plan for the State,
if any, under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.
SEC. 205. USE OF AMOUNTS.
The Secretaries may not provide a development grant under
section 202 to a State unless the State agrees that the State
will use all amounts received from such grant for activities to
develop a statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system, which
may include—
(1) identifying or establishing an appropriate State struc-
ture to administer the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities
system;
(2) identifying secondary and postsecondary school-to-work
programs in existence on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act that might be incorporated into such system;
(3) identifying or establishing broad-based partnerships
among employers, labor, education, government, and other
community-based organizations and parent organizations to
participate in the design, development, and administration of
School-to-Work Opportunities programs;
(4) developing a marketing plan to build consensus and
support for such programs;
(5) promoting the active involvement of business (including
small- and medium-sized businesses) in planning, developing,
and implementing local School-to-Work Opportunities pro-
grams, and in establishing partnerships between business and
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elementary schools and secondary schools (including middle
schools);
(6) identifying ways that local school-to-work programs in
existence on or after the date of the enactment of this Act
could be coordinated with the statewide School-to-Work
Opportunities system;
(7) supporting local planning and development activities
to provide guidance, training and technical assistance for teach-
ers, employers, mentors, counselors, administrators, and others
in the development of School-to-Work Opportunities programs;
(8) identifying or establishing mechanisms for providing
training and technical assistance to enhance the development
of the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities system;
(9) developing a training and technical support system
for teachers, employers, mentors, counselors, related services
personnel, and others that includes specialized training and
technical support for the counseling and training of women,
minorities, and individuals with disabilities for high-skill, high-
wage careers in nontraditional employment;
(10) initiating pilot programs for testing key components
of the program design of programs under the statewide School-
to-Work Opportunities system;
(11) developing a State process for issuing skill certificates
that is, to the extent feasible, consistent with the skill standards
certification systems endorsed under the National Skill Stand-
ards Act of 1994;
(12) designing challenging curricula, in cooperation with
representatives of local partnerships, that take into account
the diverse learning needs and abilities of the student popu-
lation served by the statewide School-to-Work Opportunities
system;
(13) developing a system for labor market analysis and
strategic planning for local targeting of industry sectors or
broad occupational clusters that can provide students with
placements in high-skill workplaces;
(14) analyzing the post-high school employment experiences
of recent high school graduates and school dropouts;
(15) preparing the plan described in section 213(d);
(16) working with localities to develop strategies to recruit
and retain all students in programs under this Act through
collaborations with community-based organizations, where
appropriate, and other entities with expertise in working with
such students;
(17) coordinating recruitment of out-of-school, at-risk, and
disadvantaged youths with those organizations and institutions
that have a successful history of working with such youths;
and
(18) providing technical assistance to rural areas in plan-
ning, developing, and implementing local School-to-Work
Opportunities programs that meet the needs of rural commu-
nities with low population densities.
SEC. 206. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State may receive a development grant
under section 202 for a fiscal year only if the State provides assur-
ances, satisfactory to the Secretaries, that—
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(1) the amount of State funds expended per student by
the State for school-to-work activities of the type described
in title I for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90
percent of the amount so expended for the second preceding
fiscal year; or
(2) the aggregate amount of State funds expended by the
State for such activities for the preceding fiscal year was not
less than 90 percent of the amount so expended for the second
preceding fiscal year.
(b) WAIVER.—
(1) DETERMINATION.—The Secretaries may jointly waive
the requirements described in subsection (a) for a State that
requests such a waiver if the Secretaries determine that such
a waiver would be equitable due to—
(A) exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances such
as a natural disaster; or
(B) a precipitous decline in the financial resources
of the State.
(2) REQUEST.—To be eligible to receive such a waiver, a
State shall submit a request at such time, in such form, and
containing such information as the Secretaries may require.
SEC. 207. REPORTS.
The Secretaries may not provide a development grant under
section 202 to a State unless the State agrees that the State
will submit to the Secretaries such reports as the Secretaries may
reasonably require, relating to the use of amounts from such grant,
except that the Secretaries may not require more than 1 such
report during any 3-month period.
Subtitle B—State Implementation Grants
SEC. 211. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this subtitle is to assist States in the
implementation 
of 
comprehensive 
statewide 
School-to-Work
Opportunities systems.
SEC. 212. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) GRANTS TO STATES.—On the application of the Governor
on behalf of a State in accordance with section 213, the Secretaries
may provide an implementation grant to the State in such amounts
as the Secretaries determine to be necessary to enable such State
to implement a comprehensive statewide School-to-Work Opportuni-
ties system.
(b) GRANTS TO TERRITORIES.—In providing grants under this
section to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States
of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic
of Palau, the Secretaries shall use amounts reserved under section
605(b)(1).
(c) PERIOD
OF GRANT.—The provision of payments under a
grant under subsection (a) shall not exceed 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.
(d) LIMITATION.—A State shall be eligible to receive only 1
implementation grant under subsection (a).